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The Jones Girls is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Keni Burke and The Five Stairsteps. Those roots explain a lot about how The Jones Girls arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Phyllis Hyman, Jean Carn, Angela Bofill, Evelyn "Champagne" King and Loose Ends, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dexter Wansel, Xscape and Incognito, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around The Jones Girls, reaching back through Keni Burke and forward to Dexter Wansel. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Jones Girls were an American R&B vocal trio of sisters from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Consisting of Brenda, Shirley and Valorie Jones, the Jones Girls first signed and recorded for GM Records in 1970. The trio were best known for their singles during the late–1970s through the 1980s; most notably 1979's "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else". After a two–year tenure with GM, they then recorded for various labels before having success at Philadelphia International Records with Gamble & Huff.
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The Jones Girls connections
The Jones Girls grew out of Keni Burke and The Five Stairsteps, shares an orbit with Phyllis Hyman, Jean Carn, Angela Bofill and Evelyn "Champagne" King, went on to shape Dexter Wansel, Xscape and Incognito. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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