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The Main Ingredient

The Main Ingredient is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Impressions, Stevie Wonder, Leon Ware and Bob Babbitt. Those roots explain a lot about how The Main Ingredient arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dramatics, The Stylistics, The O'Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and Eddie Kendricks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ben E. King, Aaron Neville, Blue Magic, LF System and Kidz in the Hall, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around The Main Ingredient, reaching back through The Impressions and forward to Ben E. King. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Main Ingredient was an American soul and R&B group which had a run of hits in the 1970s, including their 1972 million-selling song "Everybody Plays the Fool".

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Main IngredientThe ImpressionsStevie WonderLeon WareBob BabbittBen E. KingAaron NevilleBlue MagicLF SystemKidz in the HallThe Diary of Alicia …Miki HowardThe DramaticsThe StylisticsThe O'JaysHarold Melvin & the …Eddie KendricksThe SpinnersThe Chi-LitesLittle Beaver

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The Main Ingredient connections

The Main Ingredient grew out of The Impressions, Stevie Wonder, Leon Ware and Bob Babbitt, shares an orbit with The Dramatics, The Stylistics, The O'Jays and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, went on to shape Ben E. King, Aaron Neville, Blue Magic and LF System. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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