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The O'Jays is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Manchild, Dee Dee Sharp, John Whitehead, The Five Stairsteps and Womack & Womack. Those roots explain a lot about how The O'Jays arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The Spinners, The Dramatics, The Stylistics and L.T.D., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Massacre, Trap Muzik, Sarah Dash, Third World and MFSB, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around The O'Jays, reaching back through Manchild and forward to The Massacre. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The O'Jays connections
The O'Jays grew out of Manchild, Dee Dee Sharp, John Whitehead and The Five Stairsteps, shares an orbit with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The Spinners, The Dramatics and The Stylistics, went on to shape The Massacre, Trap Muzik, Sarah Dash and Third World. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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