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The Penguins is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of The Platters and The Flamingos. Those roots explain a lot about how The Penguins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Flamingos, Ritchie Valens, The Drifters, Little Anthony & the Imperials and The Fleetwoods, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Simon, Human Nature, New Edition, Frank Zappa and The Platters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around The Penguins, reaching back through The Platters and forward to Paul Simon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Penguins connections
The Penguins grew out of The Platters and The Flamingos, shares an orbit with The Flamingos, Ritchie Valens, The Drifters and Little Anthony & the Imperials, went on to shape Paul Simon, Human Nature, New Edition and Frank Zappa. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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