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The Soul Stirrers

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Gospel

The Soul Stirrers is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Bob Telson, Peace in the Valley, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson and Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground. Those roots explain a lot about how The Soul Stirrers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ray Charles, Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Otis Redding and The Sweet Inspirations, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ann Peebles, James Cleveland, Sam Cooke, Lonnie Liston Smith and The Valentinos, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around The Soul Stirrers, reaching back through Bob Telson and forward to Ann Peebles. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Soul StirrersBob TelsonPeace in the ValleySister Rosetta TharpeMahalia JacksonDark Was the Night, …The Golden Gate Quar…Golden Gate QuartetBlind Willie JohnsonAnn PeeblesJames ClevelandSam CookeLonnie Liston SmithThe ValentinosJoe Louis WalkerJohnnie TaylorJerry ButlerRay CharlesMahalia JacksonSister Rosetta TharpeOtis ReddingThe Sweet InspirationsThe Righteous BrothersPercy SledgePastor T.L. Barrett …

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The Soul Stirrers connections

The Soul Stirrers grew out of Bob Telson, Peace in the Valley, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mahalia Jackson, shares an orbit with Ray Charles, Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Otis Redding, went on to shape Ann Peebles, James Cleveland, Sam Cooke and Lonnie Liston Smith. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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