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The Spinners is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Stevie Wonder, Bob Babbitt, Syreeta Wright and Harvey Fuqua. Those roots explain a lot about how The Spinners arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Four Tops, The Dramatics, The Chi-Lites, Smokey Robinson and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into An Evening with Silk Sonic, MFSB, Frankie Smith, Electric Six and Black Merda, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around The Spinners, reaching back through Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and forward to An Evening with Silk Sonic. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Spinners connections
The Spinners grew out of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Stevie Wonder, Bob Babbitt and Syreeta Wright, shares an orbit with The Four Tops, The Dramatics, The Chi-Lites and Smokey Robinson, went on to shape An Evening with Silk Sonic, MFSB, Frankie Smith and Electric Six. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Spinners
Sounds and acts that shaped The Spinners.
Artists similar to The Spinners
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Spinners.
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Bands The Spinners shaped
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