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The Style Council

The Style Council is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Curtis Mayfield and Joe Smooth. Those roots explain a lot about how The Style Council arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Weller, Prefab Sprout, Squeeze, ABC and The Housemartins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Billy Bragg, Jimmy Ruffin, Bryan Ferry, Status Quo and The Boomtown Rats, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around The Style Council, reaching back through Curtis Mayfield and forward to Billy Bragg. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The Style CouncilCurtis MayfieldJoe SmoothBilly BraggJimmy RuffinBryan FerryStatus QuoThe Boomtown RatsPaul WellerPrefab SproutSqueezeABCThe HousemartinsJoe JacksonElvis Costello & The…Dexys Midnight Runners

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The Style Council connections

The Style Council grew out of Curtis Mayfield and Joe Smooth, shares an orbit with Paul Weller, Prefab Sprout, Squeeze and ABC, went on to shape Billy Bragg, Jimmy Ruffin, Bryan Ferry and Status Quo. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Bands The Style Council shaped

Legacy5

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