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The Stylistics is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Shame and Scandal, You'll Never Get to Heaven, The Manhattans, Blue Magic and The Chi-Lites. Those roots explain a lot about how The Stylistics arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Blue Magic, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and The Dells, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Out of Touch, MFSB, An Evening with Silk Sonic, Extra Texture (Read All About It) and Mighty Diamonds, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around The Stylistics, reaching back through Shame and Scandal and forward to Out of Touch. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Stylistics connections
The Stylistics grew out of Shame and Scandal, You'll Never Get to Heaven, The Manhattans and Blue Magic, shares an orbit with Blue Magic, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, went on to shape Out of Touch, MFSB, An Evening with Silk Sonic and Extra Texture (Read All About It). 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Stylistics
Sounds and acts that shaped The Stylistics.
Artists similar to The Stylistics
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Stylistics.
- Blue Magicartist
- The Chi-Litesartist
- The Spinnersartist
- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notesartist
- The Dellsartist
- The Dramaticsartist
- The Intrudersartist
- The Manhattansartist
- The Originalsartist
- L.T.D.artist
- Bloodstoneartist
- Rose Royceartist
- Smokey Robinsonartist
- The Whispersartist
- Tavaresartist
- DeBargeartist
- The Four Topsartist
- Maze feat. Frankie Beverlyartist
- David Ruffinartist
- The Friends of Distinctionartist
- MFSBartist
- The Emotionsartist
- Barry Whiteartist
- Lou Rawlsartist
- Major Harrisartist
- Martha Reeves & The Vandellasartist
- The Momentsartist
- The Jones Girlsartist
- Donny Hathawayartist
Bands The Stylistics shaped
Where the influence of The Stylistics travelled next.
- Out of Touchartist
- MFSBartist
- An Evening with Silk Sonicartist
- Extra Texture (Read All About It)artist
- Mighty Diamondsartist
- The Mighty Diamondsartist
- Jordan Knightartist
- Connie Stevensartist
- Craig Davidartist
- Thomas Andersartist
- Belinda Carlisleartist
- Simply Redartist
- Phyllis Hymanartist
- Inner Circleartist
- Blue Magicartist
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