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The Sweet Inspirations

The Sweet Inspirations is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Ikettes, The Staple Singers, Betty Everett, Jerry Butler and The Temptations. Those roots explain a lot about how The Sweet Inspirations arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bohannon, Syl Johnson, Margie Joseph, Ann Peebles and Rufus Thomas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Salt-N-Pepa, The Killers and The Rascals, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around The Sweet Inspirations, reaching back through The Ikettes and forward to Salt-N-Pepa. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Sweet Inspirations are an American R&B girl group from Newark, New Jersey, founded by American singer Cissy Houston. The group was mostly known for their work as backup singers on studio recordings for other popular music artists but were also a relatively successful group in their own right, earning several charted singles between 1967 and 1970.

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The Sweet InspirationsThe IkettesThe Staple SingersBetty EverettJerry ButlerThe TemptationsMartha and the Vande…The SupremesThe Righteous BrothersSalt-N-PepaThe KillersThe RascalsBohannonSyl JohnsonMargie JosephAnn PeeblesRufus ThomasGeorge JacksonO.V. WrightMavis Staples

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The Sweet Inspirations connections

The Sweet Inspirations grew out of The Ikettes, The Staple Singers, Betty Everett and Jerry Butler, shares an orbit with Bohannon, Syl Johnson, Margie Joseph and Ann Peebles, went on to shape Salt-N-Pepa, The Killers and The Rascals. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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