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The Thrill Is Gone is a Blues act. They run in the same orbit as Mannish Boy, Walk On By and Summertime, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Aretha Franklin and B.B. King, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around The Thrill Is Gone and forward to Aretha Franklin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gone" became a major hit for B.B. King. His rendition helped make the song a blues standard. In June 2026, CBS News included the song in its list of the 250 essential American songs of the past 250 years.
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The Thrill Is Gone shares an orbit with Mannish Boy, Walk On By and Summertime, went on to shape Aretha Franklin and B.B. King. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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