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The Velvelettes

The Velvelettes is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Norman Whitfield, Berry Gordy and Motown. Those roots explain a lot about how The Velvelettes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Contours, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Supremes and The Four Tops, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into GBH, Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, Diana Ross and The Monitors, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around The Velvelettes, reaching back through Norman Whitfield and forward to GBH. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The VelvelettesNorman WhitfieldBerry GordyMotownGBHMartha and the Vande…The SupremesDiana RossThe MonitorsJunior SeniorThe TemptationsThe ContoursMartha Reeves & The …Jr. Walker & The All…The SupremesThe Four TopsDarrell BanksMartha Reeves And Th…Martha and the Vande…

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The Velvelettes connections

The Velvelettes grew out of Norman Whitfield, Berry Gordy and Motown, shares an orbit with The Contours, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Jr. Walker & The All Stars and The Supremes, went on to shape GBH, Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes and Diana Ross. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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