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Too Much Heaven is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Those roots explain a lot about how Too Much Heaven arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Words and Born to Run, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alison Krauss, Andy Gibb, Nana, M2M and Beverley Knight, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Too Much Heaven, reaching back through Bing Crosby and forward to Alison Krauss. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Too Much Heaven" is a song by the Bee Gees, which was the band's contribution to the "Music for UNICEF" fund. They performed it at the Music for UNICEF Concert on 9 January 1979. The song later found its way to the group's thirteenth original album, Spirits Having Flown. It hit No. 1 in both the US and Canada. In the United States, the song was the first single out of three from the album to interrupt a song's stay at number one. "Too Much Heaven" knocked "Le Freak" off the top spot for two weeks before "Le Freak" returned to number one again. "Too Much Heaven" also rose to the top three in the UK. In the US, it would become the fourth of six consecutive No. 1s, equaling the record set by Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles for the most consecutive No. 1 songs. The six Bee Gee songs are "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever", "Too Much Heaven", "Tragedy" and "Love You Inside Out". The songs spanned the years of 1977, 1978 and 1979.
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Too Much Heaven grew out of Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, shares an orbit with Words and Born to Run, went on to shape Alison Krauss, Andy Gibb, Nana and M2M. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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