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Tramaine Hawkins

Tramaine Hawkins is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Vanessa Bell Armstrong, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Donnie McClurkin, Edwin Hawkins and Richard Smallwood. Those roots explain a lot about how Tramaine Hawkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Vickie Winans, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Richard Smallwood, Daryl Coley and Walter Hawkins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into SWV, Daryl Coley, Santana, MC Hammer and Trin-i-tee 5:7, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Tramaine Hawkins, reaching back through Vanessa Bell Armstrong and forward to SWV. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Tramaine Aunzola Richardson, known professionally as Tramaine/Tramaine Hawkins, is an American award-winning Gospel singer whose career spans over five decades. Hawkins has won two Grammy Awards, two Dove Awards, and 19 Stellar Awards, and is a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Tramaine HawkinsVanessa Bell ArmstrongThe Edwin Hawkins Si…Donnie McClurkinEdwin HawkinsRichard SmallwoodSly and the Family S…Honey ConeThe JacksonsSWVDaryl ColeySantanaMC HammerTrin-i-tee 5:7Mary MaryDonnie McClurkinVickie WinansVanessa Bell ArmstrongRichard SmallwoodDaryl ColeyWalter HawkinsDonald LawrenceMississippi Mass ChoirJohn P. Kee

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Tramaine Hawkins connections

Tramaine Hawkins grew out of Vanessa Bell Armstrong, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Donnie McClurkin and Edwin Hawkins, shares an orbit with Vickie Winans, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Richard Smallwood and Daryl Coley, went on to shape SWV, Daryl Coley, Santana and MC Hammer. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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