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Vanessa Williams

Contemporary R&B
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Vanessa Williams is a Contemporary R&B and Gospel act. Their catalogue also touches House, Jazz and Pop. Their sound grew out of Rodney Jerkins, Brian McKnight, Chuckii Booker, Javier Colon and The Isley Brothers. Those roots explain a lot about how Vanessa Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pebbles, Toni Braxton, Paula Abdul, Exposé and Tracie Spencer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Trixie Mattel, LION BABE and Fred Wesley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Vanessa Williams, reaching back through Rodney Jerkins and forward to Trixie Mattel. 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
Vanessa WilliamsRodney JerkinsBrian McKnightChuckii BookerJavier ColonThe Isley BrothersTrixie MattelLION BABEFred WesleyPebblesToni BraxtonPaula AbdulExposéTracie SpencerEn VogueNatalie ColeJeffrey Osborne

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Vanessa Williams connections

Vanessa Williams grew out of Rodney Jerkins, Brian McKnight, Chuckii Booker and Javier Colon, shares an orbit with Pebbles, Toni Braxton, Paula Abdul and Exposé, went on to shape Trixie Mattel, LION BABE and Fred Wesley. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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