◇ image via WikipediaVicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pete Seeger, Todd Rundgren, Bobby Womack, David Gates and Michael McDonald. Those roots explain a lot about how Vicki Sue Robinson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Thelma Houston, Alicia Bridges, The Trammps, The Hues Corporation and Donna Summer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cyndi Lauper, Irene Cara, Michael Bolton, Cher and Gloria Estefan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Vicki Sue Robinson, reaching back through Pete Seeger and forward to Cyndi Lauper. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Vicki Sue Robinson was an American singer closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, "Turn the Beat Around".
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Vicki Sue Robinson connections
Vicki Sue Robinson grew out of Pete Seeger, Todd Rundgren, Bobby Womack and David Gates, shares an orbit with Thelma Houston, Alicia Bridges, The Trammps and The Hues Corporation, went on to shape Cyndi Lauper, Irene Cara, Michael Bolton and Cher. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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