◇ image via WikipediaVicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Irene Cara, Pete Seeger, Todd Rundgren, Bobby Womack and David Gates. 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 RuPaul, Michael Bolton, Cher, Gloria Estefan and KC and the Sunshine Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Vicki Sue Robinson, reaching back through Irene Cara and forward to RuPaul. 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 Irene Cara, Pete Seeger, Todd Rundgren and Bobby Womack, shares an orbit with Thelma Houston, Alicia Bridges, The Trammps and The Hues Corporation, went on to shape RuPaul, Michael Bolton, Cher and Gloria Estefan. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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