◇ image via WikipediaWham!
Wham! is a Pop act. Their sound grew out of Spandau Ballet, George Michael, Leigh Anne Pinnock and Band Aid. Those roots explain a lot about how Wham! arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Culture Club, Hall & Oates, Spandau Ballet, Rick Astley and Thompson Twins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, The Collective, Mint Royale and Coco & Clair Clair, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Wham!, reaching back through Spandau Ballet and forward to Backstreet Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Wham! connections
Wham! grew out of Spandau Ballet, George Michael, Leigh Anne Pinnock and Band Aid, shares an orbit with Culture Club, Hall & Oates, Spandau Ballet and Rick Astley, went on to shape Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, The Collective and Mint Royale. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Wham!
Sounds and acts that shaped Wham!.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Wham!.
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Bands Wham! shaped
Where the influence of Wham! travelled next.
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