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Wham! is a Pop act. Their sound grew out of Leigh Anne Pinnock, Band Aid, Spandau Ballet and George Michael. Those roots explain a lot about how Wham! arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hall & Oates, Spandau Ballet, Rick Astley, Thompson Twins and Go West, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Duran Duran, David Cassidy and Elton John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Wham!, reaching back through Leigh Anne Pinnock 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 Leigh Anne Pinnock, Band Aid, Spandau Ballet and George Michael, shares an orbit with Hall & Oates, Spandau Ballet, Rick Astley and Thompson Twins, went on to shape Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Duran Duran and David Cassidy. 48 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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