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Wynonie Harris

Blues
Blues

Wynonie Harris is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Rushing, Big Joe Turner and Lucky Millinder. Those roots explain a lot about how Wynonie Harris arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Ella Mae Morse and Jimmy Witherspoon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Millie, Millie Small, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sun Ra and Big Joe Turner, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Wynonie Harris, reaching back through Jimmy Rushing and forward to Millie. 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
Wynonie HarrisJimmy RushingBig Joe TurnerLucky MillinderMillieMillie SmallScreamin' Jay HawkinsSun RaBig Joe TurnerJimmy RushingElvis PresleyLouis JordanBig Joe TurnerLouis Jordan & His T…Ella Mae MorseJimmy WitherspoonChuck WillisBo DiddleyFats Domino

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Wynonie Harris connections

Wynonie Harris grew out of Jimmy Rushing, Big Joe Turner and Lucky Millinder, shares an orbit with Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five and Ella Mae Morse, went on to shape Millie, Millie Small, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Sun Ra. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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