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Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Elliman is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of RSO Records, Love Me, Children of the World, Barbara Lewis and Bob Marley. Those roots explain a lot about how Yvonne Elliman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Three Degrees, Dan Hartman, Thelma Houston, Walter Murphy and Captain & Tennille, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hazell Dean and Texas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Yvonne Elliman, reaching back through RSO Records and forward to Hazell Dean. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Yvonne Marianne Elliman is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar. She scored a number of hits in the 1970s and achieved a US No. 1 hit with "If I Can't Have You". The song also reached No. 9 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Her cover of Barbara Lewis's "Hello Stranger" went to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and "Love Me" was No. 5; at the time she had three top 10 singles. After a long hiatus in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she left music to be with her family, she made a comeback album as a singer-songwriter in 2004.

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Yvonne EllimanRSO RecordsLove MeChildren of the WorldBarbara LewisBob MarleyNight FeverJim SteinmanKim WildeHazell DeanTexasThe Three DegreesDan HartmanThelma HoustonWalter MurphyCaptain & TennilleRose RoyceOdysseyTavares

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Yvonne Elliman connections

Yvonne Elliman grew out of RSO Records, Love Me, Children of the World and Barbara Lewis, shares an orbit with The Three Degrees, Dan Hartman, Thelma Houston and Walter Murphy, went on to shape Hazell Dean and Texas. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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