Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) Born: September 25, 1983, California, United States. He is is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, musician, artist and DJ.
Outkast, Funkadelic and LCD Soundsystem influenced Gambino's latest album, 3.15.20. Songs such as 12.38, 47.48 and 53.49 all have a hip. hop, psychedelic, funk-rock feeling to it.
Hit songs: Redbone, This is America, Feels like Summer, 3005 and the cover of Hakuna Matata and Can You Feel the Love Tonight for the 2019 Live Action movie, The Lion King.
Started: 2005
Outkast
Outkast influenced Gambino's hip hop songs. Majority of Gambino's music is hip hop. Outkast influenced Childish Gambino to make songs like Bonfire, IV Sweatpants and Heartbeat.
Members: André 3000
Big Boi
Started: 1992
Funkadelic (see "Funkadelic" for facts)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Original Members: Jimmy Merchant, Herman Santiago, Frankie Lymon, Joe Negroni and Sherman Garnes
Started: 1954
Genre: Hip Hop
Funkadelic
Funkadelic had a huge influence on Gambino's album, "Awaken, My Love!". Songs such as Boogieman, Zombies, Redbone, California and Stand Tall were all influenced by the funkadelic genre.
Funkadelic introduced Gambino to the genre of funk and psychedelic music.
Formed by George Clinton
Started in 1968
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (see end of "Outkast" web for more information)
Genre: Doo-Wop and Rock & Roll
Genre: Funk, psychedelic funk, funk rock, psychedelic rock
LCD Soundsystem
LCD introduced Childish Gambino to the electronic rock genre. This genre influenced him to create hit songs like Redbone, Sober and 53.49.
Lead by James Murphy
Started: 2002
Talking Heads
David Bowie
Scott Walker
Léo Ferré
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Christian Bach
Franz Joseph Haydn
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (father)
Antonio Vivaldi
Genre: Baroque, classical
Genre: Classical
Genre: classical
Feodor Chaliapin
Genre: Opera
Genre: Chanson, expressionist, pop
Genre: Pop, rock, experimental
Genre: Art-rock, electronic, experimental
Daft Punk
Primal Scream
Thin Lizzy
Bob Dylan
Big Brown (Poet)
Genre: Country, blues, rock, folk
Genre: Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock
Genre: Alternative rock, electronica, house
Genre: House, dance, electronic
B52's
Talking Heads (see "Talking Heads" for their influenced)
Genre: New wave, post-punt, art funk
Genre: New wave, dace-rock,
Genre: Dance-punk, electronic rock
Genre: Hip hop, indie pop, funk, R&B, soul, psychedelic soul, psychedelic rock
