Brief Description:
Sam Sparro is an Australian singer-songwriter, music producer, and former child actor of Portuguese descent.
Official Website:
http://www.samsparro.com/
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/samsparro
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sam-Sparro/20672524168
Other Website:
http://turntheradiooff.podomatic.com/
Genres:
Electro, Electro-pop, Funk, Soul
Influences:
DFA, Hot Chip, The Gap Band, Daft Punk, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Bob Marley, Blondie, The Rapture, Minnie Ripperton, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, Dirty Sanchez, Le Tirgre, Tiga, Nightmares On Wax, Lady Sovereign, Loleatta Holloway, Basement Jaxx, Moloko, Justice, DJ Mehdi, Cassius, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Avalanches, Dizzy Rascal, Kano, Boney M, New Young Pony Club, Chromeo, Munk, Whomadewho, Gorillaz, Bugz In The Attick, Nightmares on Wax, Portishead, Erykah Badu, D'angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Jill Scott, Chaka Kahn, Prince, Rick James, The Mary Jane Girls, Common, The Roots, Bahamadia, Sade, Ben Watt, Gilles Peterson, Roy Ayers, Chet Baker, Masters At Work, Shirley Bassey, Grace Jones, Kraftwerk, DJ QUICK, George Clinton, Parliament, Afrika Bambata, Bootsy Collins, Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, Patrice Rushen, James Brown, Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone, Zapp, Earth, Wind &; Fire, Teena Marie, Felix Da Housecat, Blackbox, Hang All DJs, Scissor Sisters, Roots Manuva, SWV, Shugie Otis, Stereolab, Les Rhythm Digitales, Eric Satie, Air, Franz Ferdinand, David Bowie, Curtis Mayfield, Quantic, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, King Brit, Jazzy Jeff, Amy Whinehouse, GB, The Pretenders, Joy Division, Zap Mama, David Bowie, Queen, Alan Braxe, Rolling Stones, KRS-1, The Clash, The Doors, Serge Gainsbourg, Sergio Mendez, Burt Bacharach, Beck, Angela McLuskey, Roisin Murphey, Matthew Herbert, Dr. Rocket, Michael Jackson, Mirwais, Kelis, Outkast, Missy Elliot, Bjork, Madonna, The Sugarhill Gang, Ganstarr, Grandmaster Flash, Jamez Bowen, Aretha Franklin, Madonna, The Supremes, Jacque Lu Cont, Kenny Dope, Little Louie Vega, Eric B &; Rakim, Roy Hargrove, Neptunes, Nina Simone, Blackalicious, The Fugees, Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway, Peaches, Steely Dan, The Killers, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Tiny Giny, Kanye West, The Soft Pink Truth, Sonar Kollective, Jazzanova, Modus Vivendi, Ubiquity, MIA, The Chapin Sisters, Love Grenades, MSTRSKRFT, Metric, The Gossip, The Faint, Heavy D, Mos Def, Petula Clark, Freddy Mercury
Record Company:
Island Records (UK), Universal Republic (U.S.)