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Nepotism in the music business


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The list is long, recording artists who had famous relatives that came before, brothers, sisters, parents, even cousins. Which ones do you think are deserving of success in their own right? Do you feel some of them are BETTER than their relative that came before? Here's just a few:

Miley Cyrus

Natalie Cole

Andy Gibb

Roslyn Kind

Crystal Gayle

Stella Parton

Randy Parton

Gary Lewis

Nancy Sinatra

Hank Williams, Jr.

Whitney Houston

Wilson Phillips

Marie osmond

These people I've listed all had singing, and not acting relatives, except one, and that's Gary Lewis. Having a famous actor whose relative was a singer is far more rare, the only two I can come up with off the top of my head are George Clooney and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

One recording artist that I feel is BETTER than their more famous relative is LaCosta Tucker, older sister of Tanya Tucker. She had 3 top 20 country hits, but was deserving of far more with a voice like this:

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Robin Thicke I think is more talented than his parents. That is one case where nepotism seems to have been justified. Miley Cyrus also seems to have a bigger career than her father and if she would calm down she might wind up being someone who lasts. Crystal Gayle had a great voice and while she never had the career Loretta Lynn had, I think she did ok.

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Crystal Gayle had a total of 40 top 40 hits on the country charts, that's pretty impressive. Quite a few crossed over (My favorite being "Half the Way") I wanted to go see her last year at a local casino, and the damn show sold out! Thanks, MissLlanview, I forgot Shaun Cassidy, didn't I? I had no idea that Patty Loveless was Loretta and Crystal's cousin! You learn something new every day.

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I looked it up again, and she's a distant cousin of theirs, so that may not be the best example of nepotism, if at all, but possibly.

There's also Rockwell (born Kennedy Gordy), who did the song "Somebody's Watching Me" in 1984. Apparently his father, Berry Gordy, didn't know that was his son originally, because he not only changed his name when he signed to Motown, but it was a son of his by one of the many women BG cheated on his wife with, although his wife did apparently raise him for awhile when his bio mom developed a drug problem.

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I didn't know Patty Loveless was their cousin either. I love Patty and Loretta, but I don't really know anything about Crystal.

There's Rosanne Cash (daughter of Johnny) too. June Carter would count as well since her mum was a member of the Carter Family. I think the girl in Lady Antebellum's mum is a singer but I don't know her name.

From down here, there's Kylie and Dannii Minogue as probably the most famous example.

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