Robert Wyatt: Influences
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The shape-shifting Englishman's eclectic sound reflects his unabashed fandom. Smokey Robinson's ethereal falsetto vocals ("Ooo Baby Baby") gave Wyatt permission to sing high; Stevie Wonder ("You Are the Sunshine of My Life") infected him with his joyful sincerity; and Bulgarian folksinger Kalinka Vulcheva's quavering voice supplied lessons in unrefined beauty.