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    More successful that their successful parent

    I have a hard time coming up with a good example(in the music business to keep the thread on focus).

    Norah Jones comes to mind...

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    Neneh Cherry?

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    Jeff Buckley.
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    Miley Cyrus

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    Natalie Cole?

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    Michael Douglas
    Ben Stiller
    Gwyneth Paltrow

    Not sure if Jeff B was, over the long haul, more successful than Tim, but "Grace" did sell far more copies than any album by his father. Tim's "Goodbye & Hello" album iirc got up to 30-something on the Billboard charts.

    Oh, and Natalie Cole still has a long way to go before she surpasses her father imo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by progeezer View Post
    Michael Douglas
    Ben Stiller
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    Well, to O.P. did specify the music industry...

    I suppose you could add Bonnie Raitt and Elvis Costello to the list.
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    Wynton and Branford Marsalis.
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    Cissy Houston - Whitney Houston

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    Beck.
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    The rapper Nas, son of jazz trumpet player Olu Dara.

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    Depends what you mean by successful...

    Elvis Costello - more sales, known further afield than his dad, more hits
    Kim Wilde - more sales, known further afield than her dad, more hits
    Hank Williams JR - more sales, known further afield than his dad, more hits
    Hank III - more sales, known further afield than his grandaddy, more hits. However I think his dad is still better known round the world.

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    Michael Brown (Left Banke, Montage, Beckies, Stories) certainly was more successful than his classical/pop jazz violinist father Harry Lookofsky.
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    I just learned on another forum that Malmsteen/Stratovarius/Dio/Blackmore keyboardist Jens Johansson's father was a jazz musician who composed the theme song to the Pippi Longstocking TV series and had a hit album in Sweden in the 60s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by viukkis View Post
    I just learned on another forum that Malmsteen/Stratovarius/Dio/Blackmore keyboardist Jens Johansson's father was a jazz musician who composed the theme song to the Pippi Longstocking TV series and had a hit album in Sweden in the 60s.
    Jan Johansson was considered *THE* ace jazz pianist in Sweden during the 50s and 60s, and that "hit album" was Jazz På Svenska, the single best-selling jazz record ever released in Scandinavia. Somehow I don't see his son coming close to that status any time soon...
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    Quote Originally Posted by progeezer View Post
    Not sure if Jeff B was, over the long haul, more successful than Tim, but "Grace" did sell far more copies than any album by his father. Tim's "Goodbye & Hello" album iirc got up to 30-something on the Billboard charts.
    Jeff Buckley's initial appeal was with the indie-rock crowd, most of whom had never (and wouldn't ever have) heard of his father. Tim Buckley's regard endures to this very day in the "right circuit", meaning that his songwriting/vocal abilities seem to transcend the concept of "popularity". I'm not altogether sure if this is the case with Jeff's, although I like him well enough. But hey, one of them DID have a complete (and utterly impressive) discog to show for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by progeezer View Post
    Oh, and Natalie Cole still has a long way to go before she surpasses her father imo.
    Agreed. Natalie had her success, but will never go down in history as a legend like her dad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by No Pride View Post
    Agreed. Natalie had her success, but will never go down in history as a legend like her dad.
    Absolutely!!!

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    I am not sure I would list Norah Jones as more successful than Ravi Shankar.

    I would add: Christian Vander- Maurice Vander
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    Obvious answer: the Van Halen brothers.

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    I forgot the other obvious answer:

    Jean-Michel Jarre, son of Maurice Jarre.

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    Pete Townshend.

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    Daryl Dragon, the Captain of 'Captain and Tennille', son of Carmen Dragon, composer, conductor and film composer.

    Also another son, Dennis Dragon, drummer of the Surf Punks. Although, Carmen is probably more famous than Dennis.
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    Quote Originally Posted by simon moon View Post
    Daryl Dragon, the Captain of 'Captain and Tennille', son of Carmen Dragon, composer, conductor and film composer.

    Also another son, Dennis Dragon, drummer of the Surf Punks. Although, Carmen is probably more famous than Dennis.
    The Cap'ns brother?? In the Surf Punks?? That's some good trivia for sure!

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