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Aurra: History & Overview

Aurra was an American 1980s soul group, which, at the time of its biggest success on Salsoul Records, featured Curt Jones (guitar/vocals) and Starleana Young (vocals) and included Steve Washington (bass/guitar/drums), Philip Field (keyboards/synthesizers/vocals) and Tom Lockett (saxophone/percussion).

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Aurra topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Aurra.

Related topics
19
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
21
Extracted relationships
37
Concept neighborhoods
11
Bridge connections
21

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 16 topics
Overview · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Also known as
Déjà (post–1984)
Genres
Funk, soul, rhythm & blues, dance, post-disco
Labels
Salsoul Next Plateau 10 Records (UK) Virgin (US) Family Groove Records
Origin
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Past members
Aurra: Starleana Young Curt Jones Steve Washington Thomas Lockett, Jr. Charles "Cedell" Carter Waung "Buddy" Hankerson Raymond "Rajac" Jackson Philip Field Kevin "Ignatz" Moore…
Years active
1979–1983 (as Aurra) 1984–1990 (as Déja)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Aurra connects Entity context

The extracted context around Aurra shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Aurra → Are You Single, B/Hip-Hop Songs, Bedtime Story, Buddy Hankerson, By, Charles Carter, Checkin' You Out, Composer/keyboardist Philip Field, Curt Jones, Dream Records, During, Europe, Like, Like It, LP, Make Up Your Mind, Me Tonight, Mtume, Salsoul Records, Slave Another extracted example is Aurra → AllMusicAurra, DiscogsAurra, IMDb. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Aurra

Top relations

related to history · 28
Aurra → Are You Single, B/Hip-Hop Songs, Bedtime Story, Buddy Hankerson, By, Charles Carter, Checkin' You Out, Composer/keyboardist Philip Field, Curt Jones, Dream Records, During, Europe, Like, Like It, LP, Make Up Your Mind, Me Tonight, Mtume, Salsoul Records, Slave
related to External links · 3
Aurra → AllMusicAurra, DiscogsAurra, IMDb
Also known as · 1
Aurra → Déjà (post–1984)
Genres · 1
Aurra → Funk, soul, rhythm & blues, dance, post-disco
Labels · 1
Aurra → Salsoul Next Plateau 10 Records (UK) Virgin (US) Family Groove Records
Origin · 1
Aurra → Dayton, Ohio, United States
Past members · 1
Aurra → Aurra: Starleana Young Curt Jones Steve Washington Thomas Lockett, Jr. Charles "Cedell" Carter Waung "Buddy" Hankerson Raymond "Rajac" Jackson Philip Field Kevin "Ignatz" Moore…
Years active · 1
Aurra → 1979–1983 (as Aurra) 1984–1990 (as Déja)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

washington album déjà records young steve time jones starleana also released group curt philip field salsoul members lockett us soul

Aurra relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 37 structured relationships around Aurra. Examples in this analysis include Aurra → Also known as → Déjà (post–1984) and Aurra → Genres → Funk, soul, rhythm & blues, dance, post-disco. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AurraAlso known asDéjà (post–1984)1.00infobox
AurraGenresFunk, soul, rhythm & blues, dance, post-disco1.00infobox
AurraLabelsSalsoul Next Plateau 10 Records (UK) Virgin (US) Family Groove Records1.00infobox
AurraOriginDayton, Ohio, United States1.00infobox
AurraPast membersAurra: Starleana Young Curt Jones Steve Washington Thomas Lockett, Jr. Charles "Cedell" Carter Waung "Buddy" Hankerson Raymond "Rajac" Jackson Philip Field Kevin "Ignatz" Moore…1.00infobox
AurraYears active1979–1983 (as Aurra) 1984–1990 (as Déja)1.00infobox
Aurrarelated to External linksAllMusicAurra0.60section
Aurrarelated to External linksDiscogsAurra0.60section
Aurrarelated to External linksIMDb0.60section
Aurrarelated to historySlave0.60section
Aurrarelated to historySteve Washington0.60section
Aurrarelated to historyCurt Jones0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Aurra bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Records, Salsoul and Jones. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Aurra
    • Records
    • Salsoul
    • Jones
    • Déjà
    • Young
    • Us
    • Washington
    • Curt
    • Group
    • Starleana
    • Biggest
    • Funk
  • aurra
    • Records
    • Salsoul
    • Jones
    • Déjà
    • Young
    • Us
    • Washington
    • Curt
    • Group
    • Starleana
    • Biggest
    • Funk
  • soul
    • Lockett
    • Curt
    • Salsoul
    • Jones
    • Starleana
    • Biggest
    • Funk
    • Steve
    • Success
    • Young
    • Records
    • Family
  • salsoul records
    • Records
    • Salsoul
    • Soul
    • Family
    • Groove
    • Virgin
    • Lockett
    • Curt
    • Déjà
    • Jones
    • Starleana
    • Steve
  • funk
    • Jones
    • Starleana
    • Soul
    • Young
    • Buddy
    • Family
    • Groove
    • Hankerson
    • Known
    • Lockett
    • Slave
    • Us
  • the time
    • First
    • Steve
    • Young
    • Washington
    • Album
    • Tonight
    • Buddy
    • Chart
    • Hankerson
    • Like
    • Number
    • Single
  • buddy hankerson
    • Hankerson
    • Field
    • Philip
    • Funk
    • First
    • Slave
    • Curt
    • Jones
    • Starleana
    • Déjà
    • Time
    • Young
  • uk singles chart
    • Number
    • Single
    • Tonight
    • Us
    • Group
    • Success
    • Album
    • Featured
    • First
    • Like
    • Released
    • Time

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Aurra, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Aurra with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
AurraHistory · splits 5 ⟂ 17
AurraOverview · splits 18 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Aurra

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples37
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Aurra to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Aurra · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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