Various, The O'Jays, Denise LaSalle, Teddy Pendergrass, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Isley Brothers, The Three Degrees, James Brown, Soulful Dynamics, Rhythm Heritage, Tower Of Power, MFSB, The Three Degrees, Crown Heights Affair, Lou Rawls, John Ellison, Soul Brothers Six, Jesse Green, The Emotions, Denise McCann, Kool & The Gang, Rufus, Carl Carlton

Philadelphia Soul

Strings, vibes and a four-on-the-floor hi-hat: the soul record that quietly built the disco floor.

D.C. Go-Go

Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.

Minneapolis Sound

Linn drums, Oberheim stabs, no horn section: funk rebuilt by one city's worth of overlapping bands.