Various, Paco, Bananarama, Elton John, Hazell Dean, Wet Wet Wet, Angie Dylan, Four Tops, The Hollies, Confetti's, La Toya Jackson, Hithouse, S'Express, UB40, Amnesia, Five Star, The Beatmasters

Chicago House

A drum machine, a cheap sampler and a church-raised voice — the blueprint every dance record still borrows.

Madchester

Guitar bands playing to a dancefloor clock: loose drums, wah pedals, 808s and a city on E.