Rub N Tug, Robin Trower, The Chaplin Band, Bronx Dogs, Charles B, Harari, J.J. Cale, Hot Chocolate, Linda Law, Double Fantasy

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.