Various, Fingers Inc., Degrees Of Motion, Dupree, Loleatta Holloway, M People, Whitney Houston, Afrika Bambaataa, Ce Ce Peniston, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Freestyle Orchestra, Donna Giles, Loleatta Holloway, Poor Pocket Productions, C + C Music Factory, Raze, First Choice

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.