Various, Commodores, Freddie Jackson, Janet Jackson, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, DeBarge, Jermaine Jackson, David Grant, Jaki Graham, Whitney Houston, The Temptations, Five Star, Joyce Kennedy, Jeffrey Osborne, Jermaine Stewart, Loose Ends, Tina Turner, Kool & The Gang, Jaki Graham, René & Angela, Dionne Warwick, Pointer Sisters, Tavares, Grace Jones, Princess, Jeffrey Osborne, The Stylistics, Dayton, Aretha Franklin, Phil Fearon & Galaxy, Mary Jane Girls

Minneapolis Sound

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

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.