An in depth look at the UK music scene in the 1980s
Part 1
Alphabetical list of artists from the 1980s
| ABC |
| Adam & The Ants |
| Aerosmith |
| a-ha |
| Alison Moyet |
| Altered Images |
| Amazulu |
| Aneka |
| Angry Anderson |
| Aswad |
| Aztec Camera |
| Bananarama |
| Band Aid |
| Bangles (The) |
| Barbra Streisand |
| Beastie Boys |
| Beautiful South (The) |
| Bee Gees |
| Belinda Carlisle |
| Belouis Some |
| Berlin |
| Big Country |
| Big Fun |
| Billy Idol |
| Billy Joel |
| Billy Ocean |
| Black |
| Black Box |
| Blondie |
| Blow Monkeys (The) |
| Bluebells (The) |
| Bon Jovi |
| Bonnie Tyler |
| Boomtown Rats (The) |
| Boy George |
| Bronski Beat |
| Bros |
| Brother Beyond |
| Bruce Hornsby & The Range |
| Bruce Springsteen |
| Bruce Willis |
| Bryan Adams |
| Bryan Ferry |
| Bucks Fizz |
| Cameo |
| Cars (The) |
| Cher |
| Chicago |
| Chris De Burgh |
| Chris Rea |
| Christians (The) |
| Cliff Richard |
| Climie Fisher |
| Club Nouveau |
| Coast to Coast |
| Colonel Abrams |
| Commodores |
| Communards (The) |
| Culture Club |
| Cure (The) |
| Curiosity Killed the Cat |
| Cutting Crew |
| Cyndi Lauper |
| Damian |
| Damned (The) |
| Danny Wilson |
| David Bowie |
| De Barge |
| Deacon Blue |
| Dead or Alive |
| Debbie Gibson |
| Dee C Lee |
| Def Leppard |
| Deniece Williams |
| Denise LaSalle |
| Detroit Spinners |
| Dexy’s Midnight Runners |
| Diana Ross |
| Dire Straits |
| Dolly Parton |
| Don McLean |
| Donna Summer |
| Double |
| Dr Hook |
| Duran Duran |
| Eddy Grant |
| ELO |
| Elton John |
| Elvis Presley |
| Erasure |
| Europe |
| Eurythmics |
| Fairground Attraction |
| Falco |
| Fat Boys (The) |
| Fat Larry’s Band |
| Feargal Sharkey |
| Five Star |
| Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
| Fine Young Cannibals |
| Fleetwood Mac |
| Foreigner |
| Freddie Mercury |
| Freeez |
| Genesis |
| George Michael |
| Glenn Medeiros |
| Gloria Estefan |
| Go West |
| Gregory Abbott |
| Gwen Guthrie |
| Haircut 100 |
| Hazell Dean |
| Heart |
| Heaven 17 |
| Hollywood Beyond |
| Hot Chocolate |
| Hothouse Flowers (The) |
| Housemartins (The) |
| Howard Jones |
| Hue & Cry |
| Huey Lewis & The News |
| Human League (The) |
| Inner City |
| Inxs |
| It Bites |
| Jackie Wilson |
| Jaki Graham |
| Jam (The) |
| James Brown |
| Jane Wiedlin |
| Janet Jackson |
| Jason Donovan |
| Jermaine Stewart |
| Jim Diamond |
| Jimmy Nail |
| Johhny Logan |
| John Parr |
| Johnny Hates Jazz |
| Jona Lewie |
| Joyce Sims |
| Judy Boucher |
| Julien Cope |
| Kajagoogoo |
| Kate Bush |
| Katrina & The Waves |
| KC & The Sunshine Band |
| Kelly Marie |
| Kenny Loggins |
| Kenny Rogers |
| Kids from Fame (The) |
| Kim Wilde |
| Kool & The Gang |
| Kylie Minogue |
| Labi Siffre |
| Laura Branigan |
| Leo Sayer |
| Level 42 |
| Lionel Richie |
| Lisa Stansfield |
| Living In A Box |
| LL Cool J |
| London Boys |
| Lonnie Gordon |
| Los Bravos |
| M A R R S |
| Madness |
| Madonna |
| Marillion |
| Martika |
| Marvin Gaye |
| Matchbox |
| Maxi Priest |
| Meat Loaf |
| Mel & Kim |
| Mental As Anything |
| Michael Jackson |
| Midge Ure |
| Milli Vanilli |
| Mr Mister |
| Musical Youth |
| Natalie Cole |
| Neneh Cherry |
| New Kids on the Block |
| New Order |
| Nik Kershaw |
| Nilsson |
| Nu Shooz |
| Olivia Newton John |
| OMD |
| Patti La Belle & Michael McDonald |
| Paul Hardcastle |
| Paul McCartney |
| Paul Young |
| Paula Abdul |
| Pepsie & Shirlie |
| Pet Shop Boys |
| Peter Gabriel |
| Phil Collins |
| Phyllis Nelson |
| Pink Floyd |
| Pogues (The) |
| Pointer Sisters (The) |
| Police (The) |
| Pretenders (The) |
| Primitives (The) |
| Prince |
| Princess |
| Proclaimers (The) |
| Queen |
| REO Speedwagon |
| Reynolds Girls (The) |
| Richard Marx |
| Rick Astley |
| Robert Palmer |
| Robin Beck |
| Roxy Music |
| Roy Orbison |
| S Express |
| Sabrina |
| Salt N’ Pepa |
| Sam Brown |
| Samantha Fox |
| Shakin’ Stevens |
| Sheena Easton |
| Simple Minds |
| Simply Red |
| Sinita |
| Sister Sledge |
| Sly Fox |
| Snap |
| Soft Cell |
| Sonia |
| Spagna |
| Spandau Ballet |
| Spitting Image |
| Squeeze |
| Stock Aitken Waterman |
| Starship |
| Status Quo |
| Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy |
| Stevie Wonder |
| Stranglers (The) |
| Strawberry Switchblade |
| Style Council (The) |
| Survivor |
| Suzanne Vega |
| Swing Out Sister |
| T’Pau |
| Talk Talk |
| Talking Heads |
| Tanita Tikaram |
| Taylor Dayne |
| Tears For Fears |
| Technotronic |
| Terence Trent D’Arby |
| Texas |
| Then Jerico |
| Thompson Twins (The) |
| Tiffany |
| Tina Turner |
| Toto |
| Toyah |
| Transvision Vamp |
| U2 |
| UB40 |
| Ultravox |
| Voice of the Beehive |
| Van Halen |
| Wah Band (The) |
| Wax |
| Wet Wet Wet |
| Wham! |
| Whitesnake |
| Whitney Houston |
| Womack & Womack |
| XTC |
| Yazoo |
| Yazz |
| Yello |
ZZ Top |
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