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Giant Steps
Giant Steps
British band
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Pete Wylie
Pete Wylie
English singer-songwriter
2
Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow
English new wave band
3
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Finnish rock band
4
Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats
Canadian synthpop and new wave band
5
Carol Kenyon
Carol Kenyon
British singer and musician
6
Lime
Lime
synthpop group from Montréal, Canada, during the 1980s
7
Gary U.S. Bonds
Gary U.S. Bonds
American singer and songwriter
8
Toy Dolls
Toy Dolls
English punk rock band
9
Shriekback
Shriekback
English rock band
10
Franke and the Knockouts
Franke and the Knockouts
band
11
Men at Work
Men at Work
Australian rock band
12
Arthur Baker
Arthur Baker
American musician, record producer, dj, songwriter
13
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens
Australian indie rock band
14
Bananarama
Bananarama
English pop group
15
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor
American singer
16
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg
South African musician, anthropologist and anti-apartheid icon
17
Servant
Servant
Canadian Christian rock group
18
Air Supply
Air Supply
British-Australian soft rock group
19
Todd Terry
Todd Terry
American DJ and house producer
20
Kool & The Gang
Kool & The Gang
Musical Band
21
DeBarge
DeBarge
American R&B, soul and funk musical group
22
The Human League
The Human League
English electronic New Wave band
23
Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Parker Jr.
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
24
Commodores
Commodores
American funk/soul band
25
Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal
American musical artist
26
Strawberry Switchblade
Strawberry Switchblade
Scottish pop duo
27
The Icicle Works
The Icicle Works
British band
28
Boney M.
Boney M.
Euro-Caribbean vocal group
29
Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson
American musician; original member of The Beach Boys (1946-1998)
30
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
American band
31
Art of Noise
Art of Noise
British band
32
Freeez
Freeez
band
33
The Pretenders
The Pretenders
English-American rock band
34
The Farm
The Farm
British band from Liverpool
35
Don Covay
Don Covay
American musician
36
Level 42
Level 42
English jazz-funk band
37
Altered Images
Altered Images
early 1980s Scottish new wave/post-punk band
38
Billy Idol
Billy Idol
English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who holds dual British and American citizenship (born 1955)
39
The Bangles
The Bangles
American pop rock band
40
Wang Chung
Wang Chung
British band
41
Alex Sadkin
Alex Sadkin
American record producer
42
Culture Club
Culture Club
English pop band
43
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates
American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates
44
Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge
American vocal group
45
Ultravox
Ultravox
British new wave band
46
Sawyer Brown
Sawyer Brown
American country music band
47
Australian Crawl
Australian Crawl
Australian pop band
48
Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn
American singer
49
Johnny Hates Jazz
Johnny Hates Jazz
British band
50
The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
American rock band formed in 1978
51
The Sunnyboys
The Sunnyboys
52
Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo
Australian band
53
Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News
American pop rock band
54
Zappacosta
Zappacosta
Canadian singer-songwriter
55
The Angels
The Angels
Australian rock band
56
Pseudo Echo
Pseudo Echo
Australian new wave band from Melbourne
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Madness
Madness
English ska band
58
Alphaville
Alphaville
German rock band
59
Thompson Twins
Thompson Twins
British band
60
SPK
SPK
Industrial music band
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British dance-pop duo
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The Quick was a dance-pop duo from England that consisted of vocalist Colin "Col" Campsie and bassist/keyboardist George McFarlane. Their greatest success in the US came in 1981 when their song "Zulu" spent two weeks at No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.