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A history of dance music

A history of dance music in 50 key moments, as chosen by Guardian and Observer writers

Find the Guardian's full history of modern music

21 June 2011

  • Steve "Silk" Hurley

    Steve 'Silk' Hurley's Jack Your Body is No 1 in the UK

    18 January 1987: Number 14 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music

15 June 2011

  • Katy B

    What would you include in your version of dance music history?

  • Kraftwerk

    Kraftwerk appear on Tomorrow's World

  • Studio 54

    Bianca Jagger celebrates her birthday at Studio 54

  • Donna Summer

    Donna Summer's I Feel Love

  • Saturday Night Fever

  • Wigan Casino voted greatest disco in the world

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto records Riot In Lagos

  • Grace Jones pulls up to the bumper

  • Tadao Kikumoto invents the Roland TB-303

  • Detroit gives birth to techno

  • Haçienda launches

  • Frankie Knuckles 'invents' house music

  • New Order release Blue Monday

  • Pirate radio station Kiss launches

  • A summer in Amnesia inspires a generation of DJs

  • Soul II Soul v the Wild Bunch

  • The Second Summer of Love

  • We Call It Acieed banned on R1

  • The Hitman and Her

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