Ford Timelord fights the Daleks with a little help from KLF - from 1988 Doctorin' The Tardis. I linked to the Top Of The Pops video because I love the performance.
Sly & The Family Stone the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, mixed-gender lineup. Here is their 1967 hit Dance To The Music
Ray Davis of The Kinks hated disco, but Clive Davis of Arista Records wanted a dance record. The result (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman released in 1978
Time for some Reggae and a bit of Dub Poetry from Linton Kwesi Johnson. From his 1979 album Forces Of Victory a song about the UK Sus law, Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)
In 1969 Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin had a #1 hit record record in the UK with a song that was banned by the BBC. It was Je t'aime... moi non plus. Jane Birkin died 16/7/23 @ 76.
Sticking with R&B. This time from 1963 from Bob & Earl and Harlem Shuffle. A failure on first release, it was reissued in 1969 and reached #7 in the UK.
The punk explosion in the 70s saved music for me. Here is an example of the energy of the time, Poly Styrene and X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! from 1977