Hey Jess,
I can help you with music from the 80's, I lived for music then.
Poppy New Wave,
Duran Duran
A flock of seagulls
Tears for fears
Thomas Dolby
Madness
Spandeau Ballet
The Fixx
The Eurymethics
Simple Minds
The Motels
Haircut 100
Better 80's MusicTalking Heads
New Order -(I loved them)
Big Country
Peter Gabriel
Violent Femmes
The Police
Joan Jett
Kate Bush
REM (I lived for them back then)
Wow, I forgot a lot of names too.
Welll, its a start, hope this helps.