Discovered by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Kate Bush was signed to EMI at 16. Given a large advance and a three year contract, The Kick Inside was her extraordinary debut and to this day nothing sounds quite like it. Using mainly session musicians, The Kick Inside was the result of a record company actually allowing a young talent to blossom.

Some of these songs were written when she was 13! The album turned out a lush blend of piano grandiosity, vaguely uncomfortable reggae and intricate, intelligent, wonderful songs. All delivered in a voice that had no precedents. At 19 she knew that the startling whoops and Bronte-influenced narrative of Wuthering Heights would be her make or break moment. Luckily she was allowed her head.

Of course not only did Wuthering Heights give her the first self-written number one by a female artist in the UK, b