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| Now That's What I Call Music 23 | 09 Jan 2026 | 00:58:12 | |
This week Rebekah got to listen to the 23rd edition of Now That's What I Call Music which included the only ABBA song to appear in this Now series. Also on this volume were George Michael, Simply Red, Simple Minds, Erasure, Heaven 17 and Genesis all from the 80s and still going strong in the 90s | |||
| Now That's What I Call Music 22 | 12 Dec 2025 | 00:51:42 | |
This week Rebekah got to listen to the music of 1992 via the Now That's What I Call Music 22 and not only does this edition contain many #1's but it also has the longest single to chart in the UK Top 10 although the version on Now was edited down from the 39 minutes and 57 seconds. | |||
| Now That's What I Call Music 21 | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:55:41 | |
This week Rebekah gets to listen to Now 21 a compilation released in 1992 and gave her new artists like East Side Beat, 2 Unlimited, Clivilles & Cole, Opus 3, Curtis Stigers and MC Hammer as well as 80s stalwarts Queen, Wet Wet Wet & Erasure to listen to | |||
| Now That's What I Call Music 20 | 21 Nov 2025 | 00:49:34 | |
This week Rebekah listens to Now That's What I Call Music 20 from 1991 where she got to hear some new artists like Color Me Badd, Rozalla, The Wonderstuff and 2 Unlimited. Rebekah also hears how the Pet Shop Boys annoyed U2 prompting the Irish band to ask 'What have we done to deserve this?' | |||
| Now That's What I Call Music 19 | 13 Nov 2025 | 00:55:40 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now 19 from 1991 where she got to hear some new artists like Vanilla Ice, Seal, 2 In A Room, Praise and Hale & Pace. Rebekah also finds out that Now 19 holds an unwanted record | |||
| Now That's What I Call Music 18 | 17 Oct 2025 | 01:04:32 | |
This week we continue with the 90s as we review Now 18 with Rebekah getting to listen to The LA's, Wilson Phillips, MC Hammer and Betty Boo | |||
| Now That's What I Call Music 17 | 09 Oct 2025 | 00:58:04 | |
This week we discuss Now 17 which is Rebekah's first introduction to 90s music - the decade in which she was born. Listen and find out what she makes of the music of Happy Mondays, Jesus Jones, Primal Scream, Inspiral Carpets and Adamski. | |||
| S6:E16 - Now That's What I Call Music 16 | 24 Jul 2025 | 00:50:23 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now 16 which was released in November 1989 and is the last NOW to be released in the 80s, so for the CD version, 3 bonus tracks were added which didn't feat[ure on the LP or cassette versions. Artists feature included Tears for Fears, Erasure, Queen, Wet Wet Wet, Tine Turner and Kate Bush. | |||
| S6:E15 - Now That's What I Call Music 15 | 24 Jun 2025 | 00:41:03 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now That's What I Call Music volume 15, which was released in August 1989 and is the penultimate NOW album from the 80s. Artists featured included the Pet Shop Boys, Queen, Simple Minds, Bananarama, INXS and Roxette | |||
| S6:E14 - Now That's What I Call Music 14 | 25 Apr 2025 | 01:02:02 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now That's What I Call Music volume 14 which was released in March 1989 the same month that SKY TV was launched in Europe. NOW 14 was the 1st Now to feature 2 songs with the same title. Featured artists included Duran Duran, Erasure, Simple Minds, Phil Collins and INXS | |||
| S6:E14 - Now That's What I Call Music 14 | 10 Apr 2025 | 01:02:02 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now That's What I Call Music volume 14 which was released in March 1989 the same month that SKY TV was launched in Europe. NOW 14 was the 1st Now to feature 2 songs with the same title. Featured artists included Duran Duran, Erasure, Simple Minds, Phil Collins and INXS | |||
| S6:EP13 - Now That's What I Call Music 13 | 03 Apr 2025 | 00:58:16 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now That's What I Call Music volume 13 which was released in November 1988 and was the only NOW to top both the album chart and compilation chart following the introduction of the compilation chart which all future NOW releases would be charting. Now 13 featured Duran Duran, Erasure, The Human League, The Proclaimers and Phil Collins | |||
| S6:EP12 - Now That's What I Call Music 12 | 27 Mar 2025 | 00:38:34 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now That's What I Call Music volume 12 which was released in July 1988 and was the first NOW to feature a Hawaiian artist. NOW 12 is also the only time that metal legends Iron Maiden appeared as well as a band who feature with their #1 single which they achieved without being signed to a major record label...listen to find out more | |||
| S6:EP11 - Now That's What I Call Music 11 | 20 Mar 2025 | 00:33:35 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now That's What I Call Music volume 11 which was released in March 1988 and saw the 1st appearance of Kylie Minogue who is currently ranked #3 of the most featured female artist with 23 appearances. This volume also has Elton John's Candle In The Wind which is the UK's biggest selling song since records began. Other artists featured include Pet Shop Boys, Wet Wet Wet, Bananarama, Billy Ocean and Belinda Carlisle Just an apology abour Rebekah's audio, some technical problems were happening that we were unaware of during recording. | |||
| S6:E10 - Now That's What I Call Music 10 | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:53:08 | |
This week Rebekah listened to NOW That's What I Call Music volume 10 which was the first in the series to have an identical tracklist across vinyl, cassette & compact disc. This was also the biggest selling compilation at the time and would be a while until it was beaten. Artists featured include Wet Wet Wet, The Style Council, Erasure and the Pet Shop Boys | |||
| S6:E9 - Now That's What I Call Music 9 | 09 Mar 2025 | 00:56:53 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now That's What I Call Music volume 9 which was released in March 1987 and saw the debuts of both Erasure & Bon Jovi although Bon Jovi wouldn't appear again until Now 34!! Vince Clarke's previous band Yazoo never appeared while his other previous band Depeche Mode didn't appear until Now 17. Now 9 was also the first Now to feature a Levi's ad song. | |||
| S6:E8 - Now That's What I Call Music 8 | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:35:41 | |
This week Rebekah got to listen to Now That's What I Call Music Volume 8 which was released in November 1986 and included the only original Top of the Pops theme song to appear on a Now album. Featured artists include Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Human League, Madness & Genesis. | |||
| S6:E7 - Now That's What I Call Music 7 | 22 Feb 2025 | 00:45:24 | |
This week we discuss Now That's What I Call Music Volume 7 which was released in August 1987 and saw artists such as Pet Shop Boys, The Housemartins, Bananarama, A-ha, Billy Ocean and Simply Red. Now 7 is also the only Now in the series in which Chris De Burgh appears. | |||
| S6:E6 - Now That's What I Call Music 6 | 13 Feb 2025 | 00:36:34 | |
This week Rebekah listened to Now That's What I Call Music Volume 6 which was the 1st to display the new logo which didn't include the iconic Pig. It was also released just after the 1st Now Christmas Album and included Queen, Elton John, Tina Turner & Kate Bush. | |||
| S6:E5 - Now That's What I Call Music 5 | 09 Feb 2025 | 00:30:19 | |
This week Rebekah listens to Now 5 which was released in 1985 and saw artists such as Duran Duran, Scritti Politti, U2, Simple Minds, Phil Collins & Style Council. It was the last volume of the series to feature the Pig on the sleeve and use the slogan "Make It Pig" on its TV advert | |||
| S6:E4 - Now That's What I Call Music 4 | 30 Jan 2025 | 01:00:04 | |
This week Rebekah gets to listen to Now That's What I Call Music volume 4. Now 4 released in 1984 around same time as the Ethiopia famine came to public attention which lead to both the Band Aid single and Live Aid concert. Now 4 was the 1st to feature 32 tracks due to rival record companies releasing the Hits Album compilation. Now 4 included singles from Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Elton John, Culture Club, Queen & Tina Turner | |||
| S6:Ep3 - Now That's What I Call Music 3 | 23 Jan 2025 | 00:56:25 | |
This week Rebekah gets to listen to Now That's What I Call Music volume 3. Now 3 is the 1st volume of the series to use the pig as it's logo. This album was both George Michael (Wham!) & Bob Marley's debut in the series. Other artists on this album are Duran Duran, Queen, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Thompson Twins & Ultravox | |||
| S6:E2 - NOW That's What I Call Music 2 | 16 Jan 2025 | 00:35:16 | |
This week we discussed Now That's What I Call Music Vol.2 and was the 1st to use Roman numerals on it's cover and only 1 other has since used Roman numerals too...artists on Now 2 included Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Queen, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Duran Duran and Culture Club. | |||
| S6:E1 - NOW That's What I Call Music 1 | 09 Jan 2025 | 00:40:21 | |
This week we start with the review of the NOW That's What I Call Music compilation series, which was conceived in 1983 by Richard Branson via his Virgin Music label and released with EMI Music and featured the likes of Duran Duran, Culture Club, UB40, Kajagoogoo and Madness. | |||
| S5:Summary | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:19:26 | |
Join us, as we take a look back at series 5. Russell reveals the amount of artists, songs and the difference in hits and misses! Also, Rebekah prepares Russell for the bonus episode, letting him know who he'll be listening to. Tune in soon to find out his opinions of some 2010 female soloists | |||
| S5:E15 - Duets - Susan Fassbender, Reynolds Girls, Wee Papa Girls Rappers, Sarah Brightman, Womack & Womack, Roberta Flack, Pepsi & Shirlie, Hilary Lester, Mel & Kim | 17 Oct 2024 | 01:39:22 | |
This week Rebekah listened to a duet put together for this 1 number 1 hit, a duet who were tragically separated following a very brief successful period, a musical theatre actress/singer who had chart success with many different partners and Wham's backing singers, who had a brief career following Wham disbanding. Stay tuned for more content from us - we have a new bonus episode and an all new series coming soon! | |||
| S5:E14 - Toyah, Samantha Fox, Grace Jones, Elkie Brooks, Kelly Marie, Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige | 10 Oct 2024 | 01:33:57 | |
This week Rebekah got to hear the songs from a current Strictly come Dancing contestant, plus a former topless model, along with two women who were better known from their musical theatre appearances. | |||
| S5:E13 - Debbie Gibson, Sinitta, Belinda Carlisle, Jennifer Rush, Hazel O'Connor and Stevie Nicks | 03 Oct 2024 | 01:57:17 | |
This week Rebekah gets to heard from a member of Fleetwood Mac who went their own way, a close friend of Simon Cowell's who liked a toy boy and the song that stopped Take On Me from being a number 1 in the UK. | |||
| S5:E12 - Alison Moyet, Natalie Cole, Tracey Ullman, Kirty MacColl, Jennifer Warnes, Tracie and Phyllis Nelson | 19 Sep 2024 | 01:51:48 | |
This week Rebekah learns about the comedian come singer who hails from her own birth town while also this week, the singer who got noticed through one of Vince Clarke's bands and the daughter of one of the legends of 50 Jazz. Why not follow us on X formerly Twitter @DadEducates | |||
| S5:E11 - Gloria Estefan, Enya, Paula Abdul, Debbie Harry, Deneice Williams and Sabrina | 12 Sep 2024 | 01:23:06 | |
This week Rebekah gets to hear about the music from the Queen of Latin pop, the original pin up girl, aka Blondie and a lady who used her sex appeal in a very raunchy video to help promote her single. | |||
| S5:E10 - Donna Summer, Sade, Bonnie Tyler, Same Brown, Evelyn Thomas and Nicole | 05 Sep 2024 | 01:24:22 | |
This week Rebekah learns about the Queen of Disco and the United Kingdom's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013. | |||
| S5:E9 - Sheena Easton, Chaka Khan, Martika, Shannon, Dolly Parton and Liza Minnelli | 29 Aug 2024 | 01:02:24 | |
This week Rebekah learns about the Country singer who wasn't so successful in the UK chart as well as the Scottish singer who starred on the original reality TV series, The Big Time and went on the be more successful in the USA. | |||
| S5:E8 - Janet Jackson, Annie Lennox, Hazell Dean, Pat Benatar, Irene Cara and Toni Basil | 22 Aug 2024 | 01:20:42 | |
This week Rebekah gets to hear about the female Jackson as well as the female half of the Eurythmics and a female who had a one hit wonder about a certain cartoon Mouse. | |||
| S5:E7 - Diana Ross, Olivia Newton-John, Mica Paris, Suzanne Vega, Tanita Tikaram and Anita Baker | 16 Aug 2024 | 01:24:08 | |
This week Rebekah gets to hear about the lead singer of The Supremes, who is seen as one of the 5 mighty pop divas of the 60s. Also this episode Rebekah learns about the lead actress from Grease who was also a very successful singer. | |||
| S5:E6 - Whitney Houston, Jaki Graham, Dionne Warwick, Taylor Dayne, Joan Armstrong and Terri Wells | 01 Aug 2024 | 01:09:33 | |
This week Rebekah hears about the American singer simply known as 'The Voice' and one of the iconic women from the 80s. Also as an added bonus Rebekah finds out about the cousin of the American singer who herself is one of the most successful female singers. | |||
| S5:E5 - Kate Bush, Nenah Cherry, Cyndi Lauper, Rose Royce, Pebbles and Maria Vidal | 18 Jul 2024 | 01:23:15 | |
This week Rebekah got to hear about one of the most successful British singers who has a comeback thanks to an American TV series. Also hearing one of the best American singers from the 80s who was an influence for many women, including Katy Perry and Lady GaGa as well as being a pioneer for the LGBT due to her sister being a lesbian. | |||
| S5:E4 - Kylie Minogue, Cathy Dennis, Cher, Nina Simone, Laura Branigan and Desireless | 11 Jul 2024 | 01:26:55 | |
This week Rebekah learns about the Australian actress who turned to pop and became a big success. While an American, who was successful in the 60s makes a welcome comeback in the 80s. | |||
| S5:E3 - Tina Turner, Lisa Stansfield, Princess, Sinead O'Connor, Vanessa Paradis and Denise La Salle | 27 Jun 2024 | 01:22:36 | |
This week Rebekah gets to hear from the Queen of Rock'n'Roll as well as an Irish singer who was at number 1 in the USA for 4 weeks | |||
| S5:E2 - Kim Wilde, Sonia, Tiffany, Spagna, Kim Carnes and Tracy Chapman | 20 Jun 2024 | 01:03:40 | |
This week Rebekah hears about Britain's most charted female solo act of the 80s, along with an English fenale singer who represented the UK in Eurovision. Plus an American singer who is best remembered for a song about an American actress. | |||
| S5:E1 - Madonna, Aneka, Nena and Robin Beck | 13 Jun 2024 | 01:20:44 | |
This week Rebekah starts her journey learning and listening about the Female Soloists from the 80s and where better to start than the Queen of Pop herself, plus a bit of a fizzy drink song, some Japanese and balloons | |||
| S4 Bonus Episode - Stormzy, Bruno Mars, George Ezra and James Arthur | 30 Mar 2024 | 01:38:11 | |
It's that time again, the tables turn and Russell listens to some male soloists who made it onto the scene in the 2010s. Find out who he compares them to and what he thinks as we listen to one of the UK's biggest Grime artists! | |||
| S4:Summary | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:36:04 | |
Join us, as we take a look back at series 4. Russell reveals the amount of artists, songs and the difference in hits and misses! Also, Rebekah prepares Russell for the bonus episode, letting him know who he'll be listening to. Tune in next week to find out his opinions of some 2010 male soloists | |||
| S4:E20 - Luther Vandross, Bobby Brown, Malcom McLaren, Terence Trent D'Arby, Phil Bailey, Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy and Steve Arrington | 15 Feb 2024 | 01:58:31 | |
Last episode of series 4! This week Rebekah listened to the soul singer known as the 'Velvet Voice', the partner of a fashion designer, the husband of a big 80s singer and a singer who had a hit with a single he'd originally released with his band. Follow us on X for more opinions on 80s music - @dadeducates | |||
| S4:E19 - Billy Idol, Phil Fearon, Leo Sayer, John Foxx, Joe Jackson, Sydney Youngblood and Jimmy Somerville | 08 Feb 2024 | 02:02:03 | |
This week Rebekah hears about the solo career of a pioneer of LGBT within the music business, an English rocker who had 4 Top 10 hits in America and a 70s disco star who was still getting hits in the early 80s. Follow us on X, blue sky and Instagram! | |||
| S4:E18 - Billy Ocean, Freddie Mercury, Bryan Ferry, Bryan Adams, Julian Cope, Don McLean and Carl Douglas | 01 Feb 2024 | 01:42:30 | |
This week Rebekah got to hear from a soloist who got some Hollywood A-Listers to perform in his video, a performer who was better known for being the frontman to a popular rock band and a Canadian who was a big star on both sides of the Atlantic Remember to follow us on X, Instagram and BlueSky @dadeducates/@dadeducateddaughter | |||
| S4:E17 - Paul Young, Robert Palmer, David Essex, Alvin Stardust, M, Joe Dolce and Brat | 25 Jan 2024 | 01:52:09 | |
This week Rebekah hears music from the master of cover music, a singer with an actor background, and someone who took on a character name and kept it as his own stage name. All this and a novelty song about a tennis star. Follow us on X and Bluesky! | |||
| S4:E16 - Nik Kershaw, Jason Donovan, John Lennon, Holly Johnson, Jackie Wilson and Julian Lennon | 18 Jan 2024 | 01:47:05 | |
This week Rebekah finds out about the music of the lead singer of the biggest band in 1984. Rebekah also hears the music of an Australian soap star turned pop star. | |||
| S4:E15 - Howard Jones, Morrissey, Jermaine Stewart, Nick Kamen, Captain Sensible, Rockwell and Owen Paul | 11 Jan 2024 | 01:44:13 | |
This week Rebekah finds out about the music of one of the most successful SynthPop soloists, along with two former lead vocalists, and a male model who made his name in a laundrette. | |||
| S4:E14 - George Michael, Rick Astley, Matt Bianco, Gelnn Frey, John 'Cougar' Millencamp and Kenny G | 04 Jan 2024 | 01:34:55 | |
This week Rebekah got to hear the music from two of Britain's finest popstars, as well as an American who spread his wings to go solo. We are on Twitter and Bluesky - follow us to keep up with our thoughts and opnions! | |||
| S4:E13 - Alexander O'Neal, Julio Iglesias, Paul Hardcastle, Falco, Jan Hammer and Divine | 21 Dec 2023 | 01:50:41 | |
This week Rebekah gets to hear different types of music from Electro Pop to Soul and R&B to Latin, as well as the music from an 80s TV show. | |||