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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 Joh...

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

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.

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.

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

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 ser...

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.

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.

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

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.

This week Rebekah learns about the Queen of Disco and the United Kingdom's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013.