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During the two decades that followed the end of World War II in 1945, independent record labels flourished. Many of these micro labels succeeded by specializing in specific types of music that the more bland-minded giants—RCA, Columbia and Decca—largely ignored. In the process, these small labels wound up establishing beachheads for new music genres and cornering the market for the genres' best musicians and singers.

Dr. Feelgood are an English pub rock band formed in 1971. Hailing from Canvey Island, Essex, they are best known for early singles such as "She Does It Right", "Roxette", "Back in the Night" and "Milk and Alcohol". Their original and distinctively British R&B sound was centred on Wilko Johnson's choppy guitar style. Along with Johnson, the initial band line-up included singer Lee Brilleaux and the rhythm section of John B. Sparks, known as "Sparko", on bass guitar and John Martin, known as "The Big Figure", on drums. Although their most commercially productive years were the mid to late-1970s, and in spite of Brilleaux's death in 1994, a version of the band (featuring none of the original members) continue to tour and record.

No figure in 20th century American classical music had as prominent or controversial a career – or did more to sell classical music to the general public as something genuinely exciting, and worth getting into a sweat over – than Leonard Bernstein. For more than 30 years, from his assumption of the post of Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in 1958 until the final concerts that he conducted in obviously failing health near the end of his life in 1990, he was the most prominent and widely recognized American-born conductor in the world, and the dominant personality in American classical music as both a conductor and, to a lesser degree, a composer. A flamboyant public figure, he burst three different times on the musical world – twice in classical with a rush of success on Broadway in between – in a blaze of glory, in the space of 15 years; and over a career lasting from the early '40s until the beginning of the '90s, he never lost an opportunity to advance his reputation as well as the cause of music.

Enjoy this Compilation with the most successful NOW Thats What I Call Music! Forever 90s singers like Britney Spears, Nirvana, Lenny Kravitz and many more!

Release date: 31 October, 2025. Step back to the early ’90s – an unforgettable era of pure pop, euphoric dancefloor anthems, soaring ballads and alternative classics. NOW Yearbook 1991 features 78 massive tracks across 4 CDs, housed in deluxe hardback book packaging with a 28-page booklet containing track-by-track notes. CD1 opens with a superstar double and a trio of #1s: George Michael and Elton John’s monumental live duet ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’. Chesney Hawkes’ defining debut ‘The One And Only’ and ‘The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)’ from Cher. Roxette’s worldwide smash ‘Joyride’ is up next along with R.E.M.’s alt-pop classic ‘Shiny Happy People’. Seal makes his solo debut with the unforgettable ‘Crazy’, Simply Red shine with ‘Stars’ – the title track from the years’ biggest selling album - and Martika delivers the Prince-penned ‘Love… Thy Will Be Done’. Contemporary pop ballads from Paula Abdul, Beverley Craven and the timeless ‘Get Here’ from Oleta Adams feature, before sophisticated pop from Pet Shop Boys with ‘Jealousy’ and Marc Almond’s fabulous cover of ‘Jacky’. Kylie Minogue (‘What Do I Have To Do?’), Bananarama (‘Preacher Man’), Cathy Dennis (‘Touch Me (All Night Long’) were all dance-pop smashes and Belinda Carlisle, Voice Of The Beehive and Divinyls all deliver great US power pop brilliance, before The Clash’s enduring ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’ closes the disc…as we celebrate it becoming a #1 nearly 9 years after its’ original chart run.