'NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock!' to Be Released June 3

'NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock!' to Be Released June 3

CD & Digital Release Features Top Hits From Classic Rock's Biggest Stars, Including Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, David Bowie, Foreigner, Styx, Cheap Trick, Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, Heart, and More!

VH1 Classic to Premiere 'VH1 Classic Presents: NOW Classic Rock' on May 31 at 8:00 PM ET/PT

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's best selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music! is back with a new CD and digital release presenting classic rock's top artists and hits in one spectacular package. NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock!, to be released June 3, features 20 smash hits from The Who, Jimi Hendrix Experience, David Bowie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, Rush, George Thorogood and The Destroyers, Foreigner, Styx, Cheap Trick, Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, Heart and many more. VH1 Classic will co-promote the NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock! release with premiere of "VH1 Classic Presents: NOW Classic Rock" on May 31 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.

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NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock! is packed with huge genre-defining hits that steered rock music's evolution from the late '60s through the early '80s, including The Who's "My Generation," Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Fire," Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising," Boston's "More Than A Feeling," Foreigner's "Cold As Ice," Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band," Queen's "We Will Rock You," Heart's "Barracuda," Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water," George Thorogood and The Destroyers' "Bad To The Bone" and several other legendary smash hits.

In conjunction with the new release, VH1 Classic will premiere "VH1 Classic Presents: NOW Classic Rock," a one-hour special hosted by Mark Goodman, on May 31 at 8:00 PM ET/PT. The special will feature videos for several songs from the NOW release, including Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," Kansas' "Carry On My Wayward Son," Boston's "More Than A Feeling," Heart's "Barracuda," George Thorogood and The Destroyers' "Bad To The Bone," David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel," Cheap Trick's "Surrender," Queen's "We Will Rock You," and Kiss' "Rock And Roll All Nite."

NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol 28, also in stores on June 3, presents 20 of today's huge chart-topping songs from top pop, R&B and country artists, including Leona Lewis, Britney Spears, Lil Wayne featuring Static Major, Chris Brown, John Mayer, Trace Adkins, Daughtry and many others in one must-have release.

The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a compilation joint venture from EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and the Zomba Label Group. The series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW brand had become an enormous, multi-platinum international success for nearly 20 years. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 200 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 67 million copies in the United States since its debut, remaining the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist series to reach #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

Launched in May 2000, VH1 Classic is a 24-hour network that present videos, concerts and music specials all day long, featuring the best of rock, soul and pop artists from the '60s, '70s, '80s and the early '90s, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Police, Madonna and many more. Learn more at http://www.vh1classic.com/.

                        http://www.nowthatsmusic.com/     NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock! (CD & digital album)   1.  We Will Rock You                Queen   2.  Barracuda                       Heart   3.  Bad To The Bone                 George Thorogood and The Destroyers   4.  Spirit Of The Radio             Rush   5.  My Generation                   The Who   6.  Fire                            Jimi Hendrix Experience   7.  More Than A Feeling             Boston   8.  Carry On My Wayward Son         Kansas   9.  Renegade                        Styx   10. Cold As Ice                     Foreigner   11. Smoke On The Water              Deep Purple   12. We're An American Band          Grand Funk Railroad   13. Mississippi Queen               Mountain   14. Bad Moon Rising                 Creedence Clearwater Revival   15. Sweet Home Alabama              Lynyrd Skynyrd   16. The Joker                       Steve Miller Band   17. Rebel Rebel                     David Bowie   18. Surrender                       Cheap Trick   19. Show Me The Way (live)          Peter Frampton   20. Rock And Roll All Nite (live)   Kiss     NOW chart & sales history:   NOW 1 (October 1998, platinum)   NOW 2 (July 1999, double platinum)   NOW 3 (December 1999, double platinum)   NOW 4 (July 2000, the first compilation ever to debut at #1 on the    Billboard Top 200, double platinum)   NOW 5 (November 2000, quadruple platinum)   NOW 6 (April 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, triple    platinum)   NOW 7 (July 2001, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, triple platinum)   NOW 8 (November 2001, triple platinum)   NOW 9 (April 2002, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double    platinum)   NOW 10 (July 2002, platinum)   NOW 11 (November 2002, double platinum)   NOW 12 (March 2003, platinum)   NOW 13 (July 2003, platinum)   NOW 14 (April 2004, triple platinum)   NOW 15 (May 2004, double platinum)   NOW 16 (July 2004, triple platinum)   NOW 17 (November 2004, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double    platinum)   NOW 18 (March 2005, platinum)   NOW 19 (July 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double    platinum)   NOW 20 (November 2005, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double    platinum)   NOW 21 (April 2006, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, double    platinum)   NOW 22 (July 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, platinum)   NOW 23 (November 2006, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, double    platinum)   NOW 24 (March 2007, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, platinum)   NOW 25 (July 2007, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, platinum)   NOW 26 (November 2007, platinum)   NOW 27 (March 2008, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, certification    pending)   NOW That's What I Call Christmas! (October 2001, quintuple platinum)   NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 2 (The Signature Collection)    (September 2003, double platinum)   NOW That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3 (October 2006, platinum)  

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Source: EMI Music; Sony BMG Music Entertainment; Universal Music Group; Zomba Label Group

CONTACT: Jennifer Ballantyne of EMI Music Marketing, +1-323-871-5494,
jennifer.ballantyne@emicap.com; or Sujata Murthy of Universal Music
Enterprises, +1-310-865-7812, sujata.murthy@umusic.com; or Angela Barkan of
Sony BMG Entertainment, +1-212-833-8575, angela.barkan@sonybmg.com

Web site: http://www.nowthatsmusic.com/
http://www.vh1classic.com/
http://www.capitolrecords.com/

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