Rebecca (レベッカ) was a Japanese rock band that had a great deal of success throughout the 1980s, fronted by singer

Nokko Nokko (born November 4, 1963) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress. She was the lead singer of the popular band "Rebecca," which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s. Nokko was born in Urawa, Saitama, as . Under her stag ...

. The band's 1985 album "Rebecca IV ~maybe tomorrow~" sold one million copies in the year, surpassing Yuming, the first truly commercially successful rock album in Japan. They won the Japan Gold Disc Award for Japanese artists in 1988.Mark Schilling ''The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture'' 1997 0834803801 p.230 "In the latter half of the 1980s rock bands like Rebecca, Checkers, Hound Dog, Tube, Anzen Chitai, Bakufu Slump, and Kome Kome Club began to take center stage on the pop scene. Unlike earlier bands, who played Western-style rock for hard-core fans, these groups had a more Japanized sound that ordinary kids could relate to. Also, taking a hint from New Music queen Yuming, who mounted spectacular stage shows.." Rebecca disbanded in 1991.

Discography

*''Voice Print'' 1984 *''Nothing To Lose'' 1984 *''Wild & Honey'' 1985 *''Rebecca IV ~maybe tomorrow~'' 1985 *''Time'' 1986 *''

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'' 1987 *''Blond Saurus'' 1989

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