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Bananarama

This British female dance-pop vocal trio, comprising Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin, came on the scene just as MTV was becoming an influential force in the early 80s. Some of Bananarama's early recordings were with English artists Fun Boy Three. Their slight, airy vocals and strong grooves earned them a number of hits on both sides of the Atlantic. 

Until The Spice Girls, Bananarama were the most successful girl band in Britain ever. As with the inventors of "Girl Power", their voices were rather unremarkable, but you got to choose which one you fancied; the dark one, the blonde one or the slightly less blonde one. In the UK, their biggest singles were He Was Really Saying Somethin' (with Fun Boy Three), Shy Boy, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye, Cruel Summer, Robert De Niro's Waiting, Venus (a remake of the classic hit by Shocking Blue), Love In The First Degree, I Want You Back  and Help (The Beatles' song). All Top Ten Hits.

In the USA, they reached the Top Ten with Cruel Summer and I Heard A Rumour, and made it to the number one spot with their version of Venus.  Their fizzy, amateurish charm unfortunately dissipated once they were fed into the Stock Aitken and Waterman machine.

Siobhan Fahey, who married Dave Stewart from Eurythmics in August 1987, retired from the group in December and formed Shakespeare's Sister. She was replaced by Jacqui Sullivan who quit in mid 1991 leaving Bananarama a duo. In 1996 the group released Ultra Violet and gave the long-deceased equine creature a bloody good flogging.

But if you want to hear how influential Bananarama really were . . . listen to I Heard A Rumour and then any Spice Girls song. Get my drift?

 
The Band
Sarah Dallin

Siobhan Fahey Keren Woodward
Jacqui Sullivan
Video Clips

Shy Boy

Cruel Summer

I Heard A Rumour

Robert De Niro's Waiting

 

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