Bananarama is a British-Irish girl group formed in London in 1980. The group,originally a trio,consisted of friends Sara Dallin,Siobhan Fahey,and Keren Woodward. Fahey left the group in 1988 and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan until 1991,when the trio became a duo. Their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in the Guinness World Records for achieving the world's highest number of chart entries by an all-female group. Between 1982 and 2009,they had 30 singles reach the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart.
Dead or Alive were an English pop band that released six studio albums from 1984 to 1995. The band formed in 1980 in Liverpool and found success in the mid-1980s,releasing seven singles that made the UK top 40 and three albums on the UK top 30. At the peak of their success,the lineup consisted of Pete Burns (vocals),Steve Coy (drums),Mike Percy (bass) and Tim Lever (keyboards),with the core pair of Burns and Coy writing and producing for the remainder of the band's career due to Percy and Lever exiting the group in 1989.
"Je ne sais pas pourquoi" (English:"I Do Not Know Why"),also known as "I Still Love You (Je ne sais pas pourquoi)" in Australia and New Zealand,is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue from her debut studio album Kylie (1988). Released as a single on 10 October 1988 by PWL,the song has subsequently appeared on most of Minogue's hits compilations including Greatest Hits (1992),Ultimate Kylie (2004) and,most recently,Step Back in Time:The Definitive Collection,released in 2019. Like most of Minogue's material between 1988 and 1992,it was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
Rockbird is the second solo studio album by American singer Debbie Harry. It was released in November 1986 by Geffen Records in the United States and Chrysalis Records in the United Kingdom.
The Complete Picture:The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie is a greatest hits album released on March 4,1991,by Chrysalis Records. It contained all of Blondie's highest-charting singles such as "Heart of Glass","Sunday Girl","The Tide Is High","Atomic",and "Call Me",as well as some of Deborah Harry's solo singles,including the UK top-10 single "French Kissin' in the USA".
"I Heard a Rumour" is a song by English girl group Bananarama from their fourth studio album,Wow! (1987),and was released on 29th June 1987 as the album's lead single. It became a hit in UK where it reached the top 20,but was more successful in North America,where it peaked within the top five.
"More Than Physical" is a song by English girl group Bananarama from their third studio album,True Confessions (1986). It was released on 11 August 1986 as the album's third single. It was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) trio. A reworked version of the song was released as the single version.
"A Trick of the Night" is a mid-tempo ballad recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released as the final single from Bananarama's album True Confessions.
"Love in the First Degree" is a song by English girl group Bananarama from their fourth studio album,Wow! (1987). It was released on 28 September 1987 as the album's second single,except in the United States,where it was released in 1988 as the third single. The track was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) trio. It achieved major success in the UK and Australia,and also peaked within the top 20 in many European countries,but,unlike "I Heard a Rumour",it reached only the lower end of the top 50 in the US.
"Love,Truth and Honesty" is a song by English girl group Bananarama from their first greatest hits album,Greatest Hits Collection (1988). Co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) trio,the song was released on 12 September 1988 by London Records as the album's lead single. It achieved a moderate success,peaking out of the top 20 in the majority of countries where it was released. The music video was produced by Big TV!.
"Respectable" is a song by English musical duo Mel and Kim from their only studio album,F.L.M. (1987). It was released on 18 February 1987 as the album's second single. The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for one week in March 1987,becoming the second UK number-one single produced by Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW),following Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round " (1985),and the first UK number one that the trio had written themselves. The single also topped the charts in many European countries,as well as in Oceania.
"Happenin' All Over Again" is a song written and produced by Stock Aitken &Waterman (SAW) for American singer Lonnie Gordon's first album,If I Have to Stand Alone (1990). The song mixed SAW's Europop sound with the blooming Italo house music which was becoming big in the UK charts at the time. It was released as the album's second single on January 15,1990,and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart,but this 1990 version was never released in the US. A different version of the song was included on Gordon's 1993 album Bad Mood,and this version was released as a US single in 1993,peaking at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number one on the Billboard Dance chart. In 1998,Gordon recorded the song for a second time and released it as a single.
"Love's About to Change My Heart" is the third single from Another Place and Time,the 1989 album by Donna Summer. The song was released on August 14,1989 by Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. Records. It was written and produced by British production team Stock Aitken &Waterman. Released as the second single in the US,the song was a hit on the dance charts,but failed to repeat the Top 40 success it enjoyed in Europe.
Most of All:The Best of Deborah Harry is a compilation album of recordings by Deborah Harry,released by Chrysalis Records in 1999.
"Whenever You Need Somebody" is a song written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman,which became successful for two of their artists,namely O'Chi Brown and Rick Astley.
"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" is the debut single of English pop duo Mel and Kim,released in September 1986. The song became a chart hit in the UK,peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart and reaching number one in four European countries.
"Shattered Glass" is a song written by Bob Mitchell and Steve Coe which was originally recorded in 1980 by Scottish singer Ellie Warren. The song was recorded in 1987 by American singer Laura Branigan with the Stock Aitken Waterman production team to serve as the lead single from Branigan's fifth studio album,Touch (1987).
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" is a song performed by British singer Samantha Fox and written and produced by Mike Stock,Matt Aitken,and Pete Waterman (SAW). It was released as the first single from Samantha’s eponymous second album,Samantha Fox,in the spring of 1987. The single became Fox's third and final top ten single in the United Kingdom,peaking at number eight in June. In the United States,the single was released in the fall of 1987 and reached only number 80 that October. It was a top 10 hit in continental Europe and also reached number 22 in Australia.
"French Kissin" is a song by American singer Debbie Harry from her second solo studio album,Rockbird (1986). It is a cover version of the 1985 song originally recorded by Carol Chapman,written by Chuck Lorre before he started creating sitcoms. Harry's version was released on November 3,1986,as the lead single from Rockbird and became a top-10 hit in Australia,Ireland,New Zealand,South Africa,and the United Kingdom.
"Mind over Matter" is a song by the American singer E. G. Daily,which was released in 1987 as a single from the soundtrack album of the American comedy film Summer School. The song was written by Michael Jay and Rick Palombi,and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. It reached number 7 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs Chart,and number 22 on the Cash Box Top 12" Dance Singles Chart.
