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.
Siobhan Maire Fahey is an Irish singer whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the British/Irish girl group Bananarama,who have had ten top-10 hits including the US number one hit single "Venus". She later formed the Brit Award- and Ivor Novello Award-winning musical act Shakespears Sister,who had a UK number one hit with the 1992 single "Stay". Fahey joined the other original members of Bananarama for a 2017 UK tour,and,in 2018,a North America and Europe tour.
Deep Sea Skiving is the debut studio album by British vocal group Bananarama,released on 7 March 1983 by London Records. The album peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
"Cruel Summer" is a song by English girl group Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and Steve Jolley,Tony Swain,and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983,it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart in 1983 and the group performed it live on the BBC's Top of the Pops that summer,and after its inclusion in the 1984 film The Karate Kid,it reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter and producer,who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motown Sound and of the late-1960s subgenre of psychedelic soul.
The Velvelettes were an American singing girl group,signed to Motown in the 1960s. Their biggest chart success occurred in 1964,when Norman Whitfield produced "Needle in a Haystack",which peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100,and number 27 in Canada.
The Greatest Hits Collection is a compilation album released by Bananarama which features their single releases and greatest hits. It was issued by London Records in 1988,eight months after the departure of group member Siobhan Fahey. The track listing differed between versions released in the United States and Canada,as well as those released throughout Europe and other territories.
Drama is the ninth studio album by English musical duo Bananarama,released on 14 November 2005 by A&G Records. It features eleven newly recorded tracks,along with a remix of their 1986 single "Venus" and a 2005 remix of their 1982 single "Really Saying Something",an underground bootleg club hit produced by Solasso.
The Essentials is one of several greatest hits collections by Bananarama. This compilation was only released in the US by Rhino Records' Essentials series. Within the same year,WEA issued The Very Best of Bananarama to mark the group's twentieth anniversary.
The Very Best of Bananarama is a greatest hits album by English group Bananarama,released on 15 October 2001 by Warner Strategic Marketing and London Records. It was released to celebrate the group's 20th anniversary,including their singles released from 1981 to 1993. The album reached number 43 on the UK Albums Chart.
English group Bananarama have released 12 studio albums,two live albums,16 compilation albums,two extended plays,51 singles and four video albums.
"Aie a Mwana" is a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger.
"'Tain't What You Do" is a song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford,Harry James,and Ella Fitzgerald,and again the same year by Nat Gonella and His Georgians. The "shim sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.
"Hot Line to Heaven" is a song co-written and performed by English girl group Bananarama. The song appears on their second,self-titled album and was released as a single in the UK in 1984.
"These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" is a Motown song written by Harvey Fuqua,Johnny Bristol and Sylvia Moy,and recorded,most notably,by The Velvelettes and Diana Ross.
The Hit Factory:The Best of Stock Aitken Waterman is a compilation album released in 1987 by Stylus Records in association with PWL Records. The collection brought together some the biggest hits by British production team Stock Aitken Waterman. It reached #18 in the UK Top 100 Album Chart and achieved a Gold BPI award.
"Where Are You Baby?" is a song by English singer,songwriter and pop-rap artist Betty Boo,included on her debut album,Boomania (1990). The song was released by Rhythm King as a single in July 1990,peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart in September 1990 and earning a Silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry on New Year's Day 1991. Outside the United Kingdom,the single reached number six in Ireland,number 10 in Spain,number 11 in New Zealand,and number 13 in Switzerland. It also charted in Australia,Germany,and the Netherlands. The song features a prominent sample of the Velvelettes song "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'". German magazine Spex included "Where Are You Baby?" in their "The Best Singles of the Century" list in 1999.
"Break My Heart (You Really)",also known as "Break My Heart",is a song by British pop act Shakespears Sister,released in 1988 as the lead single from their debut album Sacred Heart. "Break My Heart (You Really)" was released in most territories as a Double A-side with "Heroine",which according to Siobhan Fahey was to "give a more rounded picture of what I'm about". In North American territories however,both songs were released as separate A-side singles.
Sara Elizabeth Dallin is an English singer and a founding member of the pop group Bananarama. The group has achieved 28 UK top-50 and 11 US top-100 singles,including a US number one with "Venus" (1986). Other hits include "Cruel Summer" (1983),"I Heard a Rumour" (1987) and "Love in the First Degree" (1987). Dallin and bandmate Keren Woodward are the only performers to appear on both the 1984 and 1989 Band Aid versions of "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Bananarama have sold over 30 million records and entered the Guinness Book of World Records for achieving most UK chart entries by an all-female group,a record they still hold.
30 Years of Bananarama is a CD/DVD retrospective of British girl group Bananarama's musical career from 1981 through 2009. This compilation album was issued by Rhino Records on 9 July 2012 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the group. The album entered the UK album chart on 16 July at number 62.
