Bananarama

Bananarama was a girl group of the 1980s that found worldwide fame with their melodic pop songs. Founded as a joke in 1981 by friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, and Sarah Dallin, they later added Jacquie O'Sullivan to their roster. Along with groups like The Bangles and The Go-Gos they helped to change the old Motown image of "Black Girls only" girl groups, and paved the way for such other artists as the Spice Girls. They got into the Guinness Book of World Records as the United Kingdom's best selling girl group ever.

Bananarama experienced their greatest success during the period from 1984 to 1989. Their debut album, Deep Sea Skiving (1983), was a minor hit, but the next, Bananarama (1984), contained their first two hit singles, "Cruel Summer" (1983) and "Robert De Niro's Waiting" (1984). "Cruel Summer" was included in the movie The Karate Kid and its soundtrack, shooting the song up to #1 worldwide. It was covered by Swedish band Ace of Base and was a worldwide hit all over again in 1998. In 1986 they began to be produced by UK pop producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman, which immediately resulted in the international #1 hit "Venus", whose dance enticing beats typified the "SAW" approach to pop production.

They appeared on the Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas?

"I Heard a Rumor", from the True Confessions album, was a hit in 1987 [1] (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3DB00000339C/geocities17/104-7324253-5843106), as was "Love in the Third Degree", but the late 80s brought a resurging of boy bands, and interest in girl bands waned a bit. A few minor hits proved to be a last hurrah, and in 1993, they released a greatest hits CD and have reappeared only sporadically, with occasional albums and a few comeback tours during the late 1990s.

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A few minor hits proved to be a last hurrah, and in 1993, they released a greatest hits CD and have reappeared only sporadically, with occasional albums and a few comeback tours during the late 1990s. After rumors of legal action and a preemptive countersuit, the group disbanded and released Level II in 2003 (see 2003 in music).
"I Heard a Rumor", from the True Confessions album, was a hit in 1987 [1] (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3DB00000339C/geocities17/104-7324253-5843106), as was "Love in the Third Degree", but the late 80s brought a resurging of boy bands, and interest in girl bands waned a bit. Personnel shifts wracked the group and contributed to the relative failure of Finally (1999, 1999 in music) and Blackstreet soon broke up. They appeared on the Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas?. It won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal by a Duo or Group and went four times platinum in the United States. In 1986 they began to be produced by UK pop producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman, which immediately resulted in the international #1 hit "Venus", whose dance enticing beats typified the "SAW" approach to pop production. Dre).

It was covered by Swedish band Ace of Base and was a worldwide hit all over again in 1998. The follow-up, 1996's Another Level (see 1996 in music) was a breakthrough success due to the top single "No Diggity" (with Dr. "Cruel Summer" was included in the movie The Karate Kid and its soundtrack, shooting the song up to #1 worldwide. Their debut, Blackstreet, was a moderate success due to singles like "Before I Let You Go". Their debut album, Deep Sea Skiving (1983), was a minor hit, but the next, Bananarama (1984), contained their first two hit singles, "Cruel Summer" (1983) and "Robert De Niro's Waiting" (1984). Blackstreet was an American R&B and soul group founded in 1994 (see 1994 in music) by Teddy Riley, a New Jack Swing pioneer known for his work as a member of Guy.
Bananarama experienced their greatest success during the period from 1984 to 1989.

They got into the Guinness Book of World Records as the United Kingdom's best selling girl group ever. Along with groups like The Bangles and The Go-Gos they helped to change the old Motown image of "Black Girls only" girl groups, and paved the way for such other artists as the Spice Girls. Founded as a joke in 1981 by friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, and Sarah Dallin, they later added Jacquie O'Sullivan to their roster. Bananarama was a girl group of the 1980s that found worldwide fame with their melodic pop songs.