Bananarama
Bananarama turned deadpan cool and close harmonies into one of the 80s' most durable pop formulas, first with post-punk-adjacent producers and later with Stock Aitken Waterman. 'Venus' gave them a US number one in 1986 and they became the most charted all-female group of the era.
Origin: London, England · Years active: 1979–present
Biography
Bananarama turned deadpan cool and close harmonies into one of the 80s' most durable pop formulas, first with post-punk-adjacent producers and later with Stock Aitken Waterman. 'Venus' gave them a US number one in 1986 and they became the most charted all-female group of the era.
Key 1980s albums
- Deep Sea Skiving (1983)
- Bananarama (1984)
- True Confessions (1986)
- Wow! (1987)
Essential songs
- Venus (1986)
- Cruel Summer (1983)
- Robert De Niro's Waiting (1984)
- I Heard a Rumour (1987)
- Love in the First Degree (1987)
Genres
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