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
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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) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Bananarama (1984) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- True Confessions (1986) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Wow! (1987) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
Essential songs
- Venus (1986) — 80s songs
- Cruel Summer (1983) — 80s songs
- Robert De Niro's Waiting (1984) — 80s songs
- I Heard a Rumour (1987) — 80s songs
- Love in the First Degree (1987) — 80s songs
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Bananarama — quick answers
- Who are Bananarama?
- Bananarama — London, England, active 1979–present. 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 a
- What did Bananarama release in the 1980s?
- RADIO 1980 lists 4 albums and 5 essential songs for Bananarama, covering 1983–1987.
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