BANANARAMA
   
  SHOT TO FAME IN 1982.
  THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH GIRL GROUP EVER, BUT WHERE ARE THEY NOW?


B E F O R E Bananarama - before
FORMED IN LONDON IN 1980, COMPRISING OF KEREN WOODWARD AND SARAH DALLIN FROM BRISTOL AND SIOBHAN FAHEY FROM DUBLIN.
SANG BACKING VOCALS ON FUN BOY THREE'S "IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT". FUN BOY THREE LATER RETURNED THE FAVOUR IN 1982 BY SINGING ON BANANARAMA'S "REALLY SAYING SOMETHING" WHICH REACHED THE TOP 5.
HAD A NUMBER OF TOP TEN HITS THROUGHOUT THE EIGHTIES INCLUDING "SHY BOY", "CRUEL SUMMER", "NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE", "ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING", "VENUS" AND "I HEARD A RUMOUR.
IN 1988, SIOBHAN FAHEY LEFT THE BAND AND WAS REPLACED BY JACQUIE O'SULLIVAN AS THE TRIO CONTINUED TO ENJOY CHART SUCCESS.
A F T E R Bananarama - after
SIOBHAN FAHEY MARRIED DAVE STEWART FROM THE EURYTHMICS AND AFTER FORMING SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER WITH MARCELLA DETROIT, HAD A NUMBER ONE HIT WITH "STAY".
JACQUIE O'SULLIVAN LEFT THE BAND IN 1991 TO PURSUE A SOLO CAREER.
KEREN WOODWARD AND SARAH DALLIN CONTINUED BANANARAMA AS A DUO AS THEY WENT ON TO HAVE SEVERAL MINOR HITS IN THE NINETIES.
THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP REFORMED BRIEFLY IN 1998, RECORDING A VERSION OF ABBA'S WATERLOO AS PART OF CHANNEL 4'S "EUROTRASH" EUROVISION TRIBUTE.
KEREN AND SARAH RECORDED THE ALBUM "EXOTICA" IN 2001 WHICH INCLUDES SOME RE-RECORDED OLD FAVOURITES SUCH AS "VENUS" AND "ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING" AS WELL AS A COVER VERSION OF "CARELESS WHISPER".
IN FEBRUARY 2002, KEREN AND SARAH PERFORMED LIVE AT THE LONDON ASTORIA TO MARK THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, AND WERE JOINED BY SIOBHAN AS A SPECIAL GUEST STAR.
IN 2002, RECORDED THE SONG "LOVE HIM, LEAVE HIM, FORGET HIM" TO BE USED IN SKY TV'S "IS HARRY ON THE BOAT?" - A SHOW ABOUT HOLIDAY REPS IN IBIZA.
KEREN LIVES WITH EX-WHAM! STAR ANDREW RIDGELY AND THEIR CHILDREN IN CORNWALL, WHERE ANDREW REGULARLY GOES SURFING.
SARA AND KEREN HAVE BEEN WORKING ON NEW MATERIAL WITH PRODUCERS KORPI AND BLACKCELL WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DANII MINOGUE HIT "PUT THE NEEDLE ON IT".
D O    Y O U    R E M E M B E R  ?  
THE GIRLS PERFORMING THE COMIC RELIEF SONG "HELP!" WITH FRENCH AND SAUNDERS.
D I D    Y O U    K N O W ?  
BANANARAMA CAME UP WITH THEIR NAME FROM A CROSS BETWEEN THE CHILDRENS TV SHOW "THE BANANA SPLITS" AND THE ROXY MUSIC SONG "PYJAMARAMA
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