Cook produced a demo for Woodward, Dallin, and Fahey - a cover Black Blood's "Aie a Mwana," which the indie Demon Records released as a single. All three women were involved in London's punk and new wave scene, which is how Woodward and Dallin befriended Paul Cook, the drummer for the Sex Pistols. While studying journalism at the London College of Fashion, Dallin met Siobhan Fahey. The genesis of Bananarama lies in the relationship between Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin, who were friends since childhood. and around the globe, earning a certification from the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful female band worldwide. Fahey left the group in 1988, but Woodward and Dallin persevered, racking up an enormous number of hits in the U.K. "Venus" strengthened Bananarama's dance connections, a reinforcement that not only gave them another huge worldwide hit in 1987 with "I Heard a Rumour," but kept the group alive over the decades. dance clubs, which helped their single "Cruel Summer" become a Top Ten hit in 1984 and laid the groundwork for the international blockbuster "Venus" in 1986. Both covers went into the British Top Ten in 1982, laying the groundwork for Bananarama's own smash "Shy Boy." The trio cultivated a strong following in U.S. The lanky, laconic Specials singer enlisted them as vocal support for "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" and "Really Saying Something," early hits for his group Fun Boy Three. Early on, they received an assist from Terry Hall. At the outset of their career, the trio of Keren Woodward, Sarah Dallin, and Siobhan Fahey were post-punk renegades redefining the girl group sound for the new wave era.
Bananarama embodied so much of the bespangled excess of the '80s that they came to define at least a portion of the decade.
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