![]() ![]() Bananarama briefly replaced Fahey with Jacquie O'Sullivan (born Augin Hendon, London) until 1992 when Dallin and Woodward relaunched as a duo. Fahey left Bananarama in 1988, and went off to invent BRIT Award-winning duo Shakespears Sister. Bananarama enjoyed huge success across the rest of the 1980s, and scored a Billboard Number 1 in 1986 with their Stock Aitken and Waterman-assisted version of Shocking Blue’s song Venus. Bananarama’s first taste of chart action came when they caught the eye of Fun Boy Three’s singer Terry Hall and he invited them to duet on the 1982 song It Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It). Bananarama began life in the flat above the Sex Pistols’ former rehearsal space in Denmark Street, London and the trio took the inspiration for their name from Roxy Music’s song Pyjamarama. Bananarama were dreamt up by YWCA flatmates Sara Dallin (born Decemin Bristol) and Keren Woodward (born Apin Bristol), who met Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey (born Septemin Dublin, Ireland). ![]() Bananarama are an all-female pop group, first formed in London in 1981. ![]()
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