There were few “girl groups” as prolific and successful during the MTV era as Bananarama.  The London-formed pop group had a long string of Top 10 U.K. and U.S. singles during the ’80s, including “It Ain’t What You Do…,” “Really Saying Something,” “Shy Boy,” and covers of Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” and The Shocking Blue’s  “Venus.”  Their popularity on the charts and on the dance floor continues, with the group tallying up an impressive 28 Top 50 U.K. singles from 1982 to 2009.  Now, Cherry Red’s Strike Force…

She’s got it…yeah, baby, she’s got it!  The first six albums by the beloved girl group Bananarama have recently been reissued in expanded editions from London Music Stream Limited.  These albums – Deep Sea Skiving (1983), Bananarama (1984), True Confessions (1986), Wow! (1987), Pop Life (1991), and Please Yourself (1993) – represent the first decade of the band, spanning 1983-1993 and including such hits as “Shy Boy,” “Cruel Summer,” “More Than Physical,” “I Heard a Rumour,” and of course, “Venus.” As TSD wrote in 2017 upon the expanded reissue of the band’s…

Ahead of their upcoming tour–including their first trek to America!–Bananarama will reissue their Greatest Hits Collection (1988) with a bonus disc of original material. Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward were once named the female vocal group with the most chart entries ever by the Guinness Book of World Records, and it’s not too outlandish a claim. If you’ve been near a radio on both sides of the Atlantic since the ’80s, you’ve probably heard at least one of their hits: soul-pop covers like “Really Saying Something” with Fun Boy Three,…