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Bananarama

Bananarama's first album sounded like Fun Boy Three without the boys, but definitely with their ironic sense of "fun." The female trio's remake of "He Was Really Saying Something," with its drop-dead, blasé reading of the key line "Bop bop shoobee do wa-ah," was a girl-group classic.

Their...

1984 RS: 1of 5 Stars

1983

Biography

Bananarama was one of the most successful British girl groups in pop history despite the original trio's inability to play instruments and refusal to do concert tours. Musically, Bananarama (the name combines the late-'60s kids' show The Banana Splits and Roxy Music's "Pyjamarama") presented fluffy pop tunes and a girly image that won fans and sold records.

Woodward and Dallin were childhood...

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