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Bananarama
Childhood friends in Bristol, Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward formed Bananarama
after meeting Siobhan Fahey while studying fashion journalism together. Heavily
influenced by punk, they'd jump up on stage to sing backing vocals with the
likes of Department S and Monochrome Set. Signed by Demon Records, their first
single "Aie A Mwana" (1981) – a cover of the 1975 Swahili song of the name same
by Black Blood – was a minor hit, but their major chart breakthrough came in
1982 singing with Fun Boy Three on their hit "It ain't What You Do (It's The Way
That You Do It)," who returned the...
