Bananarama - Bananarama

Today (April 21st) marks the thirtieth anniversary Bananarama, the self-titled second studio album from the British pop trio of Sarah Dallin, Keren Woodward and Siobhan Fahley. It charted at number 99 in Australia, number 45 in Germany, number 16 in the UK and number 9 in Switzerland. Here in the US, it spent thirty-six weeks on the Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 30.

Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving (30th anniversary)

Today (March 2nd) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Deep Sea Skiving, the full length debut album from the English girl group Bananarama.

This is another album that got a lot of play on my turntable during my final year of high school and for many years in college there after. Click here for my complete review.

Fun Boy Three - Fun Boy Three

Happy fifty-third birthday tomorrow (March 19th) to UK-born singer Terry Hall.

From 1981 to 1983, three former members of the Specials formed their own group. Hall (vocals), Neville Staple (percussion and vocals) and Lynval Golding (guitar and vocals) became Fun Boy Three, a band that worked in Ska and heavy percussion into their music. They also helped launch the musical career of Bananarama who provided some backing vocals.

Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving

Happy fiftieth birthday this week (December 17th) to Sara Dallin, co-founder of the 80’s pop/new-wave group Bananarama.

Formed in 1979 by Dallin, Keren Woodward and Siobhan Fahley, the group was big followers of the punk rock and post-punk scenes in the UK. They released a single in 1981 that was an underground favorite. In 1982, they appeared on the track “It Ain’t What You Do…” on the Fun Boy Three debut album. Finally, on March 2nd of 1983 they released their debut album Deep Sea Skiving which went to number 7 on the UK album charts and number 63 on the US Billboard Hot 200.