Bananarama

U.K. pop group Bananarama embodied so much of the bespangled excess of the '80s that they came to define at least a portion of the decade. At the outset of their career, the trio of Keren Woodward, Sarah Dallin, and Siobhan Fahey were post-punk renegades redefining the girl group sound for the new wave era. A couple of hit collaborations with Fun Boy Three in 1982 laid the groundwork for Bananarama's own smash "Shy Boy." The trio cultivated a strong following in U.S. dance clubs, which helped their single "Cruel Summer" become a Top Ten hit in 1984 and eventually led to the in...