The female pop music group Bananarama was formed by Siobhán Fahey, Sara Dallin and Karen Woodward in London in 1979. Sara Dallin and Karen Woodward were childhood friends. They grew and went to school together in their native Bristol in England. Siobhán Fahey, whose parents were from Co Tipperary, Ireland was born in Dublin. When Siobhán was young her family moved to England.
The Fahey family lived for a time in Germany before settling in Harpenden in Hertfordshire, England. Siobhán moved to London to study fashion journalism at the age of seventeen at the London College of Fashion, John Prince’s St. Sara Dallin was also studying fashion journalism at the same college. Karen Woodward, at the time, was working at the BBC. Sara Dallin became friendly with Fahey and the three came together to form Bananarama.
From small beginnings, often acting as backing vocals, Bananarama went on to become an international success. The group are in the Guinness Book of Records for having the most chart entries in the world for an all-female group. The group have had an array of international hits, have produced ten albums and sold over 30 million records.
Siobhán Fahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister. She was replaced by Jacquie O’Sullivan who was formerly a member of the group, Shillelagh Sisters. Bananarama continued to be a success and during O’Sullivan’s time the group had eight Top 40 UK hits. O’Sullivan left the group in 1991 and formed the group Slippery Feet. Bananarama, consisting of Sara Dallin and Karen Woodward continue to perform and released ‘Bananarama in a Bunch’ in June 2015.
Jacquie O’Sullivan, who performed with Bananarama from 1988 to 1991 was born in the year 1960 On This Day.
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