# 1985         Bananarama -                                                                                LOVE,  TRUTH,  AND  HONESTY

                                         Greatest Hits Collection, London Records, 1988

          BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENTS:
                         Club Play:  # 26
                     Hot 100 Singles:  # 89

             GLOBAL CHART ACHIEVEMENTS:
                        # 23  in the UK
                      # 25  in Switzerland

                 top 20 hit at MATT RADIO
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This British female dance-pop vocal trio, comprising Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, and Sarah Dallin, came on the scene just as MTV was becoming an influential force in the early 80's.

Some of Bananarama's early recordings were with English artists Fun Boy Three.  Their slight, airy vocals and strong grooves earned them a number of hits on both sides of the Atlantic. 

Until the Spice Girls, Bananarama were the most successful girl band in Britain ever.  As with the inventors of "Girl Power," their voices were rather unremarkable, but you got to choose which one you fancied: the dark one, the blonde one, or the slightly less blonde one.

In 1987, Fahey left the group after marrying Eurythmics' Dave Stewart.  She later resurfaced as one half of the duo Shakespear's Sister.  Woodward and Dallin, meanwhile, enlisted pal Jacquie O'Sullivan, formerly of the Sheilagh Sisters, to fill the void.   The new line-up recorded "Love, Truth, and Honesty" for a greatest hits collection.  After a long layoff, the group teamed with new producer Youth to issue the 1991 album Pop Life, which featured a cover of the Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Running."  Shortly after the album's release, O'Sullivan too exited, and Woodward and Dallin forged on as a duo for 1992's Please Yourself and 1995's Ultra Violet.


sources:  nostalgiacentral.com
              Jason Ankeny, allmusic.com