Bananarama’s Sara Dallin said the music of the 1980s is more “organic” than today’s music. In addition, she said Bananarama’s “Cruel Summer” had a big impact on the musicians of subsequent decades.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Keren Woodward of Bananarama “Older and wiser feels good. To be able to continue making music is a ...

Bananarama's own "Cruel Summer" became the British pop act's breakthrough U.S. hit in 1984 Alma Rosaz Taylor Swift’s hugely popular synthpop track “Cruel Summer” went to No. 1 on the Billboard chart ...

Folks all over America and even around the globe have been dealing with some oppressive heat this summer. It’s the kind you might not mind if you were in the right location and headspace to enjoy it.

It was 40 years ago this month that the British pop trio (now a duo) Bananarama released their hit single "Cruel Summer," a song that actually looked at the darker side of the season—noting the ...

5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Keren Woodward of Bananarama “Older and wiser feels good. To be able to continue making music is a joy,” says Bananarama’s Sara Dallin, who feels lucky to have had a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Bananarama – consisting of co-founders and co-singers Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin – are certainly aware of Swift’s recent ...