Banderas (duo)

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Banderas
Genres
London Records
Past membersSally Herbert
Caroline Buckley

Banderas were a British

London Records. The band was an offshoot of Jimmy Somerville's band The Communards
, and featured two of his female backing musicians, Scottish vocalist Caroline Buckley and English violinist/keyboardist Sally Herbert.

The duo are mostly remembered for their

Top of The Pops
on 21 March 1991 to perform the song.

The duo's album, Ripe, peaked at No. 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and featured further singles "She Sells" (No. 41) and "May This Be Your Last Sorrow" (which did not chart).[1]

The album features Johnny Marr (The Smiths) on guitar and Bernard Sumner (New Order) guitar and backing vocals, as well as backing vocals on "Why Aren't You in Love with Me?" by Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat/The Communards).

Post-Banderas careers

Sally Herbert became a record producer and in February 2021 teamed up with Somerville to record a cover of "Everything Must Change" by Nina Simone, as a charity record for End Youth Homelessness, a network of projects which includes Centrepoint in London and a number of other homeless charity organisations around the UK[2][3]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
UK
[5]
NED
FRA
ITA
GER
[6]
AUT SWI
SWE
US
Dance

[7]
1991 "This Is Your Life" 16 23 37 4 22 24 18 30 34 Ripe
"She Sells" 41
"May This Be Your Last Sorrow"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

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