Girl groups have been around as long as there has been popular music, reaching their heydey in the '60s when acts like Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Ronnettes, and The Supremes were ubiquitous hitmakers. The '70s saw a decline in such musical formations, but the '80s arrived with The Go-Gos who, unlike their predecessors, wrote and performed their own material. They were followed by British trio Bananarama in 1983 who more resembled early all-female acts.

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