Shakespear's Sister
Initially a solo project for former Bananarama star Siobhan Fahey, session
singer and former Bob Seger and Eric Clapton band member Marcella Detroit joined
Fahey in 1988. Named after The Smiths song, the duo were spurred on by Fahey's
then husband Dave Stewart, scoring a Top 10 hit with the single You're History
and reaching Number 9 in the UK album charts with debut Sacred Heart (1989).
Their vampish, guitar pop produced the huge hit single Stay in 1992, topping the
UK charts for 8 weeks and featured the brilliantly bizarre video of the band on
the moon; Siobhan dressed as gothi...
