Sara Elizabeth Dallin (born 17 December 1961) is an English singer /songwriter. She is a founding member of the music group Bananarama. The group have achieved 32 UK Top 50 and 11 US Top 100 singles, including a US number one with "Venus" (1986). Other hits include "Cruel Summer" (1983), "I Heard a Rumour" (1987) and "Love in the First Degree" (1987). Dallin and bandmate Keren Woodward are the only performers to appear on both the 1984 and 1989 Band Aid versions of "Do They Know It\'s Christmas?". Bananarama have sold over 30 million records and entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the all-female group that have the most UK chart entries in history, a record they still hold.\n', '

Dallin is of English, French and Irish ancestry. She studied journalism at the London College of Fashion (University of Arts) in 1980-81. She formed the group Bananarama with her childhood friend Keren Woodward and Siobhan Fahey who she met at college. In 1980, Dallin and Woodward met Paul Cook, ex-member of the Sex Pistols, in a club and they became fast friends. They sang backing vocals for his and Steve Jones\' new band, TheProfessionals, and had their first taste of the music business, recording demos in the legendary Denmark St.\n', '

When the house they were living in closed for renovation, Paul offered them a place to live in what used to be Malcolm McClaren’s office above the Sex Pistols old rehearsal room in Denmark St. The two would come in from clubbing and plug the guitars in and have late night jams.\n', '

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