* En anglais uniquement
Comprised of
Siobhan Fahey and
Marcella Detroit (born
Marcy Levy),
Shakespear's Sister formed in late 1988.
Fahey had several hits as a member of
Bananarama, and
Levy was the backup vocalist for
Eric Clapton in the late '70s. After their first single flopped,
Shakespear's Sister's second single, "You're History," made it into the U.K. Top Ten.
Sacred Heart, their 1989 debut, also made it into the Top Ten. Most of the material on
Sacred Heart and the 1991 follow-up
Hormonally Yours was written with producer
Richard Feldman, who gave the band a polished, synth-laden R&B feel, along the lines of
the Eurythmics. "Stay," the first single from
Hormonally Yours, was a Top Five hit on both sides of the Atlantic; the follow-up single, "I Don't Care," cracked the U.K. Top 20, yet failed to make the U.S. Top 40. Despite their success, the duo broke up the following year. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine