Shakespear's Sister

Shakespear's Sister

Shakespear's Sister is a pop and rock act that is associated with Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit. The act begins as a duo made up of former Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey and singer, songwriter and guitarist Marcella Detroit, who performs in the group from 1989 to 1996. Detroit is also known by her real name, Marcy Levy.

Background

Detroit performs with Eric Clapton before releasing a solo album in 1982, and later records further solo material, including a blues album with the Marcy Levy band. Fahey is born in Dublin, Ireland, while Detroit is born in Detroit, Michigan, which gives rise to her stage name.

Career

As a duo, Fahey and Detroit release two albums and are best known for Stay, a song that reaches the top five in the United States and spends eight weeks at number one in the United Kingdom. Hello (Turn your radio on), the follow-up single, is also co-written by Dave Stewart under the pseudonym Jean Guiot.

Detroit leaves after repeated disputes with Fahey. The intended third album, #3, is technically a Fahey solo record and is shelved by London Records. Fahey later obtains the rights to the album and releases it independently. After recording sporadically under her own name, she uses the Shakespear's Sister name again as a solo artist and releases Songs from the Red Room independently.