BAND AKA
(US, one Top 40 hit, no Top 40 albums)

They had a hit with "Joy" in 1983, apparently. Tell us more.

Biggest Hit: "Joy", No.24, 1983
Defining Moment: That's up to you.

BAND OF GOLD
(Holland, one Top 40 hit, no Top 40 albums)

Some medley called "Love Songs Are Back Again", released on RCA and less than memorable, to say the least. Can't recall them at all, and have no real desire to do so.

Biggest Hit: "Love Songs Are Back Again", No.24, 1984
Defining Moment: None so worthy.

HONEY BANE
(UK, one Top 40 hit, no Top 40 albums)

Nope. Mind's a blank. Let us know what you know.

Biggest Hit: "Turn Me On, Turn Me Off", No.37, 1981
Defining Moment: You tell us.

BANGLES
(US, eight Top 40 hits, two Top 40 albums)

Stop staring! They were a serious group, of no little musical talent, but unfortunately for them (and more than fortunately for all male generations with working eyes) they possessed awesome sniff-factor, particularly the sultry lead singer Susanna Hoffs, who croaked her way through opening hit "Manic Monday" ("he tells me in his bedroom voice, c'mon honey, let's go make some noise" - woof) which was written by 'Christopher', or Prince, as he was better known. The fitness quotient of all five members (including the blonde one with Concorde snitch) meant that their cred rating was always going to be underestimated, even though they frantically tried to make us listen rather than gawp with great tunes like the immaculately-harmonised "If She Knew What She Wants" ("you'd be giving it to her") and the outstanding "Walk Like An Egyptian" ("you drop your drink, then they bring you more") which inspired a million idiots to shuffle along with their open palms above their heads following 'expert' coaching from four-eyed dipstick Mark Curry on Blue Peter. A frenetic cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade Of Winter" led them to their tour de force, the weepy medium-wave friendly slushfest "Eternal Flame"   ("do you feel my heart beating?" - double woof) which gave them their only No.1 and finally allowed 17 year olds to have a proper late-night musical fantasy of la Hoffs to go with the face and breasts. It completed the masturbation jigsaw, really, so the only way was (cough) down after that. Hoffs did a bit of solo stuff with limited success, but male brains will need a serious Alzheimer's attack before anyone forgets the pouting parade which greeted them frequently in the mid to late part of the decade. One of them was called Michael, oddly. Rarely will a hetero man feel comfortable having someone called Michael in their mind when performing that late-night finger task, but on this occasion, it was a piece of cake.

Biggest Hit: "Eternal Flame", No.1, 1989
Defining Moment: Hoffs holding the audience in the palm of her hand during the acapella bit in the "Egyptian" vid. You could hear a pin drop as her eyes scanned the room...

BARDO
(UK, one Top 40 hit, no Top 40 albums)

Hiding-to-nothing male/female duo who had to do Eurovision the year after Bucks Fizz swept the board with THAT skirt-rip. They were characterless, and the song "One Step Further" ("and I could have been there") came predictably nowhere, though in a show of fairplay-esque British solidarity, the public put it at No.2 in the charts, only to rub it in two weeks later by putting multi-lingual German winner Nicole at the top.

Biggest Hit: "One Step Further", No.2, 1982
Defining Moment: Wogan probably slagged them off without sounding like he was slagging them off...

BARRACUDAS
(UK, one Top 40 hit, no Top 40 albums)

Cross-pond collaboration with one hit, apparently called "Summer Fun". No more to say, as we've never heard of 'em.

Biggest Hit: "Summer Fun", No.37, 1980.
Defining Moment: Eh?

ROB BASE AND DJ E-Z ROCK
(US, two Top 40 hits, no Top 40 albums)

Nope. Mind's a blank again. Anyone out there got something?

Biggest Hit: "Get On The Dancefloor", No.14, 1988
Defining Moment: We're sure they had one, so tell us about it.

TONI BASIL
(US, one Top 40 hit, one Top 40 album)

AH, WE REMEMBER Ms Basil quite well. Yet another of a disturbing breed of female one-hit wonders (Aneka, Charlene, Phyllis Nelson) whose song set the stage for a glorious long career which never happened. The tune (and Basil herself) was mad, daft, soulless, plebby and absolutely brilliant. The song was "Mickey" ("ah Mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey!") which was adapted from a Racey song written by famed 70s popscribes Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, with Basil adding the above-quoted cheerleading bit at the beginning at her own insistence as she insisted on keeping her previous career on the footie sidelines within her pop image, pom-poms, numbered tops, frilly skirts and all. It remains a must on reflective dancefloors across the country, while someone covered it recently, and did it appallingly, which is quite an achievement, really. Basil's one follow-up "Nobody" only hit No.52, so another super-brief bit of pop domination had bit the dust, but with a legacy to stay with us forever.

Biggest Hit: "Mickey", No.2, 1982
Defining Moment: Having the song adapted by schoolgirls for a skipping routine. Roll over Hi Lo Dolly Pepper...