Kid Creole & the Coconuts

Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Formed: 1980 in New York, NY
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Styles: Disco, Novelty, Latin Dance, New Wave, Calypso
Group Members: Cory Daye, Don Arnone, Jay Atoyall, Danny Blume, Don Armando Bonilla, Stony Browder, Tommy Browder, Dave Charles, Lourdes Cotto, Lee Curreri, ...View All
Biography: Thomas August Darnell Browder (aka August Darnell) was born in Montreal on August 12, 1950, the son of a French Canadian mother and a Dominican father, but was raised in the New York City borough of the Bronx. In 1965, he formed the In-Laws with his half-brother, Stony Browder, Jr. He earned a master's ...Read full biography
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
Released: 1981
Label: Ze
Critics' Rating:
Musical gumbo of esoteric lilting, jazzy, laid-back disco, an acquired taste. ~ Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide ...Read full review
Off the Coast of Me
Released: 1980
Label: Universal International
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Mixing disco, Caribbean music, and strains of big-band jazz, Kid Creole engages in a self-deprecating dialogue with his backup singers, The Coconuts, who dismiss him as "Mister Softee" and plead, "Can ...Read full review
More Kid Creole & the Coconuts albums: Main Albums (14), Compilations (11), Singles & EPs (5), DVD/Video (1)
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