Kid Creole and the Coconuts are an American band created and led by August … Read Full Bio ↴Kid Creole and the Coconuts are an American band created and led by August Darnell (aka Kid Creole). Their music incorporates styles like big band jazz, disco, and in particular Caribbean/Latin American salsa. The Coconuts are a glamorous trio of female backing vocalists whose lineup changes throughout the years.
Thomas August Darnell Browder (aka August Darnell, aka Kid Creole) was born in Montreal, Canada, on 12 August 1950, the son of a French Canadian mother and a father from the Caribbean island of Dominica, but was raised in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
Darnell began his career in a band named The In-Laws with his half-brother in 1965, which disbanded so August could pursue a career as an English teacher. He obtained a masters degree, but in 1974 again formed a band with his half-brother under the name Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. They played to some initial success, reaching a gold and Top 40-charting album with their debut release, but could not match this on subsequent releases.
Darnell began producing for other artists before adopting the name Kid Creole (from the Elvis Presley film King Creole) in 1980, and forming The Coconuts, a trio of female backing vocalist/dancers, including his wife Adriana Kaegi, and a band including vibraphone player Andy Hernandez aka Coati Mundi. Cheryl Poirier joined that year as lead vocalist of the Coconuts, followed by Taryn Hagey as "Coconut #3" on background vocals in 1981. This line-up remained in place throughout the band's heyday. Hagey left the group in 1985 and was replaced by Janique Svedberg.
Their debut album was the heavily disco-influenced Off the Coast of Me, which was critically well-received but not successful commercially. The sophomore release Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places was a concept album matched with a New York Public Theatre stage production; it received rave reviews, and Darnell was recognized as a clever lyricist and astute composer, arranger and producer. The album charted briefly, and subsequently Coati Mundi's "Me No Pop I", though not originally on the album, became a Top 40 UK hit single. Their breakthrough came with 1982's Tropical Gangsters, which hit #3 in the UK and spun off three Top 10 hits with "Stool Pigeon", "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby". "Dear Addy" also made the Top 40. In the US the album was retitled Wise Guy and reached #145, and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" flirted with the R&B charts. 1983's Doppelganger was a relative commercial disappointment, despite the single "There's Something Wrong in Paradise" reaching the Top 40.
Kid Creole and the Coconuts were a spectacular live act, complete with lavish set designs with a tropical motif, wild costumes and intricate choreography by the Coconuts (provided by Kaegi). On stage they infused an energy, rhythm and playfulness in their music that drove audiences wild. Though Kid Creole never achieved mainstream success in the US, the band was hugely popular in major cities (especially its hometown NYC) and hit pop superstar status in England and Europe, where its eclecticism and sophistication were much more appreciated.
Darnell and Kaegi divorced in 1985, though she remained with the band. She and Cheryl Poirier also formed their own group, Boomerang, with Perri Lister, which released an album on the Atlantic label in 1986. Darnell continued Kid Creole and the Coconuts and in the mid to late 1980s contributed to various film soundtracks and other such projects. He appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1986 and in this period released the albums In Praise of Older Women and Other Crimes and I, Too, Have Seen the Woods, neither of which charted despite the hit "Endicott". 1990's Private Waters in the Great Divide had a hit with single "The Sex of It", a song written by Prince and recorded at Paisley Park Studios with Sheila E. It reached Top 40 in the US and UK and is to date one of his most well-known songs.
Darnell now resides in the Dinnington area of South Yorkshire, and still tours with the Coconuts occasionally.
Thomas August Darnell Browder (aka August Darnell, aka Kid Creole) was born in Montreal, Canada, on 12 August 1950, the son of a French Canadian mother and a father from the Caribbean island of Dominica, but was raised in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
Darnell began his career in a band named The In-Laws with his half-brother in 1965, which disbanded so August could pursue a career as an English teacher. He obtained a masters degree, but in 1974 again formed a band with his half-brother under the name Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. They played to some initial success, reaching a gold and Top 40-charting album with their debut release, but could not match this on subsequent releases.
Darnell began producing for other artists before adopting the name Kid Creole (from the Elvis Presley film King Creole) in 1980, and forming The Coconuts, a trio of female backing vocalist/dancers, including his wife Adriana Kaegi, and a band including vibraphone player Andy Hernandez aka Coati Mundi. Cheryl Poirier joined that year as lead vocalist of the Coconuts, followed by Taryn Hagey as "Coconut #3" on background vocals in 1981. This line-up remained in place throughout the band's heyday. Hagey left the group in 1985 and was replaced by Janique Svedberg.
Their debut album was the heavily disco-influenced Off the Coast of Me, which was critically well-received but not successful commercially. The sophomore release Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places was a concept album matched with a New York Public Theatre stage production; it received rave reviews, and Darnell was recognized as a clever lyricist and astute composer, arranger and producer. The album charted briefly, and subsequently Coati Mundi's "Me No Pop I", though not originally on the album, became a Top 40 UK hit single. Their breakthrough came with 1982's Tropical Gangsters, which hit #3 in the UK and spun off three Top 10 hits with "Stool Pigeon", "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby". "Dear Addy" also made the Top 40. In the US the album was retitled Wise Guy and reached #145, and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" flirted with the R&B charts. 1983's Doppelganger was a relative commercial disappointment, despite the single "There's Something Wrong in Paradise" reaching the Top 40.
Kid Creole and the Coconuts were a spectacular live act, complete with lavish set designs with a tropical motif, wild costumes and intricate choreography by the Coconuts (provided by Kaegi). On stage they infused an energy, rhythm and playfulness in their music that drove audiences wild. Though Kid Creole never achieved mainstream success in the US, the band was hugely popular in major cities (especially its hometown NYC) and hit pop superstar status in England and Europe, where its eclecticism and sophistication were much more appreciated.
Darnell and Kaegi divorced in 1985, though she remained with the band. She and Cheryl Poirier also formed their own group, Boomerang, with Perri Lister, which released an album on the Atlantic label in 1986. Darnell continued Kid Creole and the Coconuts and in the mid to late 1980s contributed to various film soundtracks and other such projects. He appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1986 and in this period released the albums In Praise of Older Women and Other Crimes and I, Too, Have Seen the Woods, neither of which charted despite the hit "Endicott". 1990's Private Waters in the Great Divide had a hit with single "The Sex of It", a song written by Prince and recorded at Paisley Park Studios with Sheila E. It reached Top 40 in the US and UK and is to date one of his most well-known songs.
Darnell now resides in the Dinnington area of South Yorkshire, and still tours with the Coconuts occasionally.
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Kid Creole And The Coconuts Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Kid Creole And The Coconuts:
1 They say that all is fair in love and war…
Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy They say that all is fair in love and war And…
Caroline Was a Drop-Out I would like to introduce you to a friend of…
Don't Take Away My Coconuts Doris, You can take my Frosted Flakes Doris, You can take…
Don't Take My Coconuts Doris, You can take my Frosted Flakes Doris, You can take…
Endicott Endicott's up by 5 o'clock Endicott's givin' it all he…
Endicott (extended remix) Endicott by Kid Creole and the Coconuts Endicott's up by fiv…
Gina Gina Gina, Gina, He's just a ski instructor Gina, Gina He's just …
Hey Mambo [Barry] Nobody knew who he really was But they called him …
I Love Girls I caught my girl banging "Santa Claus" Underneath the Christ…
I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby Hello, open the door up Guess who's gonna ring your chimes T…
I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby Hello, open the door Guess who's gonna ring the chimes That'…
If You Wanna Be Happy If you want to be happy for the rest of…
Lambada Now he's gone away, only man who's ever made me…
Loving You Made a Fool Out of Me Didn't you say you would be the kind of girl Who…
Man Oh Man DEAD MAN TALKING Like the wise man said: Don't forget your h…
My Male Curiosity I can't deny we've had some good times We were like…
Pepito Pepito mi corazon (pepiti, pepito) Pepito de mis amores (pep…
Something Wrong In Paradise On the land beyond the beach Where the smell of flowers…
Stool Pidgeon There's a gentleman that's going 'round Turnin' the joint up…
Stool Pigeon There's a gentleman that's going round Turning the joint up…
The Anniversary Medley: Annie I'm Not Your Daddy They say that all is fair in love and war…
There On the land beyond the beach Where the smell of flowers…
There's Something Wrong In Paradise On the land beyond the beach Where the smell of flowers…
You Had No Intention You had no intention of giving it all to me You…
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@ValeryOsipov
Welcome to the lifeboat party child
Invitation only for the rank and file
Glad you wore your gabardine pinstripes
Ain't no kind of jeans allowed
Glad you brought a bottle and not your wife
Animals are dangerous in crowds
Welcome to the lifeboat party child
Invitation only for the rank and file
Come on in and say hello to Charlie
He'll let you blow his saxophone
Don't linger in the doorway like Veronica Lake
You should have left the wig at home
Welcome to the lifeboat party child
Invitation only for the rank and file
(You gotta know somebody)
Welcome to the lifeboat party child
Celebration's just for the rank and file
Jump in and jive
Oh Monica's been makin' every man in sight
But now she says enough is enough
This party is in honor of the will to survive
So Moni girl you mustn't give up
Oh Welcome to the lifeboat party child
Invitation only for the rank and file
Welcome to the lifeboat party child
Never givin' up no way no how
(You gotta know somebody)
@uriadelavaro3956
I every performance it's a miracle how much the Coconuts work. Their moves are extremely huge, they never seem to tire and they're perfectly in sync. What a show.
@stuartjenkins6673
They are Absolutely Brilliant.
@drewsagar2634
You got that right. Amazing synchronicity.The must have to work for hours every day 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@andrewsandoz8005
August and his crew were a huge act in Europe, never really caught on in this country. Kid Creole and the Coconuts put on one of the most exciting shows in the business. The music was a slick combination of big band, Caribbean, Latin, funk, etc. A very visual show with sexy dancers that included great arrangements, a very eclectic cast of characters, wonderful production and well planned costumes. They can be experienced all over the internet in their various incarnations. The 80's shows seemed to be the era to watch. Full band, big sound, the total "Kid Creole and the Coconuts" experience.
@gogoyubari366
You got that down to every word.
@AlfredWaz
I was at this concert 25 years ago... All these years later its still as fresh and damn groovy as it was back then!
@arturolcbarcelona7649
you... LUCKY bastard :-) ...
@davecriddle2919
They are on it! great band real tight, love the bass! nothing like what's on the album, so much better, together, Live. Love it
@JellyBean2144
Gosh. I miss music and shows like this. Seeing Kid and company live is a treat.
@donv21pa
I love this guy- what a showman and musician