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Thomas August Darnell Browder (born August 12, 1950), known professionally as August Darnell and under the stage name Kid Creole, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He co-founded Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band and subsequently formed and led Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created by August Darnell with Andy Hernandez and Adriana Kaegi. Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco [1] and Latin American, Caribbean, and Calloway styles [2] conceptually inspired by the big band era.
Michael Jackson, August Darnell, Paul McCartney at the British Music Awards in 1983. Kid Creole won best International Live Act Award. “Darnell’s band Kid Creole and the Coconuts is the finest iteration of his musical razzmatazz.
Sep 28, 2011 · David Peschek meets up with August Darnell aka Kid Creole to talk musicals, race and New York
Jan 27, 2020 · Travelling showman August Darnell? Native New Yorker and former english teacher Tom Browder? The leader of Kid Creole and the Coconuts has more identities than David Bowie and is just as suave.
Sep 26, 2011 · The gleefully multifarious August Darnell, aka Kid Creole, on the music of his life, including Sly Stone, Bryan Adams, Sade, and Destiny's Child: "Do I pride myself on being hip?...
Jul 29, 2008 · The first is August Darnell, the underrated studio whiz who was responsible for some of the weirdest, funkiest tracks to come out of New York City in the late 1970s and early '80s, when no-wave...
May 6, 2016 · As the leader of seminal New York-based party band Kid Creole & The Coconuts, August Darnell first hit it big internationally in the early 1980s. The band's third studio effort -- titled Wise Guy in the States and Tropical Gangsters overseas -- reached #3 in the U.K., yielding three Top 10 hits.
Thomas August Darnell Browder, known professionally as August Darnell and under the stage name Kid Creole, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He co-founded Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band and subsequently formed and led Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
May 27, 2019 · August Darnell got his first taste of fame as the bass player and harmony vocalist in Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band. The group was big in the disco era of the ‘70s, pioneering a unique mix of swing, disco and Caribbean influences.
