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. Their music incorporates a wide range of styles, particularly a blend of disco and Latin American, Caribbean and Cab Calloway‑influenced elements, conceptually inspired by the big‑band era. The Coconuts are a trio of female backing vocalists and dancers, founded and originally choreographed and costumed by Kaegi. Thomas August Darnell Browder was born in the Bronx, New York City, on August 12, 1950. His mother was from South Carolina and his father from Savannah, Georgia. As an adult, Browder began using his two middle names professionally as August Darnell. Growing up in the Bronx, Darnell was exposed to a wide variety of music from an early age. He began his musical career in 1965 in a band called The In‑Laws with his brother Stony Browder. The band dissolved when Darnell decided to pursue a career as an English teacher. He earned a master’s degree in English, but in 1974 he reunited with his brother to form Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band. Their self‑titled debut album became a Top 40 hit, was certified gold and received a Grammy nomination. Darnell later began producing for other artists, including Don Armando’s Second Avenue Rhumba Band and Gichy Dan’s Beachwood No. 9, before adopting the name Kid Creole—taken from the Elvis Presley film King Creole—in 1980. Around the same time, co‑founder Adriana “Addy” Kaegi created the name The Coconuts.
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