Kid Creole and the Coconuts

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Kid Creole and the Coconuts
August Darnell as Kid Creole, in concert in 1987
Background information
Origin	New York City
Genres	Disco[1] Latin[2]
Years active	1980–present
Labels	ZE, Island, Sire/Warner Bros, 2C2C Music.
Members	August Darnell Mark Anthony Jones Eva Tudor-Jones Mike Gorman Dave Imby Jamie McCredie Barnaby Dickinson Edgar Jones Otto Williams Chris Storr George Hogg Roos van Rossum Charlotte de Graaf Kristina Hanford
Past members	Andy Hernandez Adriana Kaegi Fonda Rae Cory Daye Mark Mazur Cheryl Poirier Taryn Hagey Janique Svedberg Jimmy Ripp (Rippetoe) Peter Schott Carol Colman Charlie Lagond Lee Robertson Kenny Fradley Winston Grennan Andrew Lloyd 'Bongo' Eddie Folk Simon 'Franco' Frost Mette 'May' Berggreen Heidi Bjerre
Website	www.kidcreoleandthecoconuts.com

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. The Coconuts are a trio of female backing vocalists/dancers, founded and originally choreographed and costumed by Kaegi.