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Mister Love
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
04:30
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Cherchez la Femme / Se Si Bon
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
05:47
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Laissez Faire
Gichy Dan
05:42
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Marathon Runner
Aural Exciters
06:24
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Goin' To Showdown
Don Armando's 2nd Ave Rhumba Band
05:19
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Blame It On Disco
Cristina
06:48
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Is It Love
Machine
05:46
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He's Not Such a Bad Guy After All Deluxe
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
05:15
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Table Manners
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
05:01
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Going Places (Zemix Version) - Remastered
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:40
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Gina Gina
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
03:47
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Que Passa / Me No Pop I
Coati Mundi
06:21
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I'm Corrupt
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:09
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You Had No Intention
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:46
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Double on Back - Remastered
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:25
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Naughty Boy
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
03:28
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Ticket to the Tropics (12"Version) - Remastered
The Coconuts
06:29
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A Night in New York
Elbow Bones And The Racketeers
05:38
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Yaya
Ron Rogers
03:52
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Pharaoh Can't Take It to the Ground - Remastered
Coati Mundi
03:59
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Say Hey
Coati Mundi
04:06
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Something Wrong in Paradise - Larry Levan Mix
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:58
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My Male Curiosity
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:42
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You Can't Keep a Good Man Down
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:29
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El Coco Loco (So So Bad)
Coati Mundi
06:22
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Hey Mambo (with Kid Creole & The Coconuts) - Digitally Remastered: 1996
Barry Manilow, Kid Creole And The Coconuts
02:55
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Cory's Song
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:18
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Madison Avenue
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
03:10
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Gorgeous
Kid Creole And The Coconuts
04:12
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I Do Believe - Faze Action Mix
Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Faze Action
05:23

Kid Creole & Coati Mundi

Before hitting the top of the charts, Kid Creole and his faithful Coati Mundi were the champions of an exciting underground, creating the soundtrack to an era somewhere between the vertigo of swing and the surge of disco.

With their third album released in 1982, Kid Creole and the Coconuts became a worldwide phenomenon. Buoyed by great singles (“Stool Pigeon”, “Annie I’m Not Your Daddy”, “I’m A Wonderful Thing Baby”), Tropical Gangsters broke the mould and set the band off on a series of world tours. For many, it was the birth of a super combo with a crazy concept: fusing the artful music of New York post-disco with the extravagant sounds of the 1940s. August Darnell (Kid Creole) and Andy Hernandez (Coati Mundi), the two masterminds behind the band, had spent at least six years waiting for a hit.

Together with his older brother Stony Browder, Darnell – as bassist, composer and singer – created a crazy project named Dr Buzzard’s Savannah Band. Andy Hernandez was already on board. A multi-instrumentalist and vibraphone prodigy, the Puerto Rican had the imagination needed to become a brilliant arranger, handling strings, brass and choirs. Dr. Buzzard’s second album scored with tracks like “Cherchez La Femme” and “Sunshower” and two more LPs followed. At the same time, Darnell and Hernandez were making records with several other characters. From 1977 to 1980 the concepts were similar, a long name and a retro/modern mix: Sonny Jenkins And The New York Potpourri Strings, Gichy Dan’s Beachwood #9, Don Armando’s Second Avenue Rhumba Band and finally Kid Creole And The Coconuts. This allowed Andy Hernandez to take on the guise of Coati Mundi, becoming a sidekick just as famous as the Kid’s three sublime backing singers, the Coconuts.

At around the same time, they wrote and produced albums for Cristina (who was signed to the same label), for the concept band Elbow Bones And The Racketeers, and for the disco combo Machine. Solo albums by Coati Mundi and The Coconuts were released and they were so successful that the artists went to Europe to produce Swiss and British musicians. But from 1983 onwards, only Kid Creole and the Coconuts were still in full swing, releasing an album every year. There were always a few hit singles (“The Lifeboat Party”, “Endicott” and “Pepito”) but their albums have received less and less attention recently. Despite Darnell and Hernandez’s split, Kid Creole has never stopped recording and touring.
 

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