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Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Kid Creole & The Coconuts is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Cab Calloway and Elvis Presley. Those roots explain a lot about how Kid Creole & The Coconuts arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Freeez, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Imagination, ABC and Shalamar, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Barry Manilow, Donna Summer, Macy Gray, Chic and Boy George, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Kid Creole & The Coconuts, reaching back through Cab Calloway and forward to Barry Manilow. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

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 and Latin American, Caribbean, and Calloway styles 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.

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Kid Creole & The CoconutsCab CallowayElvis PresleyBarry ManilowDonna SummerMacy GrayChicBoy GeorgeSheila E.PrinceDon Armando's Second…FreeezDr. Buzzard's Origin…ImaginationABCShalamarAdam and the AntsGrace JonesRose Royce

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Kid Creole & The Coconuts connections

Kid Creole & The Coconuts grew out of Cab Calloway and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with Freeez, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Imagination and ABC, went on to shape Barry Manilow, Donna Summer, Macy Gray and Chic. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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