Kid Creole
Biography
Thomas August Darnell Browder, aka August Darnell--who goes by the stage name Kid Creole--is an American singer, musician and songwriter. He co-founded Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band with his half-brother Stony Browder Jr., then went on to form and lead Kid Creole and the Coconuts. The latter band, with its trio of backing female singers (dubbed the Coconuts), draw upon musical influences as disparate as salsa, no wave, jazz, disco, pop music and big band. Darnell has written and produced for other artists and bands, such as Machine and Gichy Dan's Beachwood No. 9. He and the Coconuts have also contributed songs to numerous motion picture soundtracks, including "My Male Curiosity" for Against All Odds (1984).
Known For
Sacrée soirée
Wetten, dass..?
Le monde est à vous
Be Kind Rewind
Buckle Up
Mood Indigo
Obsession: A Taste for Fear
Only You
All Movies (17)
- Buckle Up2023 · as Self
- Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day2013 · as Self (archive footage)
- Mood Indigo2013 · as Duke Ellington
- Kid Creole and The Coconuts – Live At Rockpalast 19822012 · as Self
- Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 52011 · as Self
- Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 42010 · as self
- Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 32008 · as Self
- Be Kind Rewind2008 · as West Coast Video Employee Passaic
- Downtown '812001 · as Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
- Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Live In Paris 19852000 · as Self
- Only You1992 · as Self
- Bad Girls1992 · as Self
- The Forbidden Dance1990 · as Kid Creole
- Identity Crisis1989 · as Thrift Shop Man
- Obsession: A Taste for Fear1988 · as Bookmaker
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Live in Montreal1986 · as Self
- Kid Creole and My Coconuts— · as Self
All TV Shows (4)
- Bains de Minuit1987 · as Self - Guest
- Le monde est à vous1987 · as Self - Kid Creole & The Coconuts
- Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self - Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self