Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Kid Creole and the Coconuts is a American band created and led by Dominican/French Canadian August "Kid Creole" Darnell. Their music incorporates styles like big band jazz, disco, and in part

Kid Creole and the Coconuts is a American band created and led by Dominican/French Canadian August "Kid Creole" Darnell. Their music incorporates styles like big band jazz, disco, and in particular Caribbean/Latin American salsa. The Coconuts were a glamorous trio of female backing vocalists.

The band's debut album was the heavily disco-influenced "Off the Coast of Me" (1980). Follow-ups included Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places (1981), Tropical Gangsters (1982), and "I, Too, Have Seen the Woods" (1987). Notable hits include "Annie, I'm Not your Daddy" and "Stool Pigeon".