I remember Kid Creole hitting the airwaves about the same time as Prince, and the horns on "Get on the Boat" remind me of some of Kid's music...was there ever a connection between Prince and Kid Creole..?

PurpleRein said:

Yes.Prince gave Kid Creole and The Coconuts a song called "The Sex Of It".They released it as a single in 1987.Prince has been a fan of theirs for awhile,and I think he came up with the Morris Day character from watching Kid Creole.

here's a pic of Kid Creole's 1987 single "The Sex Of It",a song that was written and produced by Prince

DavidEye said:

Does that qualify them as an Official "Prince Associated Artist"(TM)? I'd always thought that an Offical PAA needed a lot more involvement then a single song...

By the way, I've got that on 12" somewhere...

amyhr said:

i wouldnt think so...

no no no and umm no.... Kid Creole aka August Darnell, has been doing music.. before prince ever stepped in a studio.

DavidEye said:

mmm kids sexy!

I always thought that Kid Creole was an associated artist of Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band or what ever it was called.. I loved the woman who sang lead in that band I always wondered what happened to her

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nammie said:

Try somewhere like here:

http://www.answers.com/to...e-coconuts


Thomas August Darnell Browder

aka: Argyl Knepf
aka: August Darnell
aka: Kid Creole

worked with: Ray Hernandez

aka: Andy Hernandez
aka: Coati Mundi

August's band, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, included a trio of female singers, with lead coconut played by Adriana ("Addy") Kaegi - his wife until their split in 1985.

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langebleu said:

the lead singer in dr.Buzzard was Cory Daye.

Was the Prince written song as good as Endicott? I loved that song. "Endicott don't eat piggy feet!" Cheesy cheap video though...

IAintTheOne said:

Thats damn right! She had that single Red Light Green Light, or something like that!

My favorite Kid Creole song is "I'm A Wonderful Thing,Baby",a minor hit for them in the summer of 1982.It's easy to picture Morris Day singing these lyrics.

DavidEye said:

yeah, I could hear Morris doing that, too. Especially with all that "Take a look at me, I couldn't look no better" business. I think "Stool Pidgeon" sounds like it was the inspiration (vibewise) for The Sex Of It. Dude had a cool style. Prince "borrowed" from Kid as well. Listen to the horn arrangements on Stool Pidgeon and the bass on Endicott and a few others and you can tell Prince vibed off some of this stuff later on.

Mr. Darnell was also behind Machine's disco hit "There But For The Grace of God Go I" in the 70's I believe. So...no he was not a Prince associated artist.

I've never considered him a Prince associated artist, in that he was a singer, writer and producer for 70's disco hitmakers "The Savannah Band"...who can ever forget the beloved 1976 cult hit "Chez Chez La Femme" where they even satirized their (then) manager Tommy Mattola...

"...Tommy Matto-la lives on the ro-oad
he lost his lady two months ago
maybe he'l find he-er,maybe he wo-on't
oh one never kno-ows
..he sits in the back
of his big grey cadillac, oh my honey
blowing his mind on cheap sex and wine..."


I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVED THEM AS A KID!!!! My love affair with Prince's music didn't start til what, like 9 years old I think with "Still Waiting..." They used to play it on the slow jam program at night that I used to sleep to with my little transistor radio. But long before that, I was all about The Savannah Band, Chez Chez La Femme, Sunshower, AALLLL of that. I thought Kid Creole (then known as August Darnell) was supposed to be my boyfriend

"Sunshower"


love that song!

i always thought that as a kid that he had alot to do with Prince.. but he is way older than our man...so....

but i loved him and Kid Creole and the Coconuts were the first band i saw in Minneapolis when i moved here. Saw them at Glam Slam...it was so cool....i use to watch the videos alot....

wow memories...wonder what that Zoot suiter is doing now a days.. wasn't he married to one of the coconuts....

I got the album with "the sex of it" somewhere? Good song, sounds exactly like a time song though.


I liked one other track off their too, i think it was called "funky audrey"?