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He was known as Sugarcoated Andy while in Dr. Buzzard's band and played vibes, marimba and percussion for them. He credits Stony Browder, August Darnell and Cory Daye of Dr. Buzzard's band as major influences. In 1980, along with Adriana Kaegi, he helped create Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Hernandez was the musical director and arranger for the ...
Cory Daye also pursued a successful solo career. In 1979, she released the album Cory and Me. The album produced a single, "Pow Wow" b/w Green Light", which peaked on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at #76 later that year. [4] The track "Wiggle and Giggle All Night" became a Top 20 hit in the Netherlands. Stony Browder Jr. died in 2001. [5]
Kid Creole and the Coconuts continued, now with third Coconut Janique Svedberg replacing the departed Hagey. On record, though billed as guests and not as Coconuts, during this era some female co-lead vocals were performed by Haitia Fuller and Cory Daye. In the mid to late 1980s, the group contributed to various film soundtracks and other such ...
Cory Daye – vocals; Stony Browder – guitar, keyboards, vocals; Paulinho da Costa – percussion; August Darnell – bass, vocals; Andy "Coati Mundi" Hernandez – percussion; Susandra Minsky – vocals; Mickey Sevilla – drums
Cory Daye – lead vocal harmonies and interjections; Dutch Robinson, Lori Mosher – additional background vocals; Carolyn Browder, Gichy Dan – provided additional background vocals; Sugar-Coated Andy Hernandez (2, 4, 5, 9), Carlos Franzetti (1, 5), Ken Fradley (8) – horn arrangements; Technical credits. August Darnell – producer
I, Too, Have Seen the Woods received mixed reviews from critics. In a negative review, AllMusic's Vince Ripol described the group as artistically stranded. He wrote that the band was still capable of brilliant moments, but that the album lacked the focused direction of prior efforts like Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places and the group's tour de force, Wise Guy. [1]
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band is the debut studio album by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band.It was released in 1976 by RCA.It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 31 on the Top R&B Albums chart.
Tropical Gangsters is the third album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released on May 10, 1982. [1] Originally conceived as a solo album by band leader August Darnell and titled Wise Guy, his label ZE Records pressured him to change it to a Kid Creole and the Coconuts record and to make it more commercial sounding in order to relieve the label's financial problems.