COCO WAS VERY INFLUENCED BY HER MOTHER'S AND FATHER'S MUSIC, SUCH AS THE CARPENTERS,MAMAS AND PAPA'S,PATSY CLINE,SHIRLEY BASSEY,VERA LYN,FRANKIE LANE,MATT MONROE,CHARLES AZNOVOIR,DORIS DAY,JUDY GARLAND. ALSO LOTS OF CLASSICAL, PLUS:KATE BUSH...ALL 30's,40'S,50'S AND 60'S,70's!! THE MUSIC WAS ALWAYS ON LOUD,HER DAD ALWAYS SANG,HER MOTHER PLAYED THE ORGAN WHICH COCO WOULD ALWAYS PLAY AFTER HER!COCO LEARNED TO PLAY THE WHOLE RECORDER FAMILY AND CELLO AT SCHOOL AND PLAYS SOME PIANO BY EAR!! IN HER EARLY TEENS.. COCO DISCOVERED POP MUSIC OF THAT TIME AND USED TO SPEND HOURS LOCKED AWAY IN HER BEDROOM PLAYING ALL HER OLDER SISTERS AND BROTHERS MUSIC WHICH WAS A VERY BROAD SPECTRUM!! THINGS SUCH AS: ''IMAGINATION,EARTH WIND AND FIRE,CHIC,LUTHER V.DROSS,DONNA SUMMER,DIONNE WARWICK,TINA TURNER,PHIL COLLINS,ARETHA FRANKLIN,LIONEL RICHIE,THE FAT BACK BAND,THE COMMODORES,ALL MOWTOWN..OH SO MANY!!!! WHEN SHE HIT 15YRS SHE FOUND HERSELF LISTENING TO EURITHYMICS,BOY GEORGE,CYNDI LAUPER,PRINCE,STEVIE NICKS,SOUL 2 SOUL,MICHEAL MCDONALD,STEVIE WONDER,PRINCE,GEORGE CLINTON,FUNK FUSION,ACID JAZZ FUNK,MICHEAL JACKSON,JACKSONS,HOUSE,KRAFTWORK,DEPECHE MODE,MADONNA AND ALL POP....INFACT THIS IS WHERE COCO FOUND SHE HAD ANOTHER GIFT ''THE GIFT OF MIMIC AND IMPERSONATE ANY FEMALE ARTIST...SO WHEN SHE USED TO TAKE THE BUS TO SCHOOL, HER FRIENDS WOULD PRETEND SHE WAS A DUKE BOX AND NAME AN ARTIST FOR HER TO IMPERSONATE!! THEY'D GIVE HER 1OP TO MIMIC THAT ARTIST!! OF COURSE THIS WAS JUST A PARTY TRICK BUT CAME IN HANDY FOR THE SESSION SINGING IN THE EARLY DAYS OF HER CAREER!! SHE CAN ALSO IMPERSONATE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND MAKE YOU LAUGH...HER FRANK SPENCER IMPRESSION IS A GOOD ONE LOL!! SHE LOVES TO ACT AND IS A REAL LIFE COMEDIAN!! WHEN SHE HIT 18 SHE WENT THROUGH HER HILARIOUS GOTHIC STAGE AND LISTENED TO A LOT OF HEAVY METAL, SUCH AS IRON MAIDEN,BLACK SABBATH,PINK FLOYD.. WHO SHE WENT TO SEE AT KNEBWORTH NEAR HER HOME...SHE GATE CRASHED ACTUALLY!! WHOOPS!! OH CARRYING ON!! ;) DEEP PURPLE,LED ZEPPLIN,FLEETWOOD MAC,QUEEN,MARILLIYAN,BRYAN ADAMS,DAVID BOWIE, BASICALLY ALL ROCK!!HENCE HER FIRST JOINING A ROCK BAND...SHE FOUND HER OWN STYLE OF SINGING WHEN SHE WAS 16YRS OLD...DOING SO MANY IMPERSONATIONS REALLY HELPED DEVELOP HER OWN VERSATILE SOULFUL,GOSPEL VOICE.SHE WAS REALLY INFLUENCED BY MARIAH CAREY,ENVOGUE CE CE PENNISTON WHEN SHE ATTENDED UNIVERSITY IN 1990 AND WOULD MIMIC THEM AS IT TAUGHT HER TO GET REALLY TIGHT WITH HER DICTION AND VOCAL ACROBATICS..OF COURSE SHE HAS HER OWN STYLE NOW....BUT MANY GREAT SOUL VOICES HAVE INFLUENCED COCO: JAMES BROWN,WHITNEY,ERICA BADOU, ETC ETC...COCO CAN SING JAZZ VERY WELL AS WELL AS POWER BALLADS (WHICH IS SOMETHING COCO IS STARTING TO WRITE AND RECORD AGAIN)..SHE CAN STILL PULL OUT THAT GRITTY ROCK VOICE WHEN SHE WANTS TO GET DOWN AND DIRTY!! :) MORE RECENTLY COCO HAS LOVED LISTENING TO AMY WINEHOUSE, JAMARIQUOI,MOCHEBA,MASSIVE ATTACK,KELLIS,JOHN LEGEND,KNARLES BARKLEY,THE BEDDINGFIELDS,CHRISTINA AGUILLERA SILVAS,GWEN STEFFANI,KELLY CLARKSON,MUSE,PLACEBO,MARILYN MANSON,CROWDED HOUSE,MAROON 5,KEANE,TINY MARIE, JANET KAY, ELLA FITZGERALD, ERTHA KITT, ELLA JAMES, BILLY HOLIDAY,NINA SAMONE, DUSTY SPRINGFIELD,MOZART AND ALL CLASSICAL..ALSO AS HEAVY DUB REGGAE AND FUNKY HOUSE!! SO RATHER VARIED!!COCO ONCE STATED ''I BELIEVE IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD SONGWRITER AND UNDERSTAND MUSIC,YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO GIVE YOUR MIND A GOOD LIBRARY OF SOUNDS,TECHNIQUES, TONES AND INSTRUMENTATION TO USE WHEN WRITING..YOU CAN SING ONE WORD IN HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT WAY'S!!''ALWAYS BE OPEN MINDED AND LISTEN..EVEN IF IT AIN'T YOUR THING!!
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COCO STAR HAS BEEN DUBBED AS BEING' A YOUNG CHAKA CHAN'......by BLUES AND SOUL MAGAZINE.SHE HAS A BIG VOICE INSIDE A SMALL BODY,HER VOICE IS VERY GOSPEL AND LENDS IT'SELF TO MORE OLDER SOUL SINGERS IE,ARETHA FRANKLIN,CE CE PENISTON,AND WHEN SHE SINGS HER BALLADS YOU CAN HEAR VERY PROMINENT INFLUENCES OF MARIAH CAREY ,JAZZ SINGERS AND ALL GREAT SOUL SINGERS (AS SHE CAN REALLY HIT THEM HIGH NOTES) AND HAS A GUTSY STRONG GOPEL ROCK EDGE WHEN SHE REALLY LETS RIP ON THE BIG LONG ADLIBS! THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO COCO THAN MEETS THE EYE,MANY DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC SHE HAS RECORDED IN THE PAST WILL EVENTUALLY BE HERE FOR ALL TO HEAR!
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