Nolan Thomas (born Marko Kalfa; 24 August 1966 in
Jersey City
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Latin freestyle
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artist, mostly known for his 1984 single "Yo' Little Brother"
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/ref> which peaked at #57 on the '' ''Billboard'' Hot 100''. Kalfa was discovered by dance-music producers Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa
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Career 1980s and 1990s
In 1983, Bronx-born Barbosa served as a reporting DJ for New York's WKTU. In this role, the radio station would ...
of Shannon (" Let the Music Play") fame when he was still in high school. While he did appear in the music video of "Yo' Little Brother" and sang all of the other tracks on the ''Yo' Little Brother'' album, he did not actually perform the vocals on this particular track: Elan Lanier sang them instead. The original 12-inch single of "Yo' Little Brother" was initially released by Emergency Records. The music video was conceived by the Manager-Director-Producer team of Stu Sleppin & Bob Teeman who created the rock star look-a-likes (Cyndi Lauper
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, Billy Idol
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, Rick Ocasek, Bruce Springsteen
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) that became known as The Vid Kids. Nolan Thomas & The Vid Kids toured the US in the mid 1980s. A full-length LP was released by Mirage/Atco Atco or ATCO may refer to:
Businesses
* ATCO, a Canadian diversified company involved in manufacturing, utilities, energy and technologies
** ATCO Electric, a subsidiary of the above company
* Atco (British mower company), a mower manufacturing com ...
/Atlantic Records
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in 1984, which yielded two more singles to modest success. In the UK during the mid-1980s "Yo' Little Brother" received some cult status after it was aired on Channel 4
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's '' The Max Headroom Show''. In 1989 he released the single "Once Around The Block", under the name Mark Kalfa.
Kalfa is currently a fashion photographer working in New York.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
References
External links
Kalfaco.com
American freestyle musicians
Living people
Mirage Records artists
1966 births
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