Eddie Coker

Eddie Coker (born 1960, Midland, Texas) is a children's singer/songwriter from Dallas, Texas, who has recently relocated to Manitou Springs, Colorado.

Coker grew up in Highland Park, Texas, attended Highland Park High School, and earned a degree in music from Southern Methodist University. Originally an opera singer, Coker has been writing, recording, and performing children's music since 1989. Coker's songs draw on a wide range of rock and popular influences ranging from The B-52's and Queen to classical music. His songs and performances also feature fanciful and quirky characters such as Ray, a "purple red-truck-driving duck", and Regina, a musician-turned-construction-worker octopus.

Coker has composed music for Barney & Friends, Chuck E. Cheese's, and Borders Books, and was the host of the Saturday-morning show "The Weird, Wild World of Eddie Coker" on Radio Disney. He typically performs over 200 concerts a year; fellow Texas musician Sara Hickman described him as "the James Brown of children's music... The hardest-working man in kids' show business."

Discography

*"The Happy One" (1992)
*"Say Hello" (1994)
*"Welcome to the Island" (1995)
*"What's Cooking?" (1996)
*"Schnorgel & Berg" (1998)
*"E.C. on CD" (compilation) (1998)
*"Wow!" (compilation) (1998)
*"Hmmm...." (compilation) (1998)
*"Save Our Planet" (compilation) (2000)
*"Seven Songs" (compilation) (2002)

Videos

*"Sock Lobster"
*"Take A Walk on the Child Side"
*"The Bright Side of the Moon"

References

* Ann Pinson, "Eddie Coker", Dallas Morning News, June 3, 2005, p. 36.
* Cindy Boykin, "Eddie Coker", "Plano Profile", Sept. 2003.
* Nancy Churnin, "Boy band seeks boy fans using hero approach", "Dallas Morning News", August 28, 2000, p. 1C.
* Jodi Duckett, "Opera funnyman finds children don't snore during the show", "Allentown Morning Call", March 17, 2000, p. D1.
* Ryan Sanders, "Grand Prairie church kids around", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sept. 13, 1998, p. 17.
* Holly Williams, "Eddie Coker: Singer is rockin' the world of children's music", "Dallas Morning News", Dec. 29, 1996, p. 1E.

External links

* [http://www.eddiecoker.com/ Official site]