Koo De Tah (also Koo Dé Tah or Koo Dee Tah) was a

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/Australian pop music band of the 1980s. The core band members were New Zealander

Tina Cross Tina Marie Cross (born 27 January 1959) is a New Zealand singer. She sang the winning entry in the 1979 Pacific Song Contest, and was the lead vocalist of synthpop band, Koo De Tah, whose single " Too Young for Promises" was a top ten hit in Au ...

and Russian-Australian Leon Berger; the group was based in

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. In 1984 Cross, who was a successful singer in New Zealand (having four top 50 singles and won the 1979 Pacific Song Contest), moved to Australia and formed the band with Berger. Berger was born in Russia and studied at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. He had moved to Australia in 1973 and released two albums. Prior to forming the group, Berger and Cross had met at a song contest in New Zealand. Koo De Tah scored a hit in 1985 with their debut single, " Too Young for Promises", which reached Number six in the Australian singles charts and Number 48 in New Zealand music charts. The band's self-titled debut album was released in 1986. Four singles were released, but aside from the high-placing "Too Young For Promises" only one other single, "Body Talk", entered the top 40 in Australia. Cross went on to have a successful career in musical theatre in New Zealand appearing in ''Cats'', ''Chicago'', ''The Rocky Horror Show'' and many other productions. Berger later produced and co-wrote all but one song for the 1992 debut album by

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, and went on to establish a recording studio. Koo De Tah is currently not available for streaming on Apple Music and Spotify.

Personnel

- vocals * Leon Berger - keyboards, songwriting, production * Peter Radnai - drums * John Bettison - guitar, violin * Capree Morris - keyboards * Roger Faynes - bass

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Gusworld.com.au

Tina Cross official website

Stereolove.com.au
{{Authority control Australian new wave musical groups Musical groups from Sydney Musical groups established in 1984 Musical groups disestablished in 1987