Nolan Thomas

Nolan Thomas (born Marko Kalfa, 24 August 1966, Jersey City, NJ) is a fashion photographer and former Latin freestyle artist, mostly known for his 1984 single "Yo' Little Brother" which peaked at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100. Kalfa was discovered by dance-music producers Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa 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, Billy Idol, Rick Ocasek, Bruce Springsteen) 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/Atlantic Records 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'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

Title	Album details
Yo' Little Brother	Released: 1985 Label: Mirage

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US	US R&B
"Yo' Little Brother"	1984	57	26	Yo' Little Brother
"One Bad Apple"	1985	105	48
"Too White"		—	—
"Once Around the Block"*	1989	—	—	Single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

External links

• Kalfaco.com