The core band members were New Zealander Tina Cross and Russian-Australian Leon Berger.
In the early 1980s, Cross, a successful singer in New Zealand moved to Australia.
In 1984, she created Koo Dé Tah with Leon Berger.
Berger was born in Russia and studied at the Moscow Conservatory of Music.
[5][6] In November 1985, the group released "Body Talk", which peaked at number 27 on the Australian singles charts.