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In 1982, singer Taco released a synth-pop cover version of "Puttin' On the Ritz" as a single from his album After Eight, [5] released in Europe on Polydor and by RCA in the US. The single was accompanied by a music video, the original version of which contains characters in blackface and has since been banned from many networks. [ 6 ]
After Eight is the debut studio album by Indonesian-born Dutch singer and songwriter Taco Ockerse, mononymously known as Taco. [4] The record, released in 1982 by RCA Records, contained his biggest hit, a synth and New Wave driven take on the Irving Berlin standard "Puttin' on the Ritz". However, in addition to six covers of classic pop songs ...
Taco Ockerse (born 21 July 1955), known mononymously as Taco, is an Indonesian-born Dutch musician [5] [6] and entertainer who started his career in Germany. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He scored a global hit song in 1982 with a version of " Puttin' on the Ritz ".
Dutch entertainer Taco, who has a background in musical theatre, released his own synth-driven re-imagining of Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz"; resulting in a subsequent long-play, After Eight, a concept album that takes music of 1930s sensibilities as informed by the soundscape of 1980s technology. The proliferation of acts led to an ...
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Spangled gowns upon the bevy Of high browns from down the levee, All misfits, Puttin' on the Ritz. That's where each and ev'ry Lulu-Belle goes Ev'ry Thursday evening with her swell beaus Rubbing elbows. Come with me and we'll attend the Jubilee, and see them spend their Last two bits, Puttin' on the Ritz. Lenox Avenue - A main thoroughfare in ...
Puttin' On the Ritz" is a song written by Irving Berlin. Puttin' On the Ritz may also refer to: Puttin' On the Ritz, a 1930 musical film; Putting on the Ritz, a 1991 book by novelist Joe Keenan; A 1962 episode of the British sitcom Hugh and I
As for 'Puttin on the Ritz', it follows the structure and timing almost exactly, though a source would be great. Nazlfrag 03:57, 24 October 2007 (UTC) [ reply ] Only the first four notes of the two songs are the same; from there, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" leaps up into a falling line, while "Puttin' on the Ritz" repeats (on a different ...