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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 ]
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 ".
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 ...
Dutch-Indonesian musician Taco (pictured in 2012) topped the charts with covers of "Puttin' On the Ritz" and "Singin' in the Rain". An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts.
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 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Harry Richman, Joan Bennett, and James Gleason.The screenplay was written by Gleason and William K. Wells based on a story by John W. Considine Jr.
"Puttin' on the Ritz" Taco: 32 "Sexual Healing" Marvin Gaye: 33 "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" The Human League: 34 "Time (Clock of the Heart)" Culture Club: 35 "The ...
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