Latest Release
- 19 APR 2024
- 1 Song
- Puttin' On The Ritz (Remix) - Single · 1991
- After Eight · 1982
- After Eight · 1982
- After Eight · 1982
- Puttin' On The Ritz (Maxi Single) - Single · 1982
- Heavy Metal - Single · 2021
- Puttin' On the Ritz - EP · 1991
- Got To Be Your Lover - Single · 1986
- After Eight · 1982
- After Eight · 1982
Albums
- 1982
Compilations
About Taco
Taco scored his one and only pop hit in 1982 with a faithful rendition of the Irving Berlin chestnut "Puttin' on the Ritz." Born Taco Ockerse in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 21, 1955, he recorded "Ritz" in Germany in 1981; a year later, the song (originally popularized by Fred Astaire) hit the upper reaches of the U.S. pop charts, accompanied by a video depicting the singer decked out in a bow-tie-and-tails ensemble emblematic of the Depression-era movie musicals his image strived to emulate. Taco's debut LP, After Eight, contained other recreations of 1930s hits, as well as original material in the same vein; however, the market for such stuff was clearly limited, and after a 1984 follow-up, Let's Face the Music, he disappeared from the charts for good. ~ Jason Ankeny
- HOMETOWN
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- BORN
- 21 July 1955
- GENRE
- Pop