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Taco (musician)

Taco
Taco at Oldie 95 Studio in 2012
Taco at Oldie 95 Studio in 2012
Background information
Birth nameTaco Ockerse
Born (1955-07-21) 21 July 1955 (age 69)
Jakarta, Indonesia
OriginHamburg, Germany[1][2][3]
GenresNew wave,[4] synth-pop
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • entertainer
Years active1979–present
Labels

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".

  1. ^ a b "Billboard: Industry in Focus". Billboard Magazine. 29 June 1985. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Auf einen Schlag berühmt (Famous on the Instant)" (in German). han-online.de. 28 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ a b "IRVING BERLIN IS BACK ON THE POP CHARTS". The New York Times. 19 September 1983. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Dutch new wave singer Taco is still puttin' on the Ritz". AXS.
  5. ^ "Taco puts pizazz into the oldies". The Pittsburgh Press. 3 June 1984. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Taco's fans span many generations". Edmonton Journal. 8 September 1983. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

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