PUTTING ON THE RITZ WITH TACO!

by Rev. Cecil B. Demented Sat Sep 08, 2012 2:39 pm

THE 1980 WAS FLOODED WITH ONE HIT WONDERS. AND WHILE THIS NEXT ARTIST IS JUST THAT IN THE U.S., HE HAS BEEN SINGING SINCE 1975, AND IS STILL AROUND TODAY. YES, KIDS, I'M TALKING ABOUT TACO! AND, YES,INDEED, TACO IS HIS REAL NAME...TACO OCKERSE, TO BE EXACT. TACO WAS ORN IN 1955, IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA. SPENDING HIS CHILDHOOD TRAVELING THE WORLD, HE HAS LIVED IN THE U.S., THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, AND GERMANY, WHERE HE STILL RESIDES. HE HAS STUDIED INTERIOR DESIGN, AS WELL AS HAVING COMPLETED ACTING SCHOOL. IN 1981, TACO SIGNED WITH POLYDOR (GERMANY) HIS FIRST SINGLE, "PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ" WAS PICKED UP BY RCA FOR U.S. RELEASE, AND IN LATE-SUMMER OF 1983, THE SINGLE HIT #4 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART, AND #1 ON THE CASHBOX CHART. THOUGH IT WAS HIS ONLY TOP 40 HIT, THE SINGLE SOLD OVER A MILLION COPIES. THEN THE ALBUM,"AFTER EIGHT" WAS RELEASED IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES, REACHING # 23 IN THE STATES. THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THE LP, "SINGING IN THE RAIN" FAILED TO CHART IN THE U.S.. WHILE TOURING FOR THE ALBUM, TACO APPEARED ON SEVERAL AMERICAN T.V. SHOWS, SUCH AS GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW, AND, OF COURSE, SOLID GOLD. IN 1984, TACO RELEASED HIS FOLLOW-UP LP, "LET'S FACE THE MUSIC". HE CONTINUED TO TOUR, MOSTLY IN GERMANY HE THEN RELEASED "SWING CLASSICS/ IN THE MOOD OF GLENN MILLER". 1986 SAW HIS NEXT LP, "TELL ME YOU LIKE IT", THEN, IN '87, THE SELF-TITLED "TACO" CAME OUT. HE WAS NEVER TO REPEAT HIS AMERICAN CHART-TOPPING SUCCESS, YET IN 1989, HE RELEASED TWO DANCE SINGLES, " LOVE TOUCH" , AND " GOT TO BE YOUR LOVER" . FROM 1989 THROUGH 1996, TACO WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN GERMANY AS AN ACTOR. IN 2010, CLEOPATRA RECORDS:L.A. RELEASED A NEW RECORDING OF " PUTTING ON THE RITZ". IN 2011, TACO RELEASED HIS LATEST EFFORT, "TIMELESS LOVE". HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN GERMANY, AND CONTINUES TO PERFORM AND ACT. farao

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