Taco Ockerse (born July 21, 1955 in Jakarta, Indonesia), known mononymously… Read Full Bio ↴Taco Ockerse (born July 21, 1955 in Jakarta, Indonesia), known mononymously as Taco, is an Indonesian-born Dutch singer. He gained international stardom when in 1982 he recorded a distinctive cover record of the old Irving Berlin favorite, Puttin' on the Ritz in Germany, which made him famous early the next year (United States Billboard chart number 4). It has been reported that he did not speak any English at all and merely read the lyrics from transliterations, but this is false: Taco speaks English and almost always performed in English. He also speaks German, having recorded a couple of songs ("Träume brauchen Zeit" and "Blauer Vogel, steig!") for German Eurovision in 1981. He is also a speaker of Dutch and French.
Taco was born to a Dutch couple in Jakarta (On a side note, Indonesia was once a Dutch colony). Prior to his worldwide hit with Puttin' on the Ritz, he fronted a Berlin-based band called Taco's Bizz. Their niche was performing Depression-era oldies in a more contemporary style, and soon Taco was courted by record labels to release a solo single. Puttin' on the Ritz gained so much attention that an entire album was funded by RCA Records. Both the album and the single were hits in Europe, and thanks to a popular MTV video for Puttin' on the Ritz, the single and the album became hits in America as well, selling over 500,000 copies of Taco's 1982 debut album After Eight.
A follow-up album, Let's Face The Music, was recorded in 1984 for RCA, but it failed to recreate Taco's initial success, and he vanished from the American market immediately thereafter. Taco continued to record, however, focusing mostly on the German market with albums Swing Classics/In The Mood Of Glenn Miller in 1985 and Tell Me That You Like It in 1986 for Polydor. In 1987 he recorded the self-titled album Taco. In 1989 he briefly flirted with contemporary dance music by releasing a pair of singles, Love Touch and Got To Be Your Lover, that were blatantly styled after the high energy disco sound popularized by Stock Aitken Waterman. Afterwards he repositioned himself as a swing/soul singer. He has collaborated with Geff Harrison of Kin Ping Meh fame.
He currently resides in Germany, occasionally performing in Berlin and recording.
He has been referenced on the TV show The Simpsons. Episode BABF19, "Behind the Laughter", features Willie Nelson saying, "Thank you, Taco, for that loving tribute to Falco", as well as the end of the tribute itself. Recently, Taco was referenced in an episode of The Venture Bros. in describing Klaus Nomi's tuxedo attire.
Taco was born to a Dutch couple in Jakarta (On a side note, Indonesia was once a Dutch colony). Prior to his worldwide hit with Puttin' on the Ritz, he fronted a Berlin-based band called Taco's Bizz. Their niche was performing Depression-era oldies in a more contemporary style, and soon Taco was courted by record labels to release a solo single. Puttin' on the Ritz gained so much attention that an entire album was funded by RCA Records. Both the album and the single were hits in Europe, and thanks to a popular MTV video for Puttin' on the Ritz, the single and the album became hits in America as well, selling over 500,000 copies of Taco's 1982 debut album After Eight.
A follow-up album, Let's Face The Music, was recorded in 1984 for RCA, but it failed to recreate Taco's initial success, and he vanished from the American market immediately thereafter. Taco continued to record, however, focusing mostly on the German market with albums Swing Classics/In The Mood Of Glenn Miller in 1985 and Tell Me That You Like It in 1986 for Polydor. In 1987 he recorded the self-titled album Taco. In 1989 he briefly flirted with contemporary dance music by releasing a pair of singles, Love Touch and Got To Be Your Lover, that were blatantly styled after the high energy disco sound popularized by Stock Aitken Waterman. Afterwards he repositioned himself as a swing/soul singer. He has collaborated with Geff Harrison of Kin Ping Meh fame.
He currently resides in Germany, occasionally performing in Berlin and recording.
He has been referenced on the TV show The Simpsons. Episode BABF19, "Behind the Laughter", features Willie Nelson saying, "Thank you, Taco, for that loving tribute to Falco", as well as the end of the tribute itself. Recently, Taco was referenced in an episode of The Venture Bros. in describing Klaus Nomi's tuxedo attire.
Desire
Taco Lyrics
Kiss you. I wanna kiss you あなたに全てを見透かされ
雨音響く部屋で 僕は僕を裏切りながら
なぞる指先で戯曲を 描き始めて 引き裂いてゆく 理性 I wanna kiss you 何もかも捨て去り
あなたの身体に滑り落ちてく Plastic desire 濡れた欲望は
愛しさを乱してく We don't see the moon 月が見えない夜に
Kiss me. I want you to kiss me あなたに全てを見透かされ 冷たい窓は結露 揺れる長い髪をかきあげ
汗ばむ奇麗な素肌と 言葉にならぬ声 駆られてく 衝動 I want you to kiss me 上目遣いのまま
あなたは心を隠し続ける Plastic desire 喘ぐ欲望は 温もりを繋げ合う We don't see the moon 月が見えない夜に
我慢出来ない あなたが欲しい
見上げた空に探す様に Plastic desire 濡れた欲望は 愛しさを乱してく We don't see the moon 月が見えない夜に
手を伸ばした・・・
雨音響く部屋で 僕は僕を裏切りながら
なぞる指先で戯曲を 描き始めて 引き裂いてゆく 理性 I wanna kiss you 何もかも捨て去り
あなたの身体に滑り落ちてく Plastic desire 濡れた欲望は
愛しさを乱してく We don't see the moon 月が見えない夜に
Kiss me. I want you to kiss me あなたに全てを見透かされ 冷たい窓は結露 揺れる長い髪をかきあげ
あなたは心を隠し続ける Plastic desire 喘ぐ欲望は 温もりを繋げ合う We don't see the moon 月が見えない夜に
我慢出来ない あなたが欲しい
見上げた空に探す様に Plastic desire 濡れた欲望は 愛しさを乱してく We don't see the moon 月が見えない夜に
手を伸ばした・・・
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: 黒田倫弘, TACOS NAOMI
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