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.
I Wonder If I Take You Home
Taco Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'I Wonder If I Take You Home' by these artists:
Bad Boy Joe Take me home, Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Wh…
Cult Jam Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Why…
Cult Jam/Lisa Lisa Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering …
DJ Yoda Take me home, Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Wh…
Full Force Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Why…
Lisa Lisa Take me home, Take me home Baby, I know you're…
Lisa Lisa Cult Jam Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Why…
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (Take me home) (Take me home) Baby, I know you're wondering…
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Cult Jam Full Force & Lisa Lisa Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Why…
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Full Force & Cult Jam Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Why…
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam;Full Force Take me home, Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering …
Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam/Full Force Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Why…
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam featuring Full Force Take me home, Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering …
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Why…
Lisa Lisa Feat. Cult Jam Take me home, Take me home Baby, I know you're…
Lisa Lisa/Cult Jam Take me home Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Why…
Lisa-Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force Take me home, Take me home Baby, I know you're wondering …
Stefanie Bennett Baby, I know you're wondering Why I won't go over to…
Various Artists Take me home, take me home Baby, I know you're wondering Wh…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Taco:
After Eight After eight, a rendezvous with Kate She works late, I've had…
Carmella I found her in a dirty little cafe in an…
Cheek To Cheek Chichi con c-con con chichi chichi con c-con) (Chichi con c-…
Encore Every evening, eight o'clock The curtain's up, the band begi…
Got To Be Your Lover Got to be your lover lover Wow wow I got to…
I Should Care I should care, I should go around weeping I should care,…
La Chambre Separee Contessa, of Tridessa Frequented clubs of bad taste In disgu…
La Vie En Rose Des yeux qui font baisser les miens Un rire qui se…
Let The Music Play (What we're gonna do?) (Gonna do what?) (Hey - what we're go…
Livin in My Dreamworld Livin' in my dreamworld, memories of yesteryear Visions of G…
Mas Que Nada Ô ariá raiô Obá, Obá, Obá, Ô ariá raiô Obá, Obá, Obá M…
Night And Day Where the jungle shadows fall Like the tick tick tick…
Opera Rap In the days of old Back in old Europa People got hip…
Puttin If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Sayonara Chartered by starlight Searchin' the oceans Land of the risi…
Singin' In The Rain (My God... You fly thousands of miles to get some…
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
Taco's Charleston Charleston, Charleston ???.... Yes sir, that's my baby …
Thanks a Million Thanks a million, a million thanks to you For everything…
The Breaks Let's take a break and break it down I break you…
They Can't Take That Away From Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
Tribute to Tino He ruled the golden silent screen He haunted millions in the…
Where Did Our Love Go Baby, baby, baby don't leave me Ooh, please don't leave me…
Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral You're bringin' me down You stood there…
You Are My Lucky Star You are my lucky star I saw you from afar Two…
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@Maraple_1707
Lyrics:
If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a day coat
Pants with stripes and cutaway coat, perfect fits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
Come, let's mix where Rockefellers
Walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
Have you seen the well-to-do
Up and down Park Avenue?
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air
High hats and Arrow collars
White spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime for a wonderful time
If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a day coat
Pants with stripes and cutaway coat, perfect fits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
Come, let's mix where Rockefellers
Walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Downtown, uptown
Get your kicks at the Ritz
Dine and wine, but not 'til nine
The time is right for us tonight
We can move
Move to the rhythm
We can
Move
Move
I want you to move
@gabe_s_videos
Fun fact: Irving Berlin was still alive in 1983 when this cover was released, which made him, at 95, the oldest living songwriter to have a hit on the Billboard Charts during his lifetime.
@HowToKillAliens
well,what did he think about this version of his song?
@gabe_s_videos
@@HowToKillAliens idk, I never asked him.
@jonathanbenavidez201
@@gabe_s_videosI did. And he told me his thoughts on his deathbed. But I swore secrecy 🤐
@tchittenden1
He said it left him feeling gay. Take that as you will.
@blazingstar9638
Cool!
@randomnessthe3rd
I love how fever dreamy 80’s music videos are
@spencerallison3196
Try anything by Stan Ridgeway
@antoniosethias9948
I see the original of this video, without edited. Searching for the original of this clip.
The dark side, bad side of unedited version of this video is the "black faces"...
I wanted the or also censured version without "black faces".
@peterbelanger4094
MTV was a new thing and the music industry got quite experimental with the new "music video" format.
A lot of you just take the idea of a "music video" for granted, but in 1983, it was still a novel concept.
And in the 1980's MTV actually DID play music videos!!! 😳
(I know, sounds crazy)