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 ("Trรคume 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.
What's on Your Mind
Taco Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'What's on Your Mind' by these artists:
*George Benson Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel…
A.C. Reed Tell me baby, a-tell me what's on your mind Yeah,…
Ace Frehley You're breakin' my heart, I'm fallin' apart You make me cra…
Alessia Cara Poured out my heart last night Wrote a song with some…
Ball Park Music Girl that I love Come over to my house After we've done…
Berlin Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel…
Blonz It's been freezin' for oh so long And I don't think…
Blu-Swing Falling into someone else's daydream You'll wake up if you'r…
Cheryl Lynn You whatโฒs on your mind It'll cost you time You whatโฒs on…
Dam-Funk A G to find for your mind Run with a n*gga…
David Mead We'll go out tonight If it makes you feel better But somethi…
Donna Marie One day you'll see What we all see in you I know…
Effcee I want to know What you're thinking There are some things yo…
Eric B. Rakim I seen her in the subway on my way to…
ezekiel I should've known it would be like this I thought itโll…
FLVME & Jay Millian TELL ME BABY WHATโS ON YOUR MIND CAN YOU GIVE YOUR…
George Benson You've got to say what's on your mind, don't be…
Grand Avenue People talk And you just wonder around With all the though…
Greyhounds I tried hard as I can, but I can't seem…
Hodges James & Smith When the sky falls it won't matter where you come…
Hot Chocolate Hot Chocolate - What konda boy your looking for (girl) They…
Information Society Here I am in silence Looking round without a clue I find…
Information Society Vs. Effcee I want to know What you're thinking There are some things yo…
Inside Out I want to know what you're thinking There are some things…
J-Shin She like them diamonds and them fancy things On Instagram he…
J.B. Rose I notice that you don't Give a fuck about my time It's…
Joe Baby what's on your mind? Stop wasting all this time Baby wh…
John Denver This song appears on four albums, and was first released…
johnny curl x You're my soulmate And I miss us Tell me how the fuck…
Journey & Steve Perry What is it that you want from me What is it…
K Camp The playlist (the playlist) K.I.S.S. 5 Uh, what's on your m…
Katrina (Formerly of Katrina And The Waves) Can you tell me what's in your head Cause all the…
Keisha White I was turning on my radio today And it hurted to…
Kiss You're breakin' my heart, I'm fallin' apart, you make me…
L.A. Guns I notice that you don't Give a fuck about my time It's…
Lo-Fi-Fnk you're so deaf, say you're boring, rumors going round. he…
Los Ratรณnes Atomicos Dices que estas contenta Pero tus ojos dicen que no De veras…
Madrugada You were at my door I heard you knocking but I…
Martin Frawley She stops and starts with the way that she talks There…
Mehmet Gรผreli I wouldn't say lets go on While you kept on smiling If…
Mike Candys I donโt know what your thinking Whatโs on your mind I will…
MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL Spit your speech and don't be frank Sword on your head…
mo b. dick The allegations of organized crime prime ties. What, what do…
Mr. O What's your story, morning glory What makes you look so blue…
Mylestone Yeah Today is a regular day The most expensive thing I got o…
Nikki Mcknight Itโs hard tryna igg niggaz. Itโs like a full time…
One and One ์ํ ๋ง, ์ํ ๋ง ๋ชจ๋ ๊ตฌ๋ฆ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ด์ ๋ด๋ ค๋ด ์์ด๋ด ํ๋ฐค์…
P. J Proby I want to know What you're thinking There are some things yo…
P.J. Proby ๏ปฟ๋ง์ด ์ํ ๋ ๋ง์ด ์ง์ณค๋ ๋ด๊ฐ ๋ ํ๋ค๊ฒ ํ๋ ๋ฐ๋ ์ฌ๋๋ง ์ต์ํด์ ธ ๋ ๋…
Prof Are you wearing thin? I'm sorry, love I know I'm…
Rakim I seen her in the subway, on my way to…
Roxanne Shantรฉ The question is Question number one is that is Is what's…
Sรฉb Mont I donโt know what your thinking Whatโs on your mind I will…
Sheek Louch ft Jadakiss A$AP I don't know what theyโฆ I don't know what's on they…
Slapshot I got no illusions I make no excuses I mean what I…
SUITE CHIC feat. XBS Hey! I've been walking around the city all day Just to find…
T.U.M.A.W. Day by day, the earth spins Can't see what the worst…
The Badloves Give me just one wish and I pray I'll somehow find…
The Bronx The war continues Yo Fake Blood, yo Miggs. Even though you…
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band You don't have to tell somethin' Baby, that I alre…
Titus & Ross I was raised on the good book| But like…
Toots and The Maytals I want to see your face in every kind of…
Torch I seen her in the subway, on my way to…
Univz Tell me what's on your mind Hear my voice so far…
UnoMas Lyrics :ย I wanna take it too far tonight I wanna love…
Various Artists Have you ever seen the sky so beautiful, colorful, wide…
Z-NEO This Album, is a specific album Dedicated to a specific pers…
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 ร ariรก raiรด Obรก, Obรก, Obรก, ร ariรก raiรด Obรก, Obรก, Obรก 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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Food and dogs
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meeting aphmau in real life
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@evilnurseevangelista7184
Starburst and cheese
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Me I'm like meeting aphmau for the real life in mind
@valsulejmani3841
somethingโs in my head and I canโt tell what it is๐
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My crush