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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 E
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Jakarta
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.taco.tc
- Image
- 2761Taco Ockerse.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1955-07-21
- birth name
- Taco Ockerse
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- pseudonym
- Taco
- Commons category
- Taco (musician)
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Article · Español
Taco Ockerse (n. 21 de julio de 1955, Yakarta), simplemente conocido como Taco. Es un cantante y compositor holandés. Los estilos musicales que el interpreta son el rock, soul, new wave, synth pop y el Hi-NRG. Desde 1974, permanece radicado en Alemania, donde realiza ocasionalmente grabaciones en Berlín. Taco también aparece en el teatro, principalmente en el género musical.
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