Toni Basil
Sign in to saveAmerican singer, actress, choreographer, dancer, and director (born 1943)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943-09-22
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Millennium '80s new wave party
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Film & TV
Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Toni Basil is an American singer-songwriter, film and television actress, choreographer, and dancer, best known for her hit single "Mickey", which reached No. 1 in several countries in 1982.
Known for
- David Bowie: The Last Five Years — Self2017
- Devo: Hardcore Live! — Herself2015
- 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s2009
- Countdown - The Wonder Years 2 — Self (archive footage)2007
- The Singing Bee2007
- 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s — Self2006
- Dancing with the Stars — Self - Rehearsal Visitor2005
- Where Are They Now? — Self1999
- Pacific Palisades — Désirée1990
- Rockula — Phoebe1990
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 267,519
- Total plays
- 1,240,950
Tags
new wavepop80sfemale vocalistsamerican
Toni Basil was born Antonia Christina Basilotta on September 22nd, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before getting into music, she was a go-go dancer and she acted in some movies like "Easy Rider" and "Pajama Party." She later got her start in singing as the singer and dancer in the short film "Breakaway." She later was involved with a dance troup called "The Lockers" and got into more dancing and choreography. She was the first musical artist in the 80s to do a music video album <a href="ht
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- trimAl: a tool for automated alignment trimming in large-scale phylogenetic analyses
· 2009 · cited 11,860x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 11,461x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
- Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
· 2009 · cited 9,143x
- 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
· 2020 · cited 8,022x
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Key dates
- Born
- 22 September 1943
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Toni
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1943 births20th-century American actresses20th-century American singers20th-century American women singers21st-century American womenActresses from PhiladelphiaAmerican choreographersAmerican film actressesAmerican music video directorsAmerican new wave musiciansAmerican people of Italian descentAmerican television actresses