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▸ Artist · 1983–1983

Taco

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OriginKingdom of the NetherlandsGenrepop music, swing, soulLabelPolydor, RCA

Taco Ockerse, also known mononymously as Taco, is an Indonesian-born Dutch musician, actor and entertainer who started his career in Germany. He scored a global hit song in 1982 with a version of "Puttin' On the Ritz".

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Puttin' on the Ritz
Taco
1983

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