Artist · chart history
Taco
Solo artist Jakarta Netherlands Dutch singer
Taco is an artist from Jakarta. Taco has 9 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2021. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Puttin' On The Ritz”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #753. The station that charted Taco most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances.
Taco took an old showstopper, dressed it in a top hat and a synthesizer, and waltzed it straight into 1982. His version of "Puttin' On the Ritz", from the album After Eight, is new wave swing: a cool, clipped synth beat, a crooner's delivery pitched somewhere between a ballroom dandy and a robot, and a knowing grin behind every line.
Born Taco Ockerse in Jakarta in 1955, the Dutch singer, actor and all-round entertainer started his career in Germany, and the record had a cabaret flair to match. It turned into a global hit, and it remains the song everyone knows him by, released through Polydor and RCA.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Taco on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puttin' On The Ritz | 9 | #753 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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