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Taco

Dutch musician

PersonAge 71humanQ50797

Also known as Taco Ockerse

Born: July 21, 1955
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1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2015-10-15
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Birthplace: Jakarta
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Occupation: singer
, actor
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, recording artist
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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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Sex or gender: male
Genre: pop music
swing
soul
new wave
synth-pop
Birth name: Taco Ockerse
Website: taco.tc
Label: Polydor Records
RCA
Instrument: voice
Start of work period: 1979
Given name: Taco
Discography: Taco discography
Pseudonym: Taco script: Latin script
Family name: Ockerse

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