Taco
Taco
Taco
Born on July 21, 1955 as the son of Dutch parents in Djakarta / Indonesia, TACO spent his childhood and youth in Indonesia, Singapore, Holland, USA, Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium. He attended the International School of America everywhere and graduated in Brussels in 1973. Then he studied interior design and graduated from the drama school in Hamburg!
1979 "Chino" in John Neumeier's "West Side Story" at the Hamburg Opera!
1979 "Chino" in John Neumeier's "West Side Story" at the Hamburg Opera!
1981 First record contract with Polydor.
1982 Release of "Puttin 'On The Ritz" on RCA.
1983-84 Extended tours all over Europe! Release of the album "AFTER EIGHT" in more than 40 countries.
GOLD and PLATIN in Scandinavia and Canada and GOLD in the USA for more than 1,000,000 units sold!
Numerous European awards, first tour of North America with American musicians.
Guest appearances in "Bob Hope TV Show", "Solid Gold", "Good Morning America", "Saturday Night Fever" and a variety of local TV shows during the tour!
No. 1 in Canada, New Zealand, Scandinavia and Austria, No. 4 in South Africa, No. 5 in Australia and Top 10 in many other countries!
4th place BILLBOARD, 1st place CASHBOX and award for "SINGER OF THE YEAR"!
1984 LP "Let's Face The Music". Tour of Japan. Won the award for "BEST SINGER" at the Tokyo Music Festival with the song "Sayonara"!
1985 LP "Swing Classics" on Polydor.
1986 LP "Tell Me That You Like It".
1994 - 96 leading roles (Dr. Propero) in the musical "SHAKESPEARE ROCK N ROLL" in Berlin, which had the longest running time of all musicals and "Shakespeare As We Like It" in Austria!
2009 appearances in the Olympic Stadium in front of more than 30,000 visitors and the "NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOW" in Moscow, which was seen by around 84,000,000 spectators in more than 20 countries!
2011 RTL - "The Ultimate Chart Show".
2015: ZDF television garden.
4.2.2017 Release of the EP "Puttin 'On The Ritz 2017" in electro swing style.
1982 Release of "Puttin 'On The Ritz" on RCA.
1983-84 Extended tours all over Europe! Release of the album "AFTER EIGHT" in more than 40 countries.
GOLD and PLATIN in Scandinavia and Canada and GOLD in the USA for more than 1,000,000 units sold!
Numerous European awards, first tour of North America with American musicians.
Guest appearances in "Bob Hope TV Show", "Solid Gold", "Good Morning America", "Saturday Night Fever" and a variety of local TV shows during the tour!
No. 1 in Canada, New Zealand, Scandinavia and Austria, No. 4 in South Africa, No. 5 in Australia and Top 10 in many other countries!
4th place BILLBOARD, 1st place CASHBOX and award for "SINGER OF THE YEAR"!
1984 LP "Let's Face The Music". Tour of Japan. Won the award for "BEST SINGER" at the Tokyo Music Festival with the song "Sayonara"!
1985 LP "Swing Classics" on Polydor.
1986 LP "Tell Me That You Like It".
1994 - 96 leading roles (Dr. Propero) in the musical "SHAKESPEARE ROCK N ROLL" in Berlin, which had the longest running time of all musicals and "Shakespeare As We Like It" in Austria!
2009 appearances in the Olympic Stadium in front of more than 30,000 visitors and the "NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOW" in Moscow, which was seen by around 84,000,000 spectators in more than 20 countries!
2011 RTL - "The Ultimate Chart Show".
2015: ZDF television garden.
4.2.2017 Release of the EP "Puttin 'On The Ritz 2017" in electro swing style.
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