Wie feiert Taco 40 Jahre "Puttin' on the Ritz"? (2024)

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In 1982, singer Taco released a synth-pop cover version of "Puttin' On the Ritz" as a single from his album After Eight, released in Europe on Polydor and by RCA in the US.

The original 78rpm was recorded by Leo Reisman & his Orchestra (Lew Conrad vocals) in New York City on January 20, 1930 and released on Victor records catalog number 22306. Several other artists sang and recorded the song later in 1930, including Fred Astaire who recorded it on March 26, 1930.

"Puttin' on the Ritz," an Irving Berlin number from 1929, was introduced by Harry Richman in the musical film of the same name— Puttin' on the Ritz. However, the most familiar film version is a song-and-dance routine by Fred Astaire in the 1946 movie Blue Skies, a movie that also starred Bing Crosby.

In fact, the taco as we know it is less than 100 years old. The word "taco" is quite new. It originated from Mexican silver miners in the 18 th century.

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1962. Glen Bell opens his first Taco Bell restaurant in Downey, CA, serving what his customers called "Tay-Kohs."

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In late 1960, brothers Dan and Robin Foley went to work for their cousins, Richard and Mike Foley at their fast food Mexican restaurants, Taco Grande. Soon thereafter, Dan and Robin left their positions and opened the first Taco Tico in 1962, in their native Wichita, Kansas, and began franchising new locations in 1967.