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Toni Basil
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American singer, actress, choreographer, dancer, and director (born 1943)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Millennium '80s new wave party
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Toni Basil is an American singer-songwriter, film and television actress, choreographer, and dancer, best known for her hit single "Mickey", which reached No. 1 in several countries in 1982.
Known for
- David Bowie: The Last Five Years — Self2017
- Devo: Hardcore Live! — Herself2015
- 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s2009
- Countdown - The Wonder Years 2 — Self (archive footage)2007
- The Singing Bee2007
- 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s — Self2006
- Dancing with the Stars — Self - Rehearsal Visitor2005
- Where Are They Now? — Self1999
- Pacific Palisades — Désirée1990
- Rockula — Phoebe1990
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943
Discography
- Breakaway / I’m 281966
- Mickey1981
- Nobody1981
- Time After Time / You Gotta Problem1981
- Word of Mouth1981
- Mickey / I Eat Cannibals1982
- Over My Head1983
- Shoppin’ From A to Z1983
- Street Beat1983
- Toni Basil1983
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 267,519
- Total plays
- 1,240,950
Tags
Toni Basil was born Antonia Christina Basilotta on September 22nd, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before getting into music, she was a go-go dancer and she acted in some movies like "Easy Rider" and "Pajama Party." She later got her start in singing as the singer and dancer in the short film "Breakaway." She later was involved with a dance troup called "The Lockers" and got into more dancing and choreography. She was the first musical artist in the 80s to do a music video album <a href="ht
Key facts
- Born
- Antonia Christina Basilotta , ( 1943-09-22 ) September 22, 1943 (age 82) , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Education
- Las Vegas High School (graduate)
- Occupations
- Singer dancer actress choreographer film director
- Years active
- 1964–present
- Awards
- American Choreography Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television
- Genres
- New wave
- Labels
- Chrysalis Virgin
- Website
- tonibasil .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Toni
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Chrysalis Records
- Official website
- www.tonibasil.net
- Image
- Toni Basil 3.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1943-09-22
- Commons category
- Toni Basil
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- birth name
- Antonia Christina Basilotta
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Encyclopedic overview
Antonia Christina Basilotta (born September 22, 1943), better known by her stage name Toni Basil, is an American singer, choreographer, dancer, actress, and director. "Mickey", her cover of "Kitty", topped the charts in the US, Canada and Australia and hit the top ten in several other countries.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toni Basil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.