Toni Basil (1983), her eponymous second album, yielded a third and final Hot 100 charting single, "Over My Head", which reached No.
4 on the U.S. Dance chart.
Toni Basil, choreographer to the stars. In the early 1990s, Basil produced several inserts for Sesame Street, involving children dancing to illustrate numbers.She also served as choreographer for Muppets from Space..
Was head cheerleader at Las Vegas High School and wears her actual varsity uniform from those days in the "Mickey" video.
But as a choreographer, she's anything but.Consider the people the 76-year-old has worked with over a six-decade career: Bette Midler, David Bowie, Tina Turner, David Byrne.
It was "Mickey.
Stream CBSN live or on demand for FREE on your TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone. To date, there have been five Toni Basil best of … "In 1964, she was also the assistant choreographer on "The TAMI Show," a concert film featuring The Rolling Stones, the Supremes, and the godfather of soul, James Brown, whose moves electrified her.Johnson asked, "What was it with James Brown, what did he have? Known For
And he organically would choreograph the band and the chart live as it was going on. Had a hit single in the early '80s with "Mickey".
"She put Johnson, a former high school dancer member, through the paces of "Mickey": Looking back on her career, Basil said, "I actually go, 'Wow!
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"Breakaway" was a well known tune played on the Northern Soul scene in the UK, and has become very collectable on the original label.
Toni Basil began her career as a dancer and assistant choreographer, working on such shows as Hullabaloo (1965) choreographed by David Winters. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toni-basil-has-all-the-right-moves
Duration: 05:19 2/9/2020. How lucky can a girl get?'" "Basil showed Johnson the sweater she wore in the music video: "They didn't put anything in the budget," she laughed.
"Ann was spectacular, also.