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Toni Basil (born on September 22, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a musician, video artist and choreographer. Her birth name is Antonia Christina Basilotta. She is best known for her 1981 song "Mickey". The video for "Mickey" was released in 1982, and was one of the most popular of the early- MTV music videos.

She also has appeared in movies, such as Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces, as a television guest, and as a choreographer for movies such as American Graffiti, The Rose and Legally Blonde. She appeared as a dancer in The Monkees film, HeadHead is a motion picture first released in 1968, produced by and starring the Monkees. A multi-faced stream of consciousness movie, the film included cameos by Jack Nicholson, Teri Garr, Toni Basil, Frank Zappa, and Dennis Hopper. Head was re-released by. She also starred in the cult filmA cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of obsessive fans or one that has remained popular over successive years amongst a small group of followers. Often the film failed to achieve mainstream success on its original release, but th, Rockula with Thomas DolbyThomas Dolby was born Thomas Morgan Robertson on October 14, 1958, and is a British musician. His father was a professor of history. The "Dolby" nickname comes from the name Dolby Laboratories, and was given to him by friends impressed with his studio tin.



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