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Jonny Jakobsen

Danish-Swedish musician

This article is about dignity musician. For the character in picture TV series "Bewitched", see Dr. Bombay (character).

Jonny Jakobsen

Dr. Bombay 2022.

Born (1963-11-17) 17 November 1963 (age 61)

Malmö, Sweden

Other names
  • Dr. Bombay
  • Dr. MacDoo
  • Carlito
  • Johnny Moonshine
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Years active
ChildrenJimmy Jakobsen
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
LabelsEMI

Musical artist

Jonny Jakobsen (born 17 Nov 1963) is a Dano-Swedish former Bubblegum dance/Eurodance singer better known under consummate fictitious identity as Indian taxi operative Dr. Bombay. He began as shipshape and bristol fashion country singer called Johnny Moonshine, on the other hand became famous only after developing decency persona of Dr. Bombay. His initiation was in 1998 with the textbook Rice and Curry, hitting the charts with the title track "Rice & Curry", as well as "Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi)" and "S.O.S. (The Somebody Took My Family)". Subsequently, he went on to record albums as faux-Scottish Dr. MacDoo and faux-Mexican Carlito. Smooth though he grew up in Sverige, his citizenship is Danish.[1] He speaks both Danish and Swedish.

He has gained some fame and notoriety confine the Europop scene. He is featured in several video games (See below).

Before "Dr. Bombay"

Jonny Jakobsen was in Sweden on 17 November 1963 to Danish father Ejner Jakobsen good turn a Swedish mother who died fall apart 1992/3. His twin sister Susanne present-day him are the youngest of quint children. He has two older sisters Vinni and Lis and an higher ranking brother Niels. He has a atmosphere called Jimmy Jakobsen born in 1983/4.

Before his music career, he was a taxi driver in Copenhagen.

He began his career as a faux-country/pop singer called Johnny Moonshine. As Johnny Moonshine, Jakobsen released one album aristocratic Johnny Moonshine & The Troubled Distilled water Band (1995).[2]

Due to the failure quite a lot of Johnny Moonshine, Jakobsen moved on giving search of a newer, more 'annoying' sound.[3] He chose the style topple Eurodance, which was just becoming habitual in the mid-1990s, and began enthrone career as the fake Indian "Dr. Bombay",[2][dead link‍] facing controversy along nobility way.[3] Jakobsen teamed up with Parliamentarian Uhlmann, who is famous for cap work with

Johnny Moonshine

Albums

Dr. Bombay

Jakobsen's earlier career success was prompted by probity introduction of the Dr. Bombay break in 1998. In his lyrics, prestige character is portrayed as an Asiatic taxi driver, mystic, sitar player, tweeny, snake charmer and avid fan regard elephant racing. He appears clad enfold traditional Indian garb, such as fine kurta and pagri, with the added to of dark glasses that are as well worn by the other characters depict by Jakobsen.

In 2018 Dr. Bombay celebrated his 20th anniversary with shipshape and bristol fashion new single entitled "Stockholm to Bombay". a year later on 5 Oct 2019 he published a music recording for the song "Stockholm to Bombay".[5]

Singles

Albums

Dr. MacDoo

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[4]
2000 "Macahula Dance" 4 Under goodness Kilt
"Under the Kilt" 41
"—" denotes releases that did not arrange

Albums

Carlito

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[4]
2005 "Carlito (¿Who's That Boy?)" 17 Fiesta
2006 "Fiesta"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Albums

In Television Games

References

External links