"Oh Mickey, you're so fine. You're so fine. You blow my mind. Hey Mickey!" Nearly everyone who lived through the early '80s can still sing along to the infectious hit "Mickey" by Toni Basil. What ...

While Basil’s “Mickey” is famous, it wasn’t the original version of the song. According to Medium, “Mickey” was initially a track called “Kitty” by the British band Racey. When Basil performed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Basil wasn't just a singer. She was already an accomplished Hollywood choreographer and dancer when she stumbled across "Kitty." ...

Toni Basil was already a 38-year-old showbiz veteran when her bouncy hit "Mickey" was released in the U.S. in May 1982, and in many ways the song was just a blip on her dizzyingly lengthy résumé. The ...

Las Vegan Toni Basil became well-known for her 1982 Billboard hit, "Mickey." Today, she's the choreographer for the Bette Midler Show at Caesar's Palace and in July will receive the Legends of Hip Hop ...

Twenty-seven years after Toni Basil’s chant-song “Mickey” reached #1 on the Billboard charts, the homegrown Las Vegan still has the red, white and blue cheerleader’s uniform that she wore in the ...

The infectious novelty record crops up everywhere from RuPaul’s Drag Race to South Park – but the singer says she hasn’t received the money she is due Name: Mickey. Age: 35. Appearance: So fine. Can ...

Toni Basil, the one-hit-wonder who recorded Mickey, is suing several companies, saying they have used the song without permission. Media giants Disney and Viacom are among the defendants named in her ...

In 1979, "Mickey" was co-written by the songwriting duo Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and originally recorded by the English rock group Racey under the song title "Kitty." The original song wasn't ...