Jonny Jakobsen (born 17 November 1963) is a Dano-Swedish former Bubblegum dance/eurodance singer better known under his fictitious identity as Indian taxi driver Dr. Bombay. He began as a country singer called Johnny Moonshine, but became famous only after developing the persona of Dr. Bombay. His debut was in 1998 with the album Rice and Curry, hitting the charts with the title track "Rice & Curry", as well as "Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi)" and "S.O.S. (The Tiger Took My Family)". Subsequently, he went on to record albums as faux-Scottish Dr. MacDoo and faux-Mexican Carlito. Even though he grew up in Sweden, his citizenship is Danish.[1] He speaks both Danish and Swedish.
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| Born | 17 November 1963 Malmö, Sweden |
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| Children | Jimmy Jakobsen |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Labels | EMI |
He has gained some fame and notoriety in the Europop scene. He is featured in several video games (See below).
Before "Dr. Bombay"
editJonny Jakobsen was born in Sweden on 17 November 1963 to Danish father Ejner Jakobsen and a Swedish mother who died in 1992/3. His twin sister Susanne and him are the youngest of five children. He has two older sisters Vinni and Lis and an older brother Niels. He has a son 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 titled Johnny Moonshine & The Troubled Water Band (1995).[2]
Due to the failure of Johnny Moonshine, Jakobsen moved on in search of a newer, more 'annoying' sound.[3] He chose the style of eurodance, which was just becoming popular in the mid 1990s, and began his career as the fake Indian "Dr. Bombay",[2][dead link] facing controversy along the way.[4] Jakobsen teamed up with Robert Uhlmann, who is famous for his work with Smile.dk
Johnny Moonshine
editAlbums
edit| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| SWE [5] | |||
| 1995 | Johnny Moonshine & The Troubled Water Band | – |
Dr. Bombay
editJakobsen's earliest career success was prompted by the introduction of the Dr. Bombay character in 1998. In his lyrics, the character is portrayed as an Indian taxi driver, mystic, sitar player, chef, snake charmer and avid fan of elephant racing. He appears clad in traditional Indian garb, such as a kurta and pagri, with the addition of dark glasses that are also worn by the other characters portrayed by Jakobsen.
In 2018 Dr. Bombay celebrated his 20th anniversary with a new single entitled "Stockholm to Bombay". a year later on 5 October 2019 he published a music video for the song "Stockholm to Bombay".[6]
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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GER [7] |
NOR [5] |
SUI [5] |
SWE [5] | ||||||||||
| 1998 | "Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi)" | 31 | 28 | 2 | 35 | 1 | Rice & Curry | |||||||
| "S.O.S. (The Tiger Took My Family)" | — | 30 | 6 | — | 2 | |||||||||
| "Rice & Curry" | — | — | — | — | 15 | |||||||||
| 1999 | "Girlie, Girlie" | — | — | — | — | 46 | ||||||||
| "Indy Dancing" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2018 | "Stockholm to Bombay" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Albums
edit| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
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| FIN [5] |
NOR [5] |
DEN | SWE [5] | |||
| 1998 | Rice & Curry | 2 | 2 | 1[10] | 1 | |
Dr. MacDoo
editSingles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| SWE [5] | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | "Macahula Dance" | 4 | Under the Kilt | |||||||||||
| "Under the Kilt" | 41 | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Albums
edit| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| SWE [5] | |||
| 2000 | Under the Kilt | 30 |
Carlito
editSingles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| SWE [5] | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | "Carlito (¿Who's That Boy?)" | 17 | Fiesta | |||||||||||
| 2006 | "Fiesta" | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Albums
edit| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| SWE [5] | |||
| 2006 | Fiesta | – | |
| 2007 | World Wild | – |
In Video Games
edit| Song | Games |
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| S.O.S. (The Tiger Took My Family) | Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style (Console),[11] Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 (Arcade and Dreamcast)[12] |
| Calcutta | Beatmania IIDX 3rd Style (Console) [11] |
| Poco Loco | Pump It Up PRO 2 (Arcade), StepManiaX (Arcade)[13] |
| Stockholm to Bombay | StepManiaX (Arcade)[14] |
References
edit- ^ "Dr Bombay byter skepnad - igen - Kultur & Nöjen - Sydsvenskan-Nyheter…". 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Dr. Bombay Official Biography". Bubblegumdancer.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Dr. Bombay". NNDB. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Dr. Bombay". NNDB. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l International peaks
- ^ "Dr. Bombay released official video for single Stockholm to Bombay". Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ German peaks[dead link]
- ^ a b "SØK I TROFÉER". IFPI Norway. Archived from the original on 26 June 2006. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ a b "Sweden's certification-database 1987–1998" (PDF). IFPI (Sweden). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-01-16.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b "beatmania IIDX 3rd style". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Samba de Amigo". Animelyrics.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ StepManiaX Content Update #39 New Songs!, 26 May 2023, retrieved 26 May 2023
- ^ StepManiaX Content Update #38 New Songs!, 29 April 2023, retrieved 4 May 2023