Toni Basil

Biography
Toni Basil received a double platinum record for her smash single Mickey and a Gold Album for 1981’s Word Of Mouth and , and holds the same from the UK, Canada and Australia. She received a Grammy nomination for her Word Of Mouth long-form video album, which she conceptualized, produced, choreographed, and directed.
Billboard magazine’s #1 song for the month of December, 1982, Mickey was installed in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as one of the groundbreaking singles of the 1980s, The Mickey music video, was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in 1992, Toni earned herself a place as an American Video Artist in the coveted Museum of Modern Art‘s calendar.
A multiple Emmy Award and Grammy Award nominee, She has choreography and directorial credits on over 50 videos and has choreographed and co directed concerts for Tina Turner, David Bowie, Bette Midler, David Lee Roth, Mick Jagger as well as many others.
In 2008 Toni received Hip Hop International’s highest award “Living Legend of Hip Hop.” Former recipients include Don Campbelllock Campbell, Boogaloo Sam, M C Hammer, DJ Kool Herc, and Grandmaster Caz
Toni is one of the 7 original lockers that is considered “the group that changed the face of dance.” She is recognized as a seminal influence in bringing street dance to the attention of the American public. She is currently writing a book on the history of American Street Dance.
Toni was presented with an Emmy award for a commercial featuring MC Hammer. She has worked on an incredible range of television programming, from TV Lands Salute to Soul Train, NAACP Image Awards, Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street and numerous Music Awards shows.