'Dancing has always been my drug of choice': Toni Basil in 1977 - Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Fifty years ago, in June 1974, Toni Basil found herself in a New York rehearsal room with David ...

Chart-topping '80s musician Toni Basil may have created the cheerleading anthem of the century but at 81, she's put her days of twirling pom poms on stage behind her. The beloved "Mickey" hitmaker and ...

A star behind a 1980s hit worked with Elvis Presley in 'Viva Las Vegas' and Davy Jones in The Monkees' film 'Head'. “David the choreographer and I worked on many musical numbers for this film,” Basil ...

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 ...

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 ...

Owing to her 1982 smash hit song, “Mickey,” Toni Basil often finds herself included in lists of one-hit wonders, a term that carries a whiff of derision, suggesting an artist fell short of achieving a ...

Toni Basil's claims arising from the use of her 80s hit "Mickey" in a South Park episode and in connection with a line of Disney clothing at Forever 21 have been rejected by a California appeals court ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Court granted a victory to Toni Basil last week, affirming a lower court decision. In the 8-page opinion issued by the Ninth Circuit last ...