Jonny Jakobsen
{{Short description|Danish-Swedish musician}}
{{about|the musician|the character in the TV series "Bewitched"|Dr. Bombay (character)}}
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| name = Jonny Jakobsen
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| image = Jonny Jakobsen som Dr. Bombay på Glada killingen i Kil 6 november 2022 02.jpg
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| caption = Dr. Bombay in 2022.
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Malmö, Sweden
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| other_names = {{plainlist|
- Dr. Bombay
- Dr. MacDoo
- Carlito
- Johnny Moonshine
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Singer
- songwriter
- musician
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| years_active = {{flatlist|
- 1995–2007
- 2018–2019
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| children = Jimmy Jakobsen
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| instrument = Vocals
| label = EMI
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Jonny Jakobsen (born 17 November 1963) is a Danish-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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur-och-nojen/dr-bombay-byter-skepnad---igen/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418102756/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur-och-nojen/dr-bombay-byter-skepnad---igen/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-18|title=Dr Bombay byter skepnad - igen - Kultur & Nöjen - Sydsvenskan-Nyheter…|date=18 April 2013}} He speaks both Danish and Swedish.
He has gained some fame and notoriety in the Europop scene. He is featured in several video games.
Before "Dr. Bombay"
Jonny Jakobsen was born in Sweden on 17 November 1963 to Danish father Ejner Jakobsen and a Swedish mother who died in 1992 or 1993. His twin sister Susanne and he 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 or 1984.
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).{{cite web |url=http://www.bubblegumdancer.com/artists/dr-bombay.htm |title=Dr. Bombay Official Biography |work=Bubblegumdancer.com |accessdate=12 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002051851/http://www.bubblegumdancer.com/artists/dr-bombay.htm |archivedate=2 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}
After the limited success of Johnny Moonshine, Jakobsen moved on in search of a newer, more 'annoying' sound.{{cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/947/000134545/|title=Dr. Bombay|work=NNDB|date= |accessdate=2020-02-26}} 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",{{dead link|date=March 2013}} facing controversy along the way. Jakobsen teamed up with Robert Uhlmann, who is famous for his work with Smile.dk
Johnny Moonshine
=Albums=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| SWE |
| 1995
| align="left"| Johnny Moonshine & the Troubled Water Band | {{spaced ndash}} | |
Dr. Bombay
Jakobsen'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".{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurodancemag.ga/2019/10/dr-bombay-released-official-video-for-stockholm-to-bombay.html |title=Dr. Bombay released official video for single Stockholm to Bombay |access-date=5 October 2019 |archive-date=5 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005234133/https://www.eurodancemag.ga/2019/10/dr-bombay-released-official-video-for-stockholm-to-bombay.html |url-status=dead }}
=Albums=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| FIN ! width="35"| NOR ! width="35"| DEN ! width="35"| SWE |
| 1998
| align="left"| Rice & Curry | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| AUT ! width="35"| GER ! width="35"| NOR ! width="35"| SUI ! width="35"| SWE |
| rowspan=3| 1998
| align="left"| "Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi)" | 31 | 28 | 2 | 35 | 1 |
|url=http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm |title=SØK I TROFÉER |publisher=IFPI Norway |accessdate=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626150139/http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm |archivedate=26 June 2006 |df=dmy }}
|url=http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf |title=Sweden's certification-database 1987–1998 |publisher=IFPI (Sweden) |accessdate=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125103125/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf |archivedate=25 January 2012 |df=dmy }} | align="left" rowspan="5"| Rice & Curry |
| align="left"| "S.O.S. (The Tiger Took My Family)"
| — | 30 | 6 | — | 2 | |
| align="left"| "Rice & Curry"
| — | — | — | — | 15 | |
| rowspan=2| 1999
| align="left"| "Girlie, Girlie" | — | — | — | — | 46 | |
| align="left"| "Indy Dancing"
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2018
|align="left"| "Stockholm to Bombay" | — | — | — | — | — | | |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Dr. MacDoo
=Albums=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| SWE |
| 2000
| align="left"| Under the Kilt | 30 | |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| SWE |
| rowspan=2| 2000
| align="left"| "Macahula Dance" | 4 | align="left" rowspan="2"| Under the Kilt |
| align="left"| "Under the Kilt"
| 41 |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Carlito
=Albums=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
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| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| SWE |
| 2006
| align="left"| Fiesta | {{spaced ndash}} | |
| 2007
| align="left"| World Wild | {{spaced ndash}} | |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| SWE |
| 2005
| align="left"| "Carlito (¿Who's That Boy?)" | 17 | align="left" rowspan="2"| Fiesta |
| 2006
| align="left"| "Fiesta" | — |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
In video games
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.bubblegumdancer.com/48-Dr._Bombay/project/ Dr. Bombay at Bubblegum Dancer]
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Category:Swedish dance musicians
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Category:20th-century Swedish musicians