A lead-off home run is a home run hit by the first batter of a team, the leadoff hitter of the first inning of the game. In MLB, Rickey Henderson holds the record with 81 lead-off home runs. Craig Biggio holds the National League record with 53, second overall to Henderson.
Puttin' On the Ritz has also been recorded by Robbie Williams, using the original 1929 lyrics, on his 2013 Swing/Pop album Swings Both Ways. Herb Alpert recorded the song in 2013 and Pomplamoose made their version in 2014. JiÅi JiÅÃ­ korn did his own. version
He currently resides in Germany, performing with his band and as a gala artist. On October 11, 2009 the first channel of Russian TV, 1TV, filmed the program Songs of the 20th Century. Taco appears with Puttin' on the Ritz in the sequence about the 1930s. The show was broadcast in January 2010. On November 27, 2009 he performed Puttin' on the Ritz and Singin' in the Rain at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Furthermore, he was the star guest in the New Year's Eve Show 2009 of Russian TV, which had about 84 million viewers in more than 20 countries.