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He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, and for playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged. Early life [ edit ] Johansen was born in the New York City borough of Staten Island to a librarian mother, Helen, and an insurance sales representative father, who had previously sung opera.
May 5, 2023 · Johansen, who went on to perform under the persona of the lounge singer Buster Poindexter, is the subject of a new Showtime documentary co-directed by Martin Scorsese. Originally broadcast in 2004.
- Terry Gross
Apr 14, 2023 · The film shows Buster Poindexter leading a conga line through a party sometime in the Eighties, singing his megahit “Hot Hot Hot,” and then cuts to Johansen in the present day looking ...
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- Kory Grow
Buster Poindexter is a self-titled album released by RCA Records in 1987 by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of New York Dolls frontman David Johansen. Johansen re-recorded the track "Heart of Gold" as Buster Poindexter, which originally appeared on Johansen's 1981 solo album Here Comes the Night. The song "Hot Hot Hot" was a Billboard single ...
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- RCA
- July 7, 1987
- Hank Medress
Apr 13, 2023 · David Johansen changed everything when he and his band the New York Dolls exploded onto the music scene in the rollicking 1970s. Thanks to a fiercely independent penchant for subversiveness, norm-breaking style and outrageous stage presence, Johansen is widely credited as a founding member of a genre which would later be known as punk, with acts ranging from fellow punk rockers The Clash and ...
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Mar 16, 2023 · The wild career of David Johansen — New York Dolls frontman, punk gadabout, occasional actor, and Buster Poindexter portrayer — will be the focus of an upcoming documentary co-directed by ...
Oct 30, 2013 · The New York Dolls’ David Johansen on Revisiting His Alter Ego, Buster Poindexter, for Halloween. ... __VF Daily:__You’ve been doing Buster Poindexter since the 80s, but he still seems like ...