David Johansen

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David Johansen (2011)

David Johansen (born January 9, 1950 in Staten Island , New York City ) is an American singer , songwriter and actor . He was best known as a member of the protopunk band New York Dolls and under his pseudonym Buster Poindexter . Musically he moves in different styles, including rock , protopunk, blues , jazz and pop .

biography

The son of a Norwegian father and Irish mother began his career as a singer in the late 1960s with the Staten Island band Vagabond Missionaries. In 1971 he co-founded the New York Dolls, which broke up in 1977.

In 1978 Johansen's first solo album appeared, which only sold slowly. The next studio album In Style (1979) was produced by Mick Ronson and moved more towards pop music, as did the following Here Comes the Night (1981). When the album Sweet Revenge (1984) flopped, Johansen had to rethink his career.

At the end of 1984 he reappeared as Buster Poindexter. The music style was now more towards R&B and jazz . In 1987 Poindexter had a big hit with Hot Hot Hot . In the second half of the 1980s Johansen began to work increasingly as an actor, while he continued to make music as Buster Poindexter.

In 2004 there was a reunion of the New York Dolls. In the meantime Johansen appeared again under his own name.

Discography

For the recordings with the New York Dolls see there.

solo

  • 1978: David Johansen
  • 1978: The David Johansen Group Live
  • 1979: In style
  • 1981: Here Comes the Night
  • 1982: Live It Up
  • 1984: Sweet Revenge
  • 2000: David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
  • 2002: Shaker

Buster-Poindexter albums

  • 1987: Buster Poindexter
  • 1989: Buster Goes Berserk
  • 1994: Buster's Happy Hour
  • 1997: Buster's Spanish Rocketship

Compilations

  • 1988: Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films - as "Buster Poindexter and The Banshees of Soul"
  • 1994/1997: September Songs - The Music of Kurt Weill - Alabama Song
  • 2003: Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen - Kickin 'the Gong Around
  • 2005: Jim White Presents Music From Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus - The Last Kind Words , with Larry Saltzman

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Allmusic, see web links
personal data
SURNAME Johansen, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buster Poindexter (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, songwriter and actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Staten Island , New York City