This article is about the American singer. For his debut solo album, see David Johansen (album). For the Norwegian composer, see David Monrad Johansen. For those of a similar name, see David Johansson (disambiguation).
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David Johansen
Johansen in 2011
Background information
Birth name
David Roger Johansen
Also known as
Buster Poindexter
Born
(1950-01-09) January 9, 1950 (age 74) New York City, U.S.
Genres
Glam punk[1]
hard rock[1]
jump blues[2]
pop[2]
swing[3]
blues[4]
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
actor
Years active
1968–present
Formerly of
New York Dolls
The Harry Smiths
Spouse(s)
Cyrinda Foxe
(m. 1977; div. 1978)
Kate Simon
(m. 1983; div. 2011)
Mara Hennessey
(m. 2013)
Musical artist
David Roger Johansen[5] (sometimes spelled David Jo Hansen; born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, and for playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged.
^ abDeming, Mark. "Shaker Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
David Roger Johansen (sometimes spelled David Jo Hansen; born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member...
cult records in rock. The line-up at this time consisted of vocalist DavidJohansen, guitarist Johnny Thunders, bassist Arthur Kane, guitarist and pianist...
known for her role in Andy Warhol's Bad (1977). She was married to both DavidJohansen of the proto-punk band New York Dolls and Steven Tyler of the hard rock...
Olivia Thirlby, Alan Ritchson, Jim Gaffigan, Maria Dizzia, Tito Ortiz, DavidJohansen and Megan Fox. It had its world premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival...
after decades of estrangement from Dolls singer DavidJohansen, Kane rejoined the surviving Dolls (Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain) to rehearse and play a reunion...
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Amy Poehler, Julie White, Dimitri Dimitrov, Michael Cera, Chris Rock, DavidJohansen, Maya Rudolph, Jason Schwartzman, Jenny Lewis, Rashida Jones, and Miley...
excluding compilations: 1976 Max's Kansas City (1976) DavidJohansen (1978) In Style (1979) The DavidJohansen Group Live (1978) Live (1993) Schneider with The...
most critics. At the behest of Morrissey, DavidJohansen, the group's surviving original members DavidJohansen, Sylvain Sylvain, and Arthur Kane reunited...
Whoopi Goldberg as a bas-relief mask, and former New York Dolls singer DavidJohansen as a talking monkey, which were arranged by executive producer Martin...
brother, Terry. Chaplin went on to tour with the DavidJohansen group and participated in producing Johansen's third solo album Here Comes the Night, on which...
solo LP. He also provided backing vocals for rock musician DavidJohansen on his DavidJohansen album in 1978. Earl Slick Band (Songwriter, Lead Vocalist...
quoted as saying, "All the other singers [in New York] were copying DavidJohansen (of the New York Dolls), who was copying Mick Jagger... But Joey was...
McCandless Jonathan Banks as Mark Michelette Grand L. Bush as Boone DavidJohansen as Brad Amanda Plummer as Nun Wilbur Fitzgerald as Earnhart Frankie...
The DavidJohansen Group Live was originally a promotional-only LP released by DavidJohansen to help promote his solo career away from the New York Dolls...
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