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New York City born David Johansen sang in Rock & Roll dance bands as a teenager, joining Charles Ludlum's Ridiculous Theater and starting the New York Dolls.

The highly influential Dolls made two iconic Rock & Roll records before disbanding in the mid seventies. At this time he created the David Johansen Group which recorded six highly acclaimed albums and toured hits such as "Funky but Chic" for the next ten years. Simultaneously he began performing Jump Blues, Calypso, and "Pre-Hayes code Rock & Roll" under the name Buster Poindexter The success of these shows led to Buster Poindexter's touring four swinging internationally acclaimed CD's.

During this time, in addition to his musical career, Johansen started appearing in various movies , including Let It Ride (1989) and Scrooged (1988), as well as making various television appearances, including a season on Saturday Night Live (1975).

Singing under the name Buster Poindexter, he had a big hit with the
song &quot;Hot, Hot, Hot.&quot;

Former member of the early 70s glam rock group; <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1784373/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">New York Dolls</a>.

Was considered for the role of Max Cady in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0101540/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Cape Fear (1991)</a>.

He is of Norwegian (father) and Irish (mother) descent.

Not related to <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm4297325/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Mike Johansen</a>.

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