David Johansen, a genre-shifting musical nomad who roared to fame in thrift-store drag as leader of the proto-punk New York Dolls and later donned a tuxedo and took the name Buster Poindexter with ...

That led to his 1984 debut of musical persona Buster Poindexter, a lounge singer with a backing band that included horns. The first album yielded the hit single "Hot Hot Hot," a cover of a ...

In the '80s, Johansen assumed the persona of Buster Poindexter, a pompadour-styled lounge lizard who had a hit with the kitschy party single "Hot, Hot, Hot" in 1987. He also appeared in such ...

David Johansen, the chameleonic and charismatic vocalist who fronted the New York Dolls and found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday, his publicist confirmed to NPR.

In the ’80s, Johansen assumed the persona of Buster Poindexter, a pompadour-styled lounge lizard who had a hit with the kitschy party single “Hot, Hot, Hot” in 1987. He also appeared in such ...

It turned out that a louche lounge lizard was his true calling as he became, in the 1980s, a pompadoured, tuxedoed character named Buster Poindexter interpreting jump blues and obscure R&B party ...

In the ’80s, Johansen assumed the persona of Buster Poindexter, a pompadour-styled lounge lizard who had a hit with the kitschy party single “Hot, Hot, Hot” in 1987. He also appeared in such ...

Johansen — who later performed as his campy alter ego, Buster Poindexter — died Friday at his home in New York City, his stepdaughter, Leah Hennessey, confirmed. The sad news comes less than a ...

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