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Hot Hot Hot” was a hit single by Buster Poindexter on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually reaching 45 on the list. I vividly recall first hearing ...

The 1970s band the New York Dolls was hugely influential, despite making only two studio albums. Today we remember Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, who died Feb. 28. Originally broadcast in 2004.

Today we remember Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, who died Feb. 28. Originally broadcast in 2004. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news organization that ...

While the late great David Johansen will always be synonymous with The New York Dolls, he went on to arguably greater pop-culture notoriety by reinventing himself with his kitschy alter-ego Buster ...

David Johansen, pictured in 2004, was one of rock's great minor figures. He died Friday. (SARA KRULWICH/The New York Times) ...

Additionally, Scorsese highlights the impressive understanding of music history, inspiring all of Johansen’s output, from the New York Dolls through Buster Poindexter to his own collaboration ...

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.

Buster Poindexter is seen at the Grammy Awards in New York's Radio City Music Hall, March 2, 1988. AP Photo, File "When you're an artist, the main thing you want to do is inspire people ...

“He was an extraordinary man.” Johansen, perhaps best known for the 1987 party hit “Hot Hot Hot” after he reinvented himself as the lounge singer Buster Poindexter, had been diagnosed with Stage 4 ...

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 ...