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In the late 1980s, David Johansen achieved moderate commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, accompanied by The Uptown
Horns, performing a mixture of jazz, lounge, calypso, and novelty songs, and appearing as part of the house band on the television program
Saturday Night Live. As Poindexter, he scored his first hit song, "Hot Hot Hot," which, in an interview on National Public Radio's Fresh
Air, he called "the bane of my existence," due to its pervasive popularity. "Hot Hot Hot" was initially written and recorded by Montserratian
Soca artist Arrow. As Po ...read more
In the late 1980s, David Johansen achieved moderate commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, accompanied by The Uptown
Horns, performing a mixture of jazz, lounge, calypso, and novelty songs, and appearing as part of the house band on the television program
Saturday Night Live. As Poindexter, he scored his first hit song, "Hot Hot Hot," which, in an interview on National Public Radio's Fresh
Air, he called "the bane of my existence," due to its pervasive popularity. "Hot Hot Hot" was initially written and recorded by Montserratian
Soca artist Arrow. As Poindexter, Johansen often appeared with his band, The Banshees of Blue. Early Poindexter releases combined an eclectic
selection of covers with Johansen's own compositions. Johansen went on to issue Buster Poindexter's Happy Hour, an album of songs
thematically linked by their subject matter — alcohol. It is his most jazz-influenced release to date. It was followed by Buster Poindexter's
Spanish Rocket Ship, a synthesis of R&B, calypso and Latin jazz.
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