Best known for the 1987 hit single “Hot Hot Hot,” singer, performer, and actor
Buster Poindexter was a pseudonym of rock icon and New York Dolls vocalist David
Johansen. Although intended as a part-time character so that he could perform a
different style of music outside of his normal gritty rock and roll, Buster
Poindexter ended up being more commercially successful than any of Johansen’s
other musical projects. Born in Staten Island, New York on January 9, 1950,
David Johansen began his musical journey in the late 1960s as a member of
Vagabond Missionaries before joining bassi...