person

David Byrne

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-05-14

Place of Birth

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

David Byrne

Biography

David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also Known For

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Social! Distance Dance Club

May 14, 2021

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Stop Making Sense

Nov 16, 1984

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True Stories

Oct 10, 1986

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Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

Jan 03, 1981

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Heavy Petting

Sep 22, 1989

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Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

Oct 18, 1998

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Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

Jun 16, 2013

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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

Aug 30, 2002

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Paul Simon: Under African Skies

May 11, 2012

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Dead End Kids

Jan 15, 1986

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Twyla Moves

Mar 16, 2021

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This Must Be the Place

Aug 24, 2011

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The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

Sep 03, 1986

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Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

Apr 29, 1998

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Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

Jan 05, 1982

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Lulu on the Bridge

Sep 06, 1998

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Between the Teeth

Jan 03, 1993

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Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

Apr 13, 1988

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The Making of True Stories

Nov 27, 2018

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The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Jul 28, 2008

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Ride, Rise, Roar

Jan 21, 2011

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Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime

Jan 01, 1984

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Fabricating Tom Zé

Jun 07, 2006

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Beyond Ipanema

Oct 11, 2009

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Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged

Oct 22, 2019

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Celia: The Queen

Apr 26, 2008

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Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

Nov 14, 1998

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The Pogues Live at the Town and Country

Nov 15, 2004

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Talking Heads - Chronology

Nov 21, 2011

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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Feb 06, 2016

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Lennon or McCartney

Dec 12, 2014

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David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

Oct 02, 2007

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Contemporary Color

Apr 14, 2016

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The Blank Generation

Apr 22, 1976

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Talking Heads: Live in Rome

Dec 18, 1980

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90

Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

Nov 04, 1980

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TV Party

Aug 03, 2005

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Wandering Heart

Jul 24, 2009

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10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged

Jun 01, 1993

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25 Years of Punk

Apr 19, 2001

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We're Gonna Die

Aug 27, 2015

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Museum Town

Mar 10, 2019

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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Apr 24, 2009

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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

Dec 24, 2019

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Lubbock Lights

Mar 15, 2003

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Dancing Barefoot

Jan 01, 1995

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Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads

Jan 03, 2017

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Everything For All Reasons

Oct 08, 2019

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Decade

Dec 09, 1989

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David Byrne's American Utopia

Sep 10, 2020

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Checking Out

Oct 26, 1988

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By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

Jan 01, 2006

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David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

Oct 05, 2018

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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Dec 01, 1990

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The Art of Amália

Dec 08, 2000

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La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

Apr 18, 2012

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FeeLee. History of a Single Label

Aug 03, 2020

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Hream

May 06, 2019

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David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel

Nov 11, 2003

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Temporary Color

Jan 22, 2016

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Summer of Love

Jan 01, 1990

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Triple-Chaser

May 17, 2019

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NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

Jul 09, 2007

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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

Sep 26, 2008

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New York Rock at the BBC

Jun 24, 2008

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Beleza Tropical

Jan 01, 1990

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Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

Oct 24, 2009

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Dennis Cleveland

Jan 01, 2004

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Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé

May 04, 2023

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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Feb 14, 2025

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78

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Jan 27, 2025

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Report From L.A.

Sep 03, 1986

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Real Life

Nov 27, 2018

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Monk in Pieces

Jul 25, 2025

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95

We Want the Funk!

Apr 08, 2025

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Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece

Jun 24, 2008

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The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

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Austin City Limits

Jan 01, 1975

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BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America

Dec 16, 2020

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Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Apr 15, 1994

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sep 08, 2015

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StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Apr 20, 2015

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Feb 17, 2014

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

Feb 25, 2014

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Sessions at West 54th

Sep 06, 1997

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Stars in the House

Mar 16, 2020

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Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

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Real Time with Bill Maher

Feb 21, 2003

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The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 01, 1962

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The Max Headroom Show

Apr 06, 1985