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
Social! Distance Dance Club
May 14, 2021
Stop Making Sense
Nov 16, 1984
True Stories
Oct 10, 1986
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
Jan 03, 1981
Heavy Petting
Sep 22, 1989
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
Oct 18, 1998
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Jun 16, 2013
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Aug 30, 2002
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
May 11, 2012
Dead End Kids
Jan 15, 1986
Twyla Moves
Mar 16, 2021
This Must Be the Place
Aug 24, 2011
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
Sep 03, 1986
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Apr 29, 1998
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
Jan 05, 1982
Lulu on the Bridge
Sep 06, 1998
Between the Teeth
Jan 03, 1993
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Apr 13, 1988
The Making of True Stories
Nov 27, 2018
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Jul 28, 2008
Ride, Rise, Roar
Jan 21, 2011
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
Jan 01, 1984
Fabricating Tom Zé
Jun 07, 2006
Beyond Ipanema
Oct 11, 2009
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
Oct 22, 2019
Celia: The Queen
Apr 26, 2008
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
Nov 14, 1998
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
Nov 15, 2004
Talking Heads - Chronology
Nov 21, 2011
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Feb 06, 2016
Lennon or McCartney
Dec 12, 2014
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
Oct 02, 2007
Contemporary Color
Apr 14, 2016
The Blank Generation
Apr 22, 1976
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
Dec 18, 1980
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
Nov 04, 1980
TV Party
Aug 03, 2005
Wandering Heart
Jul 24, 2009
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
Jun 01, 1993
25 Years of Punk
Apr 19, 2001
We're Gonna Die
Aug 27, 2015
Museum Town
Mar 10, 2019
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Apr 24, 2009
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Dec 24, 2019
Lubbock Lights
Mar 15, 2003
Dancing Barefoot
Jan 01, 1995
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
Jan 03, 2017
Everything For All Reasons
Oct 08, 2019
Decade
Dec 09, 1989
David Byrne's American Utopia
Sep 10, 2020
Checking Out
Oct 26, 1988
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
Jan 01, 2006
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
Oct 05, 2018
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Dec 01, 1990
The Art of Amália
Dec 08, 2000
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
Apr 18, 2012
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
Aug 03, 2020
Hream
May 06, 2019
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
Nov 11, 2003
Temporary Color
Jan 22, 2016
Summer of Love
Jan 01, 1990
Triple-Chaser
May 17, 2019
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Jul 09, 2007
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Sep 26, 2008
New York Rock at the BBC
Jun 24, 2008
Beleza Tropical
Jan 01, 1990
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
Oct 24, 2009
Dennis Cleveland
Jan 01, 2004
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
May 04, 2023
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Feb 14, 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Jan 27, 2025
Report From L.A.
Sep 03, 1986
Real Life
Nov 27, 2018
Monk in Pieces
Jul 25, 2025
We Want the Funk!
Apr 08, 2025
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
Jun 24, 2008
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Austin City Limits
Jan 01, 1975
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Dec 16, 2020
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Apr 15, 1994
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Apr 20, 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Sessions at West 54th
Sep 06, 1997
Stars in the House
Mar 16, 2020
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
Feb 21, 2003
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
