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David Byrne was born on 14 May, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland, UK, is a Scottish-American musician (born 1952). Discover David Byrne's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Singer · songwriter · musician · record producer · music theorist · visual artist · actor · writer · filmmaker
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 14 May, 1952
Birthday 14 May
Birthplace Dumbarton, Scotland, UK
Nationality Scotland

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1952

David Byrne (born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, 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.

David Byrne was born on 14 May 1952 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the elder of two children born to Tom (from Lambhill, Glasgow) and Emma Byrne.

Byrne's father was Catholic and his mother Presbyterian.

Two years after his birth, the family moved to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario.

The family left Scotland in part because there were few jobs requiring his father's engineering skills and in part because of the tensions in the extended family caused by his parents' interfaith marriage.

When Byrne was eight or nine years old they moved to Arbutus, Maryland, in the United States, where his father worked as an electronics engineer at Westinghouse Electric Corporation and his mother later became a teacher.

Byrne stated that he initially grew up speaking with a Scottish accent but adopted an American one in order to fit in at school.

He later recalled "I felt like a bit of an outsider. But then I realized the world was made up of people who were all different. But we’re all here."

Before high school, Byrne already knew how to play the guitar, accordion, and violin.

He was rejected from his middle school's choir because they said he was "off-key and too withdrawn".

From a young age, he had a strong interest in music.

His parents say that he would constantly play his phonograph from age three and he learned how to play the harmonica at age five.

His father used his electrical engineering skills to modify a reel-to-reel tape recorder so that Byrne could make multitrack recordings.

Byrne graduated from Lansdowne High School in southwest Baltimore County, Maryland.

1970

He attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, during the 1970–71 term and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore during the 1971–72 term before dropping out.

Talking Heads were pioneers of the new wave music scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s with popular and creative music videos in regular rotation on MTV.

1971

He started his musical career in a high school band called Revelation; then between 1971 and 1972, he was one half of a duo named Bizadi with Marc Kehoe.

Their repertoire consisted mostly of songs such as "April Showers", "96 Tears", "Dancing on the Ceiling" and Frank Sinatra songs.

1973

He returned to Providence in 1973 and formed a band called the Artistics with fellow RISD student Chris Frantz.

1974

The band dissolved in 1974.

Byrne moved to New York City in May that year, and in September of that year, Frantz and his girlfriend Tina Weymouth followed suit.

After Byrne and Frantz were unable to find a bass player in New York for nearly two years, Weymouth learned to play the bass guitar.

While working day jobs in late 1974, they were contemplating a band.

1975

By January 1975, Talking Heads were practicing and playing together, while still working normal day jobs.

They founded the band Talking Heads and had their first gig in June.

1976

In May 1976, Byrne quit his day job, and the three-piece band signed to Sire Records in November of that year.

Byrne was the youngest member of the band.

1977

Multi-instrumentalist Jerry Harrison, previously of The Modern Lovers, joined the band in 1977.

The band released eight studio albums to critical acclaim and commercial success.

Four albums achieved gold status (exceeding 500,000 in sales) and two others were certified double-platinum (exceeding two million in sales).

1979

During his time in the band, David Byrne took on outside projects, collaborating with Brian Eno during 1979 and 1981 on the album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which attracted considerable critical acclaim due to its early use of analogue sampling and found sounds.

Following this record, Byrne focused his attention on Talking Heads.

1988

In 1988 the band quietly went on hiatus during which Byrne launched a solo career and the other members pursued their own projects.

1991

Talking Heads reunited in 1991 to record the single "Sax and Violins" and officially split in December 1991.

2002

In 2002, Talking Heads was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where they reunited to play three tracks, including "Psycho Killer" and "Burning Down the House".

2006

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was re-released for its 25th anniversary in early 2006, with new bonus tracks.

In keeping with the spirit of the original album, stems for two of the songs' component tracks were released under Creative Commons licenses and a remix contest website was launched.