David Byrne

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artist author film director human musician record producer singer songwriter

David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician, singer, songwriter, and artist best known as the frontman and co-founder of the influential new wave band Talking Heads.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artist → author → film director → human → musician → record producer → singer → songwriter →
activeYearsStart	1970s →
authorOf	How Music Works →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Score → Golden Globe Award → Grammy Award →
birthName	David Byrne →
collaboratedWith	Brian Eno → Fatboy Slim → St. Vincent →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1952-05-14 →
directed	True Stories (film) →
ethnicOrigin	Scottish-American →
genre	alternative rock → art rock → new wave → post-punk → worldbeat →
instrument	guitar → keyboards → vocals →
knownFor	frontman of Talking Heads → innovative music videos → multimedia art projects →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Talking Heads →
name	David Byrne →
notableWork	American Utopia (album) → American Utopia (stage production) → David Byrne (album) → Everything That Happens Will Happen Today → Feelings → Grown Backwards → Love This Giant → My Life in the Bush of Ghosts → Rei Momo → Remain in Light → Speaking in Tongues → Stop Making Sense → Talking Heads → True Stories (film) → Uh-Oh →
occupation	author → film director → musician → record producer → singer → songwriter →
placeOfBirth	Dumbarton, Scotland →
positionHeld	co-founder of Talking Heads → frontman of Talking Heads →
residence	New York City →

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David Byrne →	birthName
David Byrne →	name
Rhode Island School of Design →	notableAlumni