--- description: Actress Lea DeLaria promotes her upcoming album of Bowie covers title: Watch Big Boo From 'Orange Is the New Black' Sing David Bowie With Conan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Big Boo From _Orange Is the New Black_ Sing David Bowie With Conan by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 2:52 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 2:52 PM CUT Did you know Lea DeLaria, known for playing Big Boo on _Orange Is the New Black_, is also a jazz musician? She stopped by _Conan_ Tuesday night and promoted her upcoming album, _House of David_, which consists of 12 jazz versions of David Bowie tunes. (The album is available for pre-order [here](http://www.sh-k-boom.com/lea-delaria%5Fhouseofdavid "undefined").) To give a little taste, DeLaria asked Conan to perform a bass line and then she sang an a cappella rendition of Bowie’s 1975 hit “Fame.” Conan gets really into it, and you can tell he’s just excited to be a part of something. DeLaria also shared a snippet of the studio version of the song on her Instagram: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3924128/orange-is-the-new-black-big-boo-david-bowie-songs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3924128/orange-is-the-new-black-big-boo-david-bowie-songs/"},"headline":"Watch Big Boo From Orange Is the New Black Sing David Bowie With Conan","datePublished":"2015-06-17T14:52:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:12.595Z","description":"Actress Lea DeLaria promotes her upcoming album of Bowie covers","url":"https://time.com/3924128/orange-is-the-new-black-big-boo-david-bowie-songs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3924128/orange-is-the-new-black-big-boo-david-bowie-songs/","name":"Watch Big Boo From Orange Is the New Black Sing David Bowie With Conan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Orange Is The New Black: What We Want To Know In Season 3","description":"Orange Is The New Black: What We Want To Know In Season 3","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oWfp7G0A/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-11T22:14:11.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oWfp7G0A.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3924128/orange-is-the-new-black-big-boo-david-bowie-songs/","duration":"PT52S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3924128/orange-is-the-new-black-big-boo-david-bowie-songs/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```