Holly Johnson
February 9, 1960 (64 years old) in Liverpool, England, UK
William Holly Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK albums chart. Two singles from the album – "Love Train" and "Americanos" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers.
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Credits
- 2024 · The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? as Self
- 2023 · Legendary Children [All of Them Queer] as
- 2023 · Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · George Michael: Outed as Self
- 2022 · Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022 as Self
- 2021 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist
- 2020 · TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019 as Self - Performer
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2007 · Benidorm as Himself
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2000 · Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On as
- 1984 · Body Double as Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
- 1983 · The Bob Monkhouse Show as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
- 1980 · Newsnight as