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Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson

Acting

February 9, 1960 (66)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.

Known for

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

Self

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC2023

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]2023

Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]

Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 20222022

Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022

Self

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride2022

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

Self

Queer as Art2017

Queer as Art

Self

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest2009

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest

Holly Johnson

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On2000

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On

Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee

Body Double1984

Body Double

Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)

The Sound of Protest

The Sound of Protest