1960-02-09 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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The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? | Self | 2024-11-25 |
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Legendary Children [All of Them Queer] | 2023-06-16 | |
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-06 |
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Freedom: 50 Years of Pride | Self | 2022-07-02 |
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Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022 | Self | 2022-11-11 |
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Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019 | Self - Performer | 2019-10-25 |
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Queer as Art | Self | 2017-07-27 |
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest | Holly Johnson | 2009-02-11 |
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On | Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee | 2000-11-13 |
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Body Double | Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited) | 1984-10-25 |
