Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 09, 1960
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Credits
20 titles
Holly Johnson
Biography
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
Filmography
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Lead Vocals
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Self
Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
George Michael: Outed
Self
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
Self
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
Self
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
Self - Performer
Queer as Art
Self
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
Holly Johnson
Benidorm
Himself
The One Show
Self
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
The Word
Body Double
Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
The Bob Monkhouse Show
Self
Wogan
Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Newsnight
The Sound of Protest