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Holly Johnson
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…
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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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2025
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Movie Lead Vocals
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2024
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Movie Self
- 2023
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2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
George Michael: Outed
TV show Self
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2022
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
Movie Self
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2022
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
Movie Self
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2020
TV Story Superstar
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2019
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
Movie Self - Performer
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2017
Queer as Art
Movie Self
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2009
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
Movie Holly Johnson
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2007
Benidorm
TV show Himself
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2006
The One Show
TV show Self
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2000
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
Movie Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
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1992
Toys
Movie Songs
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1990
The Word
TV show
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1984
Body Double
Movie Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
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1983
The Bob Monkhouse Show
TV show Self
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1982
Wogan
TV show Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
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1980
Newsnight
TV show
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The Sound of Protest
Movie
