Holly Johnson
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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.
Known for
Credits
Body Double (1984)
as Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride (2022)
as Self
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022 (2022)
as Self
Queer as Art (2017)
as Self
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome (2025)
as Lead Vocals
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? (2024)
as Self
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019 (2019)
as Self - Performer
The Sound of Protest (—)
Actor
![Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/zK3IyPRrNTy9sCy09O5mxqrXB2p.jpg)
Legendary Children [All of Them Queer] (2023)
Actor
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On (2000)
as Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest (2009)
as Holly Johnson