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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.
There’s an arc to most pop careers, and it goes from innocence to experience. Generally the longer you’re in the game, the more introspective and lachrymose your music becomes. It takes some character to stay in love with a soaring tune, with an uplifting dance beat, with an epic idea, with love itself. To stay young.
Holly Johnson is evangelical about the Warholian idyll of the superstar. He named himself in honour of it, after first witnessing the louche Factory transvestite Holly Woodlawn as a fourteen year old schoolboy in a spit and sawdust Liverpool picturehouse, accompanied by his thrilled best friend (the best friend remains another consistency, fyi).
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were an English pop band that formed in Liverpool in 1980. They comprise Holly Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (backing vocals), Mark O'Toole (bass), Brian Nash (guitar) and Peter Gill (drums). They were among the first openly gay pop acts and made gay rights and sexuality a theme of their music and performances.
Dec 7, 2023 · Love Train (Official HD Remastered Video) The official ‘Love Train’ music video. Taken from Holly Johnson’s debut album ‘Blast’. REMASTERED IN HD TO CELEBRATE THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLAST!
May 10, 2023 · Frankie Goes To Hollywood's first performance in 36 years was a "perfect pop moment", singer Holly Johnson has said. The Liverpool band reunited to mark the start of the song contest in their...
May 12, 2023 · Holly Johnson became an overnight star when his band Frankie Goes to Hollywood took over the charts in 1984. Nearly 40 years later, Frankie Goes to Hollywood have reunited as Eurovision takes place in their hometown of Liverpool.
