02/09/1960
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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Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasuredome (2025) as Lead Vocals |
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The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? (2024) as Self |
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Legendary Children [All of Them Queer] (2023) as |
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC (2023) as Self (archive footage) |
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Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022 (2022) as Self |
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Freedom: 50 Years of Pride (2022) as Self |
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Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019 (2019) as Self - Performer |
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Queer as Art (2017) as Self |
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest (2009) as Holly Johnson |
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On (2000) as Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee |
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Body Double (1984) as Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited) |
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The Sound of Protest () as |