Holly Johnson
Holly Johnson
Holly Johnsonis 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth9 February 1960
feeling great preparing
We've been preparing for this all year. It's a great feeling for us.
harder work
We had to work a little harder without her out there.
banging beginning bit competition game gave great hit job kept knew last players playing post start strong
Tonight's game gave us a lot better competition than our last game. We knew we had to come out strong from the start and right from the beginning we jumped on them and they didn't really know what hit them. They kept with us a little bit but we just kept playing hard. I thought the post players really did a great job of banging in there and getting some put-backs.
english-musician financing
I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop.
continue outside
What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S.
bring close coach coming italy leadership main positive practicing sue talked
When we were practicing for Italy that was one of my main things I talked to Coach Sue and Coach (Cori) Close about - how do I bring that leadership in that two spot? I think it's still coming up and being encouraging and still being positive and energetic.
boys faces
Let's face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George.
artist media saws
I always saw myself as a multi media artist.
mean hype band
This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves are never really responsible for all of that. That is something that happens to you when you sell millions of records.
basketball player college
To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now
doe t-shirt shirts
One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.
successful creative be-creative
What can I tell you I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S.
player thinking stay-calm
I think the main thing you have to remember when going into the post-season is to stay relaxed. All of the energy and excitement can be overwhelming but the thing I'll try to relay to the younger players is just stay calm and focused.
jobs saws band
I always saw being in a band a full time job.