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
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I think it's been the topic of conversation for everyone.... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.
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I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.
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I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one. ... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.
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I was trying to stay with her, but she was always a step ahead of me and the rest of our team.
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It felt really good. I felt like I was in a great rhythm tonight. It was good to see that. I've been a bit shaky the past couple of games but I really felt the rhythm and I just took the open shots that I had.
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We had to work a little harder without her out there.
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I wasn't feeling well but I wasn't going to quit. This is a fun team. Everyone is really close and we've all become close friends.
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I was never that into being a bass player in a group. I did it for the experience and was more interested in writing the lyrics for that band.
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What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S.
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I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop.
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Although we were The Spice Girls of 1984 in Europe, My work has never been widely promoted in the U.S.
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We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out before I even dropped in. Months later they were still asking what had happened to me, not realising that I was on a UK tour.
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I think one of our biggest things is our start. We need to come out ready. And I think, since the start of the year, it has been our defense. Just go out and be relaxed. It's a fun time of the year.
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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.