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HOLLY JOHNSON - 80s FOREVER MIX (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd January 2025
Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes To Hollywood shares his specially curated 80s mix, featuring his favourite tracks from the decade.
Pete Shelley - Homosapien [Big Life]
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out [Polygram Tv]
David Bowie - Fashion [EMI]
Soul II Soul (feat. Caron Wheeler) - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) [Virgin]
The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) [Virgin]
New Order - Blue Monday [Factory]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 30 - 1. HOLLY JOHNSON (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th January 2024
In The First Time With... 6 Music's Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and revealing interviews with major artists about the pivotal moments and songs that shaped their lives and their careers.
Today, Matt welcomes artist, musician and Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson to the programme. Holly shares his experience of the Liverpool music scene in the 80s, how he coped with being in one of the biggest and perhaps most controversial music outfits on the planet at the time and how 40 years of Frankie will be celebrated in 2024.
Following his time as bassist for the punk band, Big in Japan, Holly Johnson went on to be the lead vocalist for hugely successful Liverpool five-piece, Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Frankie Goes To Hollywood won multiple awards for their songs and albums including Two Tribes, Relax and Welcome to the Pleasuredome and were the second act in history to top the chart with their first three singles. Holly has since had success as a writer, with books including A Bone In My Flute, and as an artist. Frankie reformed last year for a long awaited live performance in Liverpool to celebrate the city hosting Eurovision.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Carnage Mix) [ZTT]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes [Gut]
Richard Strauss - Also Spracht Zarathustra
T. Rex - Ride A White Swan [Telstar]
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream [EMI]
Unknown - Unknown
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Wish The Lads Were Here [ZTT]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Shoot It In The Right Direction) (BBC Session 24/02/1983)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax [ZTT]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome [ZTT]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome [ZTT]
Holly Johnson - Americanos [Universal/Island]
Holly Johnson - Ascension [UMC]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love [Polygram Tv]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Bang [ZTT]
HOLLY JOHNSON - LIVE REGENT THEATRE STOKE-ON-TRENT (320kbs-m4a/41mb/18mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 3rd December 2022
Gary presents a special show LIVE from Stoke's Regent Theatre.
Liverpool's finest, Holly Johnson with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, changed the pop landscape forever in 1984 with the release of their epic debut album, 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome', and four revolutionary singles - 'Relax', 'Two Tribes', 'The Power of Love' and 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome'. The Frankie success story continued with 1986's 'Liverpool' and Holly rounded off the decade with his platinum-selling number one solo debut album, 'Blast'. Having headlined festivals this summer and following the release of his live album 'Unleashed From The Pleasuredome', now Holly Goes To Stoke with Sounds Of The 80s!
Holly Johnson - Americanos
Holly Johnson - Relax
Holly Johnson - The Power Of Love
A LONG WALK WITH... SERIES 1 - HOLLY JOHNSON (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th March 2019
Janice Long walks through key places in Liverpool with Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Holly Johnson, as he remembers the characters and music that shaped his life and career to date.
Holly will take us on his own magical mystery tour from the local church where he sang as a choirboy, through the streets where he delivered papers, over the Mystery Park to Penny Lane while we hear The Beatles, David Bowie, The Human League, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and T-Rex amongst others.
Holly and Janice also pass through the 'posh bit' of Liverpool where he first walked along an avenue humming the song that would become Relax. Holly also visits the Everyman Theatre (where he auditioned as a young man), the Cavern and Erics (where he performed with Big In Japan alongside his contemporaries like Echo & The Bunnymen and Ian Brodie).
Holly has fascinating anecdotes and memories to share about the Fab Four, Joe Meek, the Liverpool Empire, record shops and boutiques, Bob Wooler, Allan Williams, The Silver Blades Ice Rink & Disco, Matthew Street, Pete Burns and Jayne Casey as they affected his life.
First broadcast in 2017.
Holly Johnson - Love Train [MCA]
The Tornados - Telstar
David Bowie - Space Oddity [RCA]
T. Rex - Ride A White Swan [Disky]
The Beatles - Penny Lane [Apple]
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Parlophone]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax [Sony Tv/Columbia]
The Human League - Being Boiled [Virgin]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run [ZTT]
Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow [Warner]