Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson (born William Johnson; 9 February 1960; legal name William Holly Johnson) 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 and before that, he had a very short solo music career under the name of Holly, where he released two singles between 1979 and 1980. 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 embarked on a painting career. (more on wikipedia)

Links To Peel
Holly Johnson's solo music career from 1989 was very pop oriented and wasn't the type of music, which Peel would play on his show. However Peel did play "Love Train" on his show on 02 January 1989. However he rarely played any other tracks from the artist. In 1997, after Peel compered the Hillsborough Justice Campaign Concert, he named Holly Johnson, former singer of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, singing a cover of Gerry & The Pacemakers'"Ferry Across The Mersey" as one of the highlights.[1] Peel played the Frankie Goes To Hollywood version on his show in May 1997.

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

1989
 * 02 January 1989: Love Train (Single) MCA