"new songs alongside old FGTH material. This was to avoid legal issues with Holly Johnson over use of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood name. Live dates were announced but in June 2007, these were cancelled. ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result In 1985, a computer game entitled ""Frankie Goes to Hollywood"" was developed by Denton Designs and published by Ocean Software. Based on the band's music, imagery and slogans, the objective of the game was to explore the town of Mundanesville to find the Pleasuredome. It also came boxed with an extra cassette with a live"
"Holly Johnson William Holly Johnson (born William Johnson, 9 February 1960), known professionally as 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. 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"
"(songs inspired by the film Eddie The Eagle) and appears on the end credits for the film. . Holly Johnson William Holly Johnson (born William Johnson, 9 February 1960), known professionally as 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. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, ""Blast"", reached number one in the UK albums chart. Two singles from the album – ""Love Train"""
"off. He remained with ""Jersey Boys"" for six years, leaving in March 2014, making him the longest-running star in a West End musical. Molloy also provided vocals in the soundtrack of the film version of the musical. He reprised the role in the Broadway production for a limited engagement lasting from July to October 2014. In September 2017, Molloy took part in the Great North Run. Ryan Molloy Ryan Molloy (born 21 November 1972) is a British singer, songwriter and actor, who replaced Holly Johnson as the lead singer in Frankie Goes to Hollywood for a charity concert in 2004."
"Mark O'Toole (musician) Mark William James O'Toole (born 6 January 1964, Liverpool) is an English musician. He is the former bassist and founding member of 1980s pop band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. His elder brother, Gerard O'Toole, also was a member of FGTH, but soon left the band. A musician from an early age, O'Toole co-wrote all of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's hits such as ""Relax"", ""Two Tribes"" and ""The Power of Love"". Frankie Goes to Hollywood primarily enjoyed success in 1984, at one time occupying the top two places in the UK Singles Chart. The band split in 1987."
"Mark O'Toole (musician) Mark William James O'Toole (born 6 January 1964, Liverpool) is an English musician. He is the former bassist and founding member of 1980s pop band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. His elder brother, Gerard O'Toole, also was a member of FGTH, but soon left the band. A musician from an early age, O'Toole co-wrote all of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's hits such as ""Relax"", ""Two Tribes"" and ""The Power of Love"". Frankie Goes to Hollywood primarily enjoyed success in 1984, at one time occupying the top two places in the UK Singles Chart. The band split in 1987."
"Ryan Molloy Ryan Molloy (born 21 November 1972) is a British singer, songwriter and actor, who replaced Holly Johnson as the lead singer in Frankie Goes to Hollywood for a charity concert in 2004. He has also been successful in musical theatre, appearing in a number of hit musicals in the UK. Originally from North Shields in Tyneside, he attended Monkseaton High School. He left high school at the age of 16 in 1992. Molloy later moved to London to train as an actor. He attended The Poor School; and later also trained at the University of California, Los Angeles"
"was Frankie Goes to Hollywood, whose hits ""Relax"" and ""Two Tribes"" were among the most influential and best-selling singles of the decade. It was the label's second single, Relax, that became the label's first number one in January 1984. Relax stayed in the Top 75 for a full year and ZTT was well and truly established. During the 1980s also Grace Jones and Art of Noise were ZTT acts to chart. In the early days, the label also helped to shape the very structure and format of pop music (its 12” remixes getting chart positions of their own and its"
"Paul Rutherford (singer) Paul Rutherford (born 8 December 1959) is an English singer, musician and dancer. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as backing vocalist, dancer and occasional keyboardist of the pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, one of the band's two gay singers. Paul Rutherford was born on 8 December 1959, in Liverpool, England, but moved to the Cantril Farm district as a child during the 1960s, where future footballer Micky Quinn and future comedian Craig Charles were among his neighbours. He attended St Dominic's Roman Catholic school in Huyton along with his twin sister. He emerged"
"members. Paul Rutherford formed 1980s pop band Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Peter Clarke became known as Budgie and joined Big In Japan, Slits, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, later marrying with Siouxsie Sioux in 1991. The original version of the single was originally issued without a picture sleeve, but it was later added for the German edition in 1978. The A-side of the single explained about the life of a Northern Irish immigrant in England, who escaped from the British occupation of his country, and lived poor working-class conditions. For the single each member was credited with nickname or"
"remastered Deluxe Edition of ""Liverpool"" was released, featuring a second disc containing rare and previously unreleased material. The first CD contains the LP version of the original album with extra tracks and the second CD rare and unreleased tracks. CD1 CD2 Liverpool (album) Liverpool is Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second and last studio album, released in October 1986. It would be the band's final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT. The album's production was handled by Trevor Horn's engineer Stephen"
"charts at the opening of the 1980s were dominated by the usual mix of imports, novelty acts, oddities (including rock and roll revivalist and Elvis impersonator Shakin' Stevens) and survivors like Queen and David Bowie, but there were also more conventional pop acts, including Bucks Fizz, whose light lyrics and simple tempos gave them three number ones after their Eurovision Song Contest victory in 1981. Frankie Goes to Hollywood's, initially controversial, dance-pop gave then three consecutive number ones in 1983 and 1984, until they faded away in the mid-1980s. Probably the most successful British pop band of the era were"
"You Really Want To Hurt Me"", ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"" and ""Karma Chameleon"". As well as Boy George having his own UK number one with his cover of Bread's ""Everything I Own"", he is considered a major icon of this era. Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood's initially controversial dance-pop gave them three consecutive UK number ones in 1984, until they faded away in the mid-1980s. Dead or Alive, also from Liverpool, was another popular dance pop band in the mid-1980s. It was fronted by lead singer Pete Burns. Probably the most successful British pop band of the era"
"Liverpool (album) Liverpool is Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second and last studio album, released in October 1986. It would be the band's final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT. The album's production was handled by Trevor Horn's engineer Stephen Lipson, who urged the band to play their own instruments on this album (Horn having replaced many of the band's performances and arrangements with his session musicians or his own performances on ""Welcome to the Pleasuredome"".) ""Liverpool"" therefore features a heavier"
"was released by the German ZYX record label, mixing a re-recording of FGTH ""Relax"" with Propaganda's ""P-Machinery"". Frankie Goes to Hollywood discography Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British band who released two studio albums and seven singles before disbanding in 1987. Since then, almost all of their tracks have been rereleased on compact disc, including various compilation albums and CD singles. In recent years, their record company have also released original material that was never released at the time. In 1983, they released their debut single, ""Relax"", which was highly controversial, due to its sexually explicit lyrics and highly"
"and he later found fame as the lead singer and lyricist of the band. In 1987, tension grew between Johnson and the rest of his group. He also had an argument with his record company and won a case in court against them on restraint of trade. He left Frankie Goes To Hollywood and the other members of the band were eventually let go by the label after the court case ""ZTT and Perfect Songs v Holly Johnson"". In 1991, Johnson was diagnosed with HIV and wrote an autobiography, ""A Bone In My Flute""; he did not expect to live"
"a longterm working relationship with producer Trevor Horn and his associate Stephen Lipson by providing backing vocals on the second Frankie Goes To Hollywood album ""Liverpool"". Cook then collaborated with George Michael by playing keyboards on his hugely successful debut solo album ""Faith"", which was released in 1987. In 1988, Cook appeared with Linda Thompson at the Grammy Awards performing the song ""Telling Me Lies"" which was originally written by them for Thompson's 1985 album ""One Clear Moment"". The song had been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Song after it had been covered by Linda Ronstadt, Dolly"
"Brotherhood."" Franke Previte Franke Jon Previte (born May 2, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning composer. He was the lead singer of the 1980s pop rock band Franke and the Knockouts. He was born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey to Franke Previte Sr., an opera singer. He was with the New Jersey rock quintet Franke and the Knockouts as the singer and songwriter. Previously he had sung with the Oxford Watch Band and the heavy metal band Bull Angus. Franke and the Knockouts were signed by Millennium Records in 1981 and had three U.S. Top"
"referred to was actually a pop art poster by Guy Peellaert. The original group named ""Frankie Goes to Hollywood"" dates from 1980. The nucleus of the group emerged from the late 1970s Liverpool punk scene. Lead singer Johnson had played bass with Big in Japan and had also released two solo singles. Local musicians Peter Gill (drums), Jed O'Toole (bass), and O'Toole's cousin Brian Nash (guitar) initially joined Johnson, calling themselves the Sons of Egypt. This line-up secured a number of small local gigs before disbanding. The group was reprised when Johnson joined Mark O'Toole (bass) and Peter ""Ped"" Gill"
"Frankie Goes to Hollywood discography Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British band who released two studio albums and seven singles before disbanding in 1987. Since then, almost all of their tracks have been rereleased on compact disc, including various compilation albums and CD singles. In recent years, their record company have also released original material that was never released at the time. In 1983, they released their debut single, ""Relax"", which was highly controversial, due to its sexually explicit lyrics and highly suggestive music video. The video, which was shot in a gay nightclub, was banned by the BBC"
"Franke Previte Franke Jon Previte (born May 2, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning composer. He was the lead singer of the 1980s pop rock band Franke and the Knockouts. He was born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey to Franke Previte Sr., an opera singer. He was with the New Jersey rock quintet Franke and the Knockouts as the singer and songwriter. Previously he had sung with the Oxford Watch Band and the heavy metal band Bull Angus. Franke and the Knockouts were signed by Millennium Records in 1981 and had three U.S. Top 40"
"and later Corey Hart. Wally Bryson from the Raspberries served as musical director on the album, which was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, FL. The music video for the single ""Whatever Happened To Fun,"" directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location in Hollywood, with Candy performing to a street crowd and a mural of famous old Hollywood stars. In 1986, Vincent left the band to pursue a solo career, with Clarke taking over as lead vocalist and guitarist Ryan Roxie joining the lineup. After Clarke left, the remaining members joined up with new lead vocalist Shane and became"
"Queen and David Bowie, but were dominated by post punk, and then from about 1981 by new romantic acts. There were also more conventional pop acts, including Bucks Fizz, whose light lyrics and simple tempos gave them three number ones after their Eurovision Song Contest victory in 1981. The dance-pop music of Frankie goes to Hollywood, initially controversial, gave them three consecutive number ones in 1984, until they faded away in the mid-1980s. Probably the most successful British pop band of the era were the duo Wham! with an unusual mix of disco, soul, ballads and even rap, who had"
"Damned, Elvis Costello, The Police, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, The Clash, The Ramones and Talking Heads, amongst others. Before it closed in March 1980, many new local acts had been encouraged to take to the stage for the first time including Jayne Casey, Bill Drummond, Ian Broudie and Holly Johnson (Big in Japan), Paul Rutherford and Budgie (The Spitfire Boys) and Pete Wylie. In the 1980s, the UK and international record charts were dominated by talent that had emerged from Eric’s including, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, KLF, The Lightning Seeds, The Teardrop Explodes, Echo &"
"by the two Frankie Goes to Hollywood tracks, ""Two Tribes"" and ""Relax"", Stevie Wonder with ""I Just Called to Say I Love You"", and Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"". The song also topped the charts in 25 other countries, including the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the United States in February 1985 under the credit ""Wham! featuring George Michael"", Spending three weeks at the top in America, the song was later named ""Billboard""s number-one song of 1985. Despite the success, Michael was never fond of the song. He said in 1991 that it ""was not an integral part of"
"Foxes (soundtrack) Foxes is the soundtrack to the 1980 film of the same name, starring Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid as well as The Runaways' lead singer Cherie Currie. The double-album was released on the disco label Casablanca Records. ""Foxes"" was one of two soundtrack albums to be composed and produced by Moroder in 1980, the other being ""American Gigolo"" which included Blondie's American and British number one hit ""Call Me"". The ""Foxes"" album contained contributions from some of the biggest names in pop and disco at the time, such as Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder and Cher,"
"leading artists from the 1980s onwards, including Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Art Garfunkel, Yes, Van Morrison and Nik Kershaw. He played slide guitar on Frankie Goes to Hollywood's ""The Ballad of 32"" and his spoken voice can be heard on their cover of ""Born to Run"". He was nominated for Best Recording Engineer at the Juno Awards of 1997 for his work with Loreena McKennitt. Stuart Bruce (engineer) Stuart Robert Bruce (born 20 October 1962) is an English recording engineer. He was the engineer for the recording of the Band Aid's charity single ""Do"
"Daryl Somers. Frankie J. Holden Frankie J. Holden (born Peter Brian; 18 December 1952) , also known as Frank Holden, is an Australian singer, actor and TV presenter. In the 1970s, he fronted Ol' 55, which had a hit with ""On the Prowl"" from their debut album, ""Take It Greasy"" which peaked at number three on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in 1976. For ""Return Home"" Holden was nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role at the 1990 AFI Awards. During the 1970s Holden was the frontman for the Australian retro-rock band Ol' 55, which also included"
"for the Oyster"" and the ""Duck Rock"" album. In 1983, Horn also co-formed Art of Noise, co-writing several hits including ""Close (To the Edit)"", ""Beat Box"", ""Moments in Love"", and ""Slave to the Rhythm"". This was originally intended as Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single, but was instead given to Grace Jones. Horn and his studio team reworked and reinterpreted it, jazz style, into six separate songs to form Jones's album ""Slave to the Rhythm"". Horn got David Gilmour to play the guitar. He achieved his greatest commercial success in 1984, firstly with the Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood."
"up in 1978, but reunited for three Peel sessions in early 1979. The group comprised several now well-known artists, such as Holly Johnson, who later was the frontman of Frankie Goes To Hollywood; Bill Drummond, later member of The KLF; Ian Broudie, known for his Britpop/alternative band The Lightning Seeds; and Budgie, drummer in Siouxsie and the Banshees. After Big In Japan split up, Casey formed Pink Military, who recorded the album ""Do Animals Believe in God?"". She formed Pink Industry, a synthpop band, at the end of 1981. Pink Industry was formed with her fellow Big In Japan bandmate,"
"This, A Little Of That"". In 1977, he appeared, along with Grady Chapman and Jerome Evans, on a recording ""Paid The Price"" by Michelle Phillips on her album ""Victim Of Romance"". Billy Guy died on November 5, 2002, in Clark County, Nevada, of cardiovascular disease. Billy Guy Billy Guy (June 20, 1936 – November 5, 2002) was an American singer, best known as a lead singer for the Coasters. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Born Frank Phillips in Texas, Guy is best known as a member of the Coasters, singing lead on"
"Relax (song) ""Relax"" is the debut single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the United Kingdom by ZTT Records in 1983. The song was later included on the album ""Welcome to the Pleasuredome"" (1984). Although fairly inauspicious upon initial release, ""Relax"" finally reached number one on the UK singles chart on 22 January 1984, ultimately becoming one of the most controversial and most commercially successful records of the decade. The single eventually sold a reported 2 million copies in the UK alone, making it the seventh best-selling single in the UK Singles Chart's history. Following the release of the"
"Frankie Valli Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio; May 3, 1934) is an American singer and actor, known as the frontman of The Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful head voice. Valli scored 29 Top 40 hits with The Four Seasons, one Top 40 hit under The Four Seasons alias The Wonder Who?, and nine Top 40 hits as a solo artist. As a member of The Four Seasons, Valli's number-one hits included ""Sherry"" (1962), ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" (1962), ""Walk Like a Man"" (1963), ""Rag Doll"" (1964) and ""December, 1963 (Oh, What a"