| Holly Golightly (real name) started her musical career as a founder member of all girl garage band Thee Headcoatees in 1991.
She spent four years with Thee Headcoatees before releasing her debut record, 'The Good Things', in 1995. Where the Headcoatees sound was a blend of girl group sounds and three-chord garage-rock with all the original songs coming from the pen of Billy Childish, Holly's solo sound is more a blend of pre-rock electric blues, folk rock, and less frantic rock & roll. Apart from the wide range of covers of such artists as Willie Dixon, Ike Turner, LeeHazelwood, Wreckless Eric, and Bill Withers, Golightly also writes all her own material. Holly Golightly is definitely the most interesting and diverse artist to come out of the Billy Childish school and is certainly one of the better singer/songwriters of the post-grunge era. Since her debut in 1995, Golightly has been very prolific, releasing a number of long play records and numerous singles for a wide variety of labels and has toured America eight times. Holly's sound has remained remarkably consistent throughout, but each record has a quality that sets it apart from the others. In 1999 she released an album with her friend Billy Childish, on which the two sound like a scuffed-up British version of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood. After playing several west coast shows with The White Stripes, and supporting them at their some of their London shows, Holly has become good friends with Jack and Meg, recording a duet with them, 'It's true that we love one another', for their new album 'Elephant'. Holly has also recently been recording in the US with garage band The Greenhornes and they released a special Christmas 2002 single together. Over the years Holly has been guest vocalist on various other bands projects, including live with Mudhoney and on a couple of Rocket From The Crypt releases. She has just finished recording her new album, '...Truly she is noneother' her first for two years at Toe Rag and Gizzard studios in London. It will be released in June and will be supported with a US tour and also some UK dates too. If anyone would like to complie a list of release's Holly has appeared on, it would be greatly appreciated.
Check out some US tour photos.
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| Vinyl Albums Cassettes CDs Singles/EPs Videos Compilation - Vinyl CDs Cassettes Singles/EPs |
| Record Title | Label | Cat. No. | Date | Value (USD) | |
| The Good Things (10") | Damaged Goods | DAMGOODLP65 | 6/95 | ||
| The Main Attraction | Teenage Kicks | KICK LP7 | 12.50 | ||
| Laugh It Up | Vinyl Japan | ASKLP56 | 09/96 | ||
| Painted On | Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI 474 | 08/97 | ||
| Up The Empire | Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI 506 | 02/98 | ||
| Serial Girlfriend | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD156LP | 10/98 | ||
| In Blood with Billy Childish |
Wabana | ORE22LP | 08/11/99 | ||
| God Don't Like It | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD180LP | 03/00 | ||
| Desperate Little Town with Dan Melchior |
Sympathy For The Record Ind. | SFTRI591 | 01/01 | ||
| The Main Attraction (re-release) | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 189-LP | 04/01 | ||
| Singles Round-Up | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 190-LP | 03/09 | ||
| Truly She is None Other | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 213LP | 28th Jul 2003 | ||
| Slowly But Surely | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 232 | Oct 2004 | ||
| My First Holly Goloightly Album | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 242CD | June 2005 | ||
| LP (Not Out Yet) | Sympathy For The Record Ind. | SFTRI 674 | in limbo (May 2002) |
| Vinyl Albums Cassettes CDs Singles/EPs Videos Compilation - Vinyl CDs Cassettes Singles/EPs |
| Record Title | Label | Cat. No. | Date | Value (USD) | |
| The Good Things | Damaged Goods | DAMGOODCD 65 | 6/95 | ||
| The Main Attraction | Teenage Kicks | KICK CD7 | 28.00 | ||
| Laugh It All Up! | Vinyl Japan | ASKCD 74 | 18/8/97 | ||
| Painted On | Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI 474 | 08/97 | ||
| Up The Empire | Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI 506 | 02/98 | ||
| Serial Girlfriend | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD156CD | 10/98 | ||
| In Blood with Billy Childish |
Wabana | ORE22CD | 08/11/99 | ||
| God Don't Like It | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD180CD | 03/00 | ||
| Live In America | Majestic Twelve | MJ12.005 | 07/08/00 | ||
| Desperate Little Town with Dan Melchior |
Sympathy For The Record Ind. | SFTRI591 | 01/01 | ||
| The Main Attraction (re-release) | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 189-CD | 04/01 | ||
| Singles Round-Up | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 190-CD | 03/09 | ||
| Truly She is None Other | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 213CD | 28th Jul 2003 | ||
| Down Gina's at 3 | Sympathy For The Record Ind. | SFTRI 734 | 06/04 | ||
| Slowly But Surely | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 232CD | Oct 2004 |  |
| Vinyl Albums Cassettes CDs Singles/EPs Videos Compilation - Vinyl CDs Cassettes Singles/EPs |
| Record Title | Label | Cat. No. | Date | Value (USD) | |
| Hey Mom! The Garage Is On My Foot Vol 1
"In You" |
Damaged Goods | DAMGOODLP102 | 1996 | ||
| 18 Thoughts of British Trash
"Hold Me Baby" |
Vinyl Japan | ASKLP72 | 16/11/98 | ||
| Today's Top Girl Groups Vol.1
"Run Cold" |
Spinout | 1998 | |||
| Allright, This Time Just The Girls
"Anyway You Like It" |
Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI576 | 06/99 | ||
| Root Damage
"Anyway You Like It" & "Laughing To Keep From Crying" with Dan Melchior |
Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI713 | 2003 |
| Vinyl Albums Cassettes CDs Singles/EPs Videos Compilation - Vinyl CDs Cassettes Singles/EPs |
| Record Title | Label | Cat. No. | Date | Value (USD) | |
| Do The Nuclear Tests In Paris And Beijing "Good Enough" |
Vinyl Japan | MASKCD58 | 1995 | ||
| Hey Mom! The Garage Is On My Foot Vol 1 "In You" |
Damaged Goods | DAMGOODCD102 | 1996 | ||
| 18 Thoughts of British Trash
"Hold Me Baby" |
Nippon Columbia | COCB-83050 | 10/98 | ||
| Your Soldiers In Psychological Warfare - Fall & Winter 1999
"You Love Is Mine" |
Surefire | 1999 | |||
| Allright, This Time Just The Girls
"Anyway You Like It" |
Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI576 | 06/99 | ||
| Genre Non-Specific
"Give Back Time" |
Surefire | 2000 | |||
| Turbo's Tunes
Rain Down Rain |
Kill Rock Stars | KRS319 | 2001 | ||
| Totally Damaged
Give Back Time |
Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 200-CD | 2001 | ||
| Root Damage
"Anyway You Like It", "I'll Follow Her Down" & "Laughing To Keep From Crying" with Dan Melchior |
Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI713 | 2003 |
| Vinyl Albums Cassettes CDs Singles/EPs Videos Compilation - Vinyl CDs Cassettes Singles/EPs |
| Record Title | Label | Cat. No. | Date | Value (USD) | |
| Jiggy Jiggy | Vinyl Japan | PAD13 | |||
| Jiggy Jiggy (CDS) | Vinyl Japan | TASKCD13 | |||
| Virtually Happy (Ltd 750 only) |
Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD75 | 9/95 | ||
| Mary Ann | Vinyl Japan | PAD 26 | 2/96 | ||
| Mary Ann (CDS) | Vinyl Japan | TASKCD 26 | 2/96 | ||
| Girl In The Shower | Super Electro | SE 710 | 10/96 | ||
| Pinkie Please Come Back | Super Electro | SE 711 | 10/96 | 8.00 | |
| No Big Thing | Hangman's Daughter | KETCH 15 | 6/96 | ||
| No Hope Bar | Teenage Kicks | KICK 016 | 09/96 | ||
| Come The Day (picture disc) |
Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD110 | 09/96 | ||
| Won't Go Out (Double single) |
Sympathy for the Record Ind. | SFTRI 471 | 8/96 | ||
| Sand | Box Theory | 12/96 | |||
| Your Love Is Mine | Flapping Jet | FJ-008 | 03/98 | ||
| You Shine/Box Elder | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD166 | 12/04/99 | ||
| Listen/Rain Down Rain | Kill Rock Stars | KRS344 | 05/99 | ||
| Pretty Good Love EP | Smartguy | SMART004 | 2002 | ||
| Little Stars / I Don't Hear You | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 211 | 12/02 | ||
| 'Walk A Mile' / 'Don't **** Around With Love' (feat Sexton Ming) | Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD 220 | 7th July 2003 | ||
| On The Fire EP 7" & CD |
Damaged Goods | DAMGOOD ??? | 07/03/2005 |
E-mail me if you have more information on any of these or other records: Pat Davies