- Born
- Died
- Birth nameNorman Alexander Milne
- Nickname
- Britain's Bing Crosby
- Michael Holliday was born on November 26, 1928 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Good Companions (1957), Rooney (1958) and Zonad (2009). He died on October 29, 1963 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.
- Crooner of the 1950s and 60s who had number 1s in 1958 with The Story of My Life, and 1959 with Starry Eyed. He had changed his real name to Norman Alexander Milne by deed poll before taking on the stage name Michael Holliday.
- In December 1954, Holliday wrote to the BBC requesting a TV audition. His audition came in April 1955 and he made his first TV appearance on The Centre Show on 22 July 1955. This TV performance was seen by Norrie Paramor, then head of A&R for EMI's Columbia record label, who signed him as a solo artist.
- A biography entitled The Man Who Would Be Bing, written by Ken Crossland, was published in 2004.
- Holliday had an ongoing problem with stage fright, and in 1961 suffered a mental breakdown.
- In 1951, he secured two summer seasons' work as a vocalist with Dick Denny's band at Butlin's Holiday Camp, Pwllheli. In March 1953, he joined the Eric Winstone Band, another Butlin's contracted band that toured when the summer season's work was over. They also broadcast occasionally on BBC Radio.
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