1. Jools Holland was an original member of the band Squeeze and has worked with many artists including Marc Almond, Jayne County, Tom Jones, Jose Feliciano, Sting, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Ringo Starr, Dr John, Bono, Rod Stewart, The The, Ruby Turner, and Amy Winehouse.
From 1982 until 1987, Jools Holland co-presented the Channel 4 music programme The Tube.
Jools Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own.
Jools Holland regularly hosted the programme Jools Holland on BBC Radio 2.
Jools Holland achieved his first UK number one album in 2024 with Swing Fever, a collaboration with Rod Stewart.
Jools Holland was born on 24 January 1958 in Blackheath, southeast London.
Jools Holland was a founding member of the British pop band Squeeze, formed in March 1974, in which he played keyboards until 1980, through its first three albums, the eponymous Squeeze, Cool for Cats and Argybargy, before pursuing his solo career.
Jools Holland began issuing solo records in 1978, his first EP being Boogie Woogie '78.
Jools Holland continued his solo career through the early 1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and 1984.
Jools Holland branched out into TV, co-presenting the Newcastle-based TV music show The Tube with Paula Yates.
Jools Holland referred to this in his sitcom The Groovy Fellers with Rowland Rivron.
In 1983, Jools Holland played an extended piano solo on The The's re-recording of "Uncertain Smile" for their album Soul Mining.
Jools Holland remained in the band until 1990, at which point he again departed to resume his solo career as a musician and a TV host.
Between 1988 and 1990 Jools Holland performed and co-hosted along with David Sanborn during the two seasons of the music performance programme Sunday Night on NBC late-night television.
In 1996, Jools Holland signed a recording contract with Warner Bros.
On 29 November 2002, Jools Holland was in the ensemble of musicians who performed at the Concert for George, which celebrated the music of George Harrison.
Jools Holland achieved his first UK number one album in 2024 with Swing Fever, a collaboration with Rod Stewart.
Jools Holland has a son, George, and daughter, Rose, with his former partner Mary Leahy.
On 30 August 2005, Jools Holland married Christabel McEwen, his girlfriend of 15 years and daughter of artist Rory McEwen.
Jools Holland owns a manor house near the medieval Cooling Castle in Kent.
Jools Holland appeared on the cover of Railway Modeller magazine in January 2019.
Jools Holland started with photographs and paintings from early 1960s London.
Jools Holland received an OBE in 2003 in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, for services to the British music industry as a television presenter and musician.
In September 2006, Jools Holland was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent.
Jools Holland was appointed an honorary fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University at a ceremony held at Canterbury Cathedral on 30 January 2009.
Jools Holland performed a number towards the end of the programme.
Jools Holland was an interviewer for The Beatles Anthology TV project, and appeared in the 1997 film Spiceworld as a musical director.
In 2009, Jools Holland commissioned TV series Bangla Bangers to create a replica of the Rover JET1 for personal use.