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{{Short description|English musician and television personality (born 1958)}}
{{Distinguish|Jools (band)}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
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| name               = Jools Holland
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| caption            = Holland at the [[British Academy Television Awards 2009]]
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| birth_name         = Julian Miles Holland
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| birth_place        = [[Blackheath, London]], England
| years_active       = 1974–present
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*composer
*television presenter
*bandleader
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| spouse             = {{marriage|Christabel McEwen|2005}}
| children           = 3
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*[[Boogie-woogie]]
*[[jazz]]
*[[blues]]
*[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
*[[punk rock]]
*[[New wave music|new wave]]
*[[ska]]
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| instrument       = {{flatlist|
*Piano
*keyboards
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| label            = [[East West Records|EastWest]], [[I.R.S. Records]]
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'''Julian Miles Holland''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|DL}} (born 24 January 1958) is an English [[pianist]], bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter. He was an original member of the band [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] and has worked with many artists including [[Marc Almond]], [[Jayne County]], [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[José Feliciano]], [[Sting (musician)|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, Holland co-presented the [[Channel 4]] music programme ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]''. Since 1992, he has hosted ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]'', a music-based show aired on [[BBC2]], on which his annual show ''[[Jools' Annual Hootenanny|Hootenanny]]'' is based. Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own. He regularly hosted the programme ''Jools Holland'' on [[BBC Radio 2]].

In 2004 he collaborated with Welsh singer Tom Jones on an album of traditional [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] music. He achieved his first UK number one album in 2024 with ''[[Swing Fever (album)|Swing Fever]]'', a collaboration with Rod Stewart.

==Early life and education==
Holland was born on 24 January 1958 in [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], southeast London. At the age of eight, he could play the piano fluently by ear. By his early teens he was appearing regularly in many of the pubs in southeast London and the [[East End of London|East End Docks]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.joolsholland.com/biography.htm | title=Biography |website=Jools Holland Official Web Site}}</ref>

Holland was educated at [[Shooters Hill Sixth Form College|Shooters Hill Grammar School]] in southeast London, from which he was expelled for damaging a teacher's [[Triumph Herald]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3656666/A-man-in-touch-with-his-inner-anorak.html|title=A man in touch with his inner anorak|first=Nigel|last=Farndale|date=19 November 2006|access-date=21 September 2018|website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

==Career==
Holland began his career as a [[session musician]]. His first studio session was with [[Wayne County & the Electric Chairs]] in 1976 on their track "[[Fuck Off (song)|Fuck Off]]".<ref name="official">{{cite web |title=About Jools |url=http://www.joolsholland.com/aboutjools.htm |access-date=4 July 2007 |website=Jools Holland Official Web Site}}</ref>

Holland was a founding member of the British pop band [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]], formed in March 1974, in which he played keyboards until 1980, through its first three albums, the eponymous ''[[Squeeze (Squeeze album)|Squeeze]]'', ''[[Cool for Cats (album)|Cool for Cats]]'' and ''[[Argybargy]]'', before pursuing his solo career.<ref name="Squeeze AMG">{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/squeeze-mn0000790732/biography |title=Squeeze &#124; Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref>

Holland began issuing solo records in 1978, his first EP being ''Boogie Woogie '78''. He continued his solo career through the early 1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and 1984. He branched out into TV, co-presenting the [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]-based TV music show ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]'' with [[Paula Yates]]. Holland used the phrase, "be there, or be an ungroovy fucker" in one early evening TV trailer for the show, live across two channels, causing him to be suspended from the show for six weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/swear.htm |title=Laughing Policeman Wireless Society: History of Swearing| website= Laughingpoliceman.com| access-date= 13 April 2011}}</ref> He referred to this in his sitcom ''The Groovy Fellers'' with [[Rowland Rivron]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1980s/groovy-fellers-the/|title=Groovy Fellers, The – Nostalgia Central|date=19 May 2022|website=Nostalgiacentral.com|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>

In 1983, Holland played an extended piano solo on [[The The]]'s re-recording of "Uncertain Smile" for their album ''[[Soul Mining]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Bonner |title='Somewhere between pure euphoria and terrible insecurity': An interview with {{Not a typo|The The}}'s Matt Johnson |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/somewhere-between-pure-euphoria-and-terrible-insecurity-an-interview-with-the-the-s-matt-johnson-6930/ |website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=2 July 2014 |access-date=27 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808030121/https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/somewhere-between-pure-euphoria-and-terrible-insecurity-an-interview-with-the-the-s-matt-johnson-6930/ |archive-date=8 August 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1985, Squeeze (which had continued in Holland's absence through to 1982) unexpectedly regrouped including Holland as their keyboard player. 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.<ref name="Squeeze AMG"/>

In 1987, Holland formed the Jools Holland Big Band, which consisted of himself and for the show [[Gilson Lavis]] from Squeeze, which gradually grew and was renamed as [[Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra]].<ref name=":2" /> In May 2022, it was a 17-piece orchestra and included singers Louise Marshall, [[Ruby Turner]] and Holland's daughter Mabel Ray, as well as his younger brother, singer-songwriter and keyboard player, [[Christopher Holland]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Jools Holland {{!}} Official Web Site {{!}} About Jools {{!}} The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra |url=https://joolsholland.com/orchestra.htm |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Jools Holland Official Web Site}}</ref>

Between 1988 and 1990 Holland performed and co-hosted along with [[David Sanborn]] during the two seasons of the music performance programme ''[[Sunday Night (American TV program)|Sunday Night]]'' on [[NBC]] late-night television.<ref>''Sunday Night'' episodes 104 (1988), 113 (1989), 114 (1989), 121 (1989)</ref> Since 1992, he has presented the music programme ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]'', plus an annual New Year's Eve ''[[Jools' Annual Hootenanny|Hootenanny]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008rqnv |title=BBC Later With Jools Holland|publisher=BBC |access-date=13 April 2011}}</ref>

In 1996, Holland signed a [[recording contract]] with [[Warner Bros. Records]],<ref name=official /> and his records are now marketed through [[Rhino Records]].
[[File:JoolsGF.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Holland and his R&B Orchestra performing at [[GuilFest]] 2012]]
On 29 November 2002, Holland was in the ensemble of musicians who performed at the [[Concert for George]], which celebrated the music of [[George Harrison]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://concertforgeorge.com/performers/ |title=Concert for George. Performers |website=Concertforgeorge.com |access-date=24 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707035917/http://concertforgeorge.com/performers/ |archive-date=7 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2005 Holland and his band performed with [[Eric Clapton]] as the headline act of the [[Tsunami Relief Cardiff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whereseric.com/tour/2005-11/|title=22 January 2005 - Eric Clapton with Jools Holland - Where's Eric!|website=Whereseric.com|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ0_H9B-_Ao|title=ERIC CLAPTON WITH JOOLS HOLLAND [TSUNAMI RELIEF CARDIFF] 1.22.2005|date=26 January 2022|access-date=9 December 2024|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

In 2004 he collaborated with Welsh singer Tom Jones on an album of traditional [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16051/tom-jones-and-jools-holland/|title=TOM JONES & JOOLS HOLLAND|date=2 October 2004|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>

On [[BBC Radio 2]] Holland regularly hosted the programme ''Jools Holland'', a mix of live and recorded music and general chat, featuring studio guests, along with members of his orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 2 - Jools Holland - Episode guide |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00738f4/episodes/guide |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Holland currently hosts the music magazine programme ''Earlier with Jools Holland'' on [[BBC Radio 3]] at 12.00 - 13.00 on Saturdays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xw84|title=BBC Radio 3 - Earlier... with Jools Holland|website=BBC|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>

In March 2023, [[Jimmy Barnes]] announced the formation of supergroup The Barnestormers, featuring Barnes, [[Chris Cheney]], [[Slim Jim Phantom]], Jools Holland and [[Kevin Shirley]]. A [[The Barnestormers|self-titled album]] was released on 26 May 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/the-barnestormers-reveal-debut-album-details-20230310|title=The Barnestormers Reveal Debut Album Details|website=Noise11|date=10 March 2023|access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>

He achieved his first UK number one album in 2024 with ''[[Swing Fever (album)|Swing Fever]]'', a collaboration with [[Rod Stewart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/rod-stewart-jools-holland-swing-fever/|title=SWING FEVER|date=7 March 2024|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
As a teenager, Holland lived with his grandparents,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jun/02/jools-holland-family-values |title=Jools Holland: My family values |work=The Guardian |date=2012-06-02}}</ref> which he mentioned anecdotally in a 2020 episode of ''[[Rhod Gilbert]]'s Growing Pains''.

Holland has a son, George, and daughter, Rose, with his former partner Mary Leahy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Edge |first=Simon |date=2011-06-28 |title=Jools Holland rules |url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/255406/Jools-Holland-rules |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Pied Piper of cool rubs shoulders with royalty yet still retains the common touch |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/pied-piper-cool-rubs-shoulders-royalty-yet-still-retains-common-touch-2480905 |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=The Scotsman |date=28 November 2005 |language=en}}</ref> On 30 August 2005, Holland married Christabel McEwen, his girlfriend of 15 years and daughter of artist [[Rory McEwen (artist)|Rory McEwen]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Musician Jools Holland and Christabel McEwen pose at their wedding at... |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/musician-jools-holland-and-christabel-mcewen-pose-at-their-news-photo/53532694 |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Getty Images |date=30 August 2005 |language=en-gb}}</ref> The couple have a daughter, Mabel, and McEwen has a son, Frederick Lambton, Viscount Lambton, by her former marriage to [[Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham|Ned Lambton]], the 7th Earl of Durham.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Face of the Day |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12169839.face-of-the-day/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Herald Scotland |date=4 May 2001 |language=en}}</ref>

Holland lives in [[Westcombe Park]], southeast London, where he had his studio, Helicon Mountain, built to his design and inspired by [[Portmeirion]], the setting for the 1960s TV series ''[[The Prisoner]]''.<ref name=official_biog>{{cite web|url=http://www.joolsholland.com/biography.htm|title=About Jools – Biography – Official site|website=Jools Holland Official Web Site |access-date=11 November 2010}}</ref> He also owns a manor house near the medieval [[Cooling Castle]] in Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/17/jools-holland-wins-battle-late-night-music-wedding-venue-neighbour/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/17/jools-holland-wins-battle-late-night-music-wedding-venue-neighbour/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jools Holland wins battle over late night music from wedding venue neighbour|first1=Chris|last1=Dyer|first2=Steve|last2=Bird|date=17 March 2018|website=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-43388792|title=Jools Holland in wedding venue noise row|date=16 March 2018|website=BBC News}}</ref>

He appeared on the cover of ''[[Railway Modeller]]'' magazine in January 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Railway Modeller - January 2019 |url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/72720/spread/1 |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=reader.exacteditions.com |language=en}}</ref> In the attic of his house, Holland has spent ten years building a {{convert|100|ft|adj=on}} [[model railway]]. It is full of miniature buildings and landscapes that stretch from [[Berlin]] to London. He started with photographs and paintings from early 1960s London. According to ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', "In the evenings, he builds some trains and buildings before switching on some music, pouring a glass of wine and switching on the trains to watch them move around the room."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Horton |first1=Helena |title=Jools Holland reveals 100ft long model railway in his attic that he spent 10 years building |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/12/jools-holland-reveals-100ft-long-model-railway-spent-10-years/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/12/jools-holland-reveals-100ft-long-model-railway-spent-10-years/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=26 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

He received an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 2003 in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] list, for services to the British music industry as a television presenter and musician.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56963|supp=1|page=11|date=14 June 2003}}</ref> In September 2006, Holland was appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Kent]].<ref name=TelegraphAnorak>{{cite news
  | last = Farndale
  | first = Nigel
  | author-link = Nigel Farndale
  | title = A man in touch with his inner anorak
  | work = (Interview with Jools Holland)
  | publisher = [[Telegraph.co.uk]]
  | date = 19 November 2006
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3656666/A-man-in-touch-with-his-inner-anorak.html
  | access-date = 19 August 2009
| location=London}}</ref> Holland was appointed an [[honorary fellow]] of [[Canterbury Christ Church University]] at a ceremony held at [[Canterbury Cathedral]] on 30 January 2009.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Widdecombe, Holland and Underwood are appointed honorary fellows 
 |publisher=[[Canterbury Christ Church University]] 
 |date=3 February 2009 |url=http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/News/newsRelease.asp?newsPk=1301 
 |access-date=19 August 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720143843/http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/News/newsRelease.asp?newsPk=1301 
 |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref> On 1 February 2011 he was appointed [[Colonel (United Kingdom)#Honorary Colonel|honorary colonel]] of [[101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=59986|supp=1|page=23310|date=6 December 2011}}</ref> Holland has been the President of the British Watch & Clock Makers Guild since 2018,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who's who – The British Watch and Clock Makers' Guild |url=https://bwcmg.org/index.php/whos-who/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and an honorary [[liveryman]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Plumbers]] since 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plumberscompany.org.uk/jools-holland-new-honorary-liveryman/ |title=Jools Holland – Our New Honorary Liveryman |publisher=The Worshipful Company of Plumbers |date=22 April 2019 |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>

In June 2006, Holland performed in [[Southend]] for HIV/AIDS charity Mildmay,<ref>[http://www.thenetco.co.uk/mildmaynew/events.aspx?pg=events-joolshollandconcert] {{dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and in early 2007 he performed at [[Wells Cathedral|Wells]] and [[Rochester Cathedral]]s to raise money for maintaining cathedral buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.easier.com/view/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Going_Out/article-95595.html |title=Jools Holland To Play UK Charity Concerts|website=Easier.com |date=25 January 2007 |access-date=5 December 2007}}</ref> He is also patron of Drake Music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drakemusic.org |title=Leaders in Music, Disability & Technology |publisher=Drake Music |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Bluehorns.JPG|thumb|left|Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at [[Guilfest]] 2012]]

A fan of the 1960s TV series ''The Prisoner'',<ref name=official_biog/> in 1987 Holland demonstrated his love of the series and starred in a spoof documentary, ''The Laughing Prisoner'', with [[Stephen Fry]], [[Terence Alexander]] and [[Hugh Laurie]].<ref name=official_biog/> Much of it was shot on location in Portmeirion, with archive footage of [[Patrick McGoohan]].  
It featured musical selections by [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] and [[XTC]]. Holland performed a number towards the end of the programme.

Holland was an interviewer for ''[[The Beatles Anthology]]'' TV project, and appeared in the 1997 film ''[[Spiceworld (film)|Spiceworld]]'' as a musical director.

In 2009, Holland commissioned TV series ''[[Bangla Bangers]]'' (''Chop Shop'') to create a replica of the [[Rover JET1]] for personal use.

==Writing==
His 2007 [[autobiography]], ''Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts'', was [[BBC Radio 4]]'s "Book of the Week" in the week beginning 8 October 2007 and was read by Holland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2007 |title=BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts, Greenwich |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0080pfx |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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==Discography==
{{See also|Squeeze (band)|l1=Squeeze|Squeeze discography|l2=Squeeze discography}}

===Charting and certified albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2" style="width:225px;"| Album
!colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2" style="width:150px;"| [[Music recording sales certifications|Certifications]]<br/><small>[[List of music recording sales certifications|(sales thresholds)]]</small>
|-
!style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27916/jools-holland/|title=Jools Holland {{!}} full Official Chart history|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>
!style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br/><ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jools+Holland |title=Discography Jools Holland |website=charts.nz |access-date=12 April 2012 }}</ref><br/>
|-
| 1996
| ''Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll''
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
|-
| 1998
| ''The Best Of''
| style="text-align:center;"| 90
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Silver<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Jools Holland|access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| ''Hop the Wag''
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| 2001
| ''Small World Big Band''
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
| style="text-align:center;"| 23
|
* UK: 2× Platinum<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| 2002
| ''SWBB Volume Two: More Friends''
| style="text-align:center;"| 17
| style="text-align:center;"| 44
|
* UK: Platinum<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| 2003
| ''Jack o the Green (SWBB Friends 3)''
| style="text-align:center;"| 39
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] & Jools Holland''
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
* UK: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| 2005
| ''Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska''
| style="text-align:center;"| 36
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
|-
| 2007
| ''Best of Friends''
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| 2011
| ''Finding the Keys – The Best Of''
| style="text-align:center;"| 127<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110618cluk.txt |title=Chart Log UK: New Entries Update: Chart Date 18 June 2011 |website=Zobbel.de |access-date=18 December 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
|-
| 2012
| ''The Golden Age of Song''
| style="text-align:center;"| 11<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/ |title=Official UK Albums Top 100 – 22nd December 2012 &#124; Official UK Top 40 &#124; music charts &#124; Official Albums Chart |website=Officialcharts.com |access-date=18 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428071146/http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/ |archive-date=28 April 2012  }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| 2015
| ''Jools & [[Ruby Turner|Ruby]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 39<ref>{{cite web|last=Copsey |first=Rob |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adeles-25-beats-coldplays-a-head-full-of-dreams-to-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__13161/ |title=Adele beats Coldplay to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart |website=Officialcharts.com |date=11 December 2015 |access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
|-
| 2017
| ''As You See Me Now'' {{small|(with [[José Feliciano]])}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
|-
| 2018
| ''A Lovely Life to Live'' {{small|(with [[Marc Almond]])}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 61
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Swing Fever (album)|Swing Fever]]'' {{small|(with [[Rod Stewart]])}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| –
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|}

===Releases===
{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*1978 "Boogie Woogie '78" ([[Gramophone record|EP]])
*1981 ''Jools Holland and His Millionaires''
*1984 ''Jools Holland Meets Rock 'A' Boogie Billy'' (US release only)
*1990 ''World of His Own''
*1991 ''The Full Complement''
*1992 "Together Again" (single with [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]])
*1992 ''The A–Z Geographer's Guide to the Piano''
*1994 ''Solo Piano''
*1994 ''Live Performance''
*1996 ''Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll''
*1997 ''Lift the Lid''
*1998 ''Best Of''
*1999 ''Sunset Over London''
*2000 ''Hop the Wag''
*2001 ''Small World Big Band''
*2001 ''Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues''
*2002 ''SWBB Volume Two: More Friends''
*2003 ''Jack O the Green (SWBB Friends 3)''
*2004 ''Tom Jones & Jools Holland''
*2005 ''Beatroute''
*2005 ''Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska''
*2006 ''Moving Out to the Country''
*2007 ''Best of Friends''
*2008 ''The Collection''
*2008 ''The Informer'' (with [[Ruby Turner]])
*2008 "The Informer" (single with Ruby Turner)
*2009 "I Went By" (single with [[Louise Marshall]])
*2010 ''Rockinghorse''
*2011 ''Finding the Keys: The Best of Jools Holland''
*2012 ''The Golden Age of Song''
*2014 ''Sirens of Song'' (UK No. 25)
*2015 ''Jools & Ruby'' (with [[Ruby Turner]])
*2016 ''Piano''
*2017 ''As You See Me Now'' (with [[José Feliciano]])
*2018 ''A Lovely Life to Live'' (with [[Marc Almond]])
*2021 ''Pianola. Piano & Friends''
*2024 ''Swing Fever'' (with [[Rod Stewart]])
}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jools-holland-mn0000257274/discography|title=Jools Holland - Album Discography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:1em;"| Year
! Album
! Artist
! Details
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1977
|''The Count Bishops''
| [[The Count Bishops]]
| Piano
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |title=Jools Holland |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jools-holland-mn0000257274#credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>
|-
|''The Electric Chairs''
| [[Wayne County & the Electric Chairs]]
| Keyboards
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 1978
|''[[The Image Has Cracked]]''
| [[Alternative TV]]
| Piano on "Viva La Rock 'n' Roll",<br> [[Moog synthesizer]] on "Alternatives"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1979
|''Dilemma''
| [[Streetband]]
| Keyboards
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''[[Thriller (Eddie and the Hot Rods album)|Thriller]]''
| [[Eddie and the Hot Rods]]
| Keyboards
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 1983
|''[[Soul Mining]]''
| [[The The]]
| Piano on "[[Uncertain Smile]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 1985
|''Black and White ''
| [[Terraplane (band)|Terraplane]]
| Organ
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 1986
|''[[Deep in the Heart of Nowhere]]''
| [[Bob Geldof]]
| Keyboards
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1988
|''Angst''
| [[Chrome Molly]]
| Keyboards
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''[[The Raw & the Cooked (album)|The Raw & the Cooked]]''
| [[Fine Young Cannibals]]
| Piano on "[[Good Thing (Fine Young Cannibals song)|Good Thing]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''[[Wolf (Hugh Cornwell album)|Wolf]]''
| [[Hugh Cornwell]]
| Piano on"Cherry Rare",<br>organ on "Dreaming Again"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 1992
|''[[Mirmama]]''
| [[Eddi Reader]]
| Piano, [[Hammond organ]]
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 1994
|''[[Jewel (Marcella Detroit album)|Jewel]]''
| [[Marcella Detroit]]
| Piano on "Detroit",<br> Hammond organ on "James Brown"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
|''Guilty''
| [[Ruby Turner]]
| Piano
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''Homage''
| [[The Blues Band]]
| Piano, organ
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''[[A Night in London]]''
| [[Mark Knopfler]]
| Piano
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
|''[[Deuces Wild (B. B. King album)|Deuces Wild]]''
| [[B. B. King]]
| Piano
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''[[Heavy Soul (Paul Weller album)|Heavy Soul]]''
| [[Paul Weller]]
| [[Wurlitzer]] on "Golden Sands"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 1998
|''[[Anutha Zone]]''
| [[Dr. John]]
| Hammond organ
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 1999
|''Straight Up''
| Leo Green
| Hammond organ
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 2000
|''[[ReBoot (Sam Brown album)|ReBoot]]''
| [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]]
| Piano on "In Light of All That's Gone Before"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 2002
|''[[Brainwashed (George Harrison album)|Brainwashed]]''
| [[George Harrison]]
| Piano on "[[Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)|Between the Devil and the Deep<BR>Blue Sea]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 2003
|''[[Frank (Amy Winehouse album)|Frank]]''
| [[Amy Winehouse]]
| Deluxe edition<br>Piano on "[[Teach Me Tonight]]" (live)
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004
|''Roll the Dice''
| [[Big Town Playboys]]
| Piano
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''Thank You Brother Ray''
| The Blues Band
| Keyboards
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 2005
|''[[A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad|A Hyperactive Workout for<br> the Flying Squad]]''
| [[Ocean Colour Scene]]
| Piano and Hammond organ on<br>"Waving Not Drowning"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 2006
|''[[On an Island]]''
| [[David Gilmour]]
| Piano on "The Blue"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 2007
|''[[Stardom Road]]''
| [[Marc Almond]]
| Piano on "Backstage (I'm Lonely)"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 2011
|''[[Hold On Tight (Solomon Burke and De Dijk album)|Hold On Tight]]''
| [[Solomon Burke]] and [[De Dijk]]
| Piano on "What a Woman"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2015
|''[[Making Life Rhyme]]''
| [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]
| Piano
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''[[Rattle That Lock]]''
| David Gilmour
| Piano on "The Girl in the Yellow Dress"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''Suddenly I Like It''
| [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]]
| Piano, Hammond organ
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| 2016
|''[[Soulsville (Beverley Knight album)|Soulsville]]''
| [[Beverley Knight]]
| Featured on "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
|''[[Daylight (The Selecter album)|Daylight]]''
| [[The Selecter]]
| Piano on "Daylight"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''[[Life Love Flesh Blood]]''
| [[Imelda May]]
| Piano on "When It's My Time"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
|''[[Gospel (Mica Paris album)|Gospel]]''
| [[Mica Paris]]
|  Piano on "[[Take My Hand, Precious Lord]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|''[[Royal Tea]]''
| [[Joe Bonamassa]]
| Co-composer, piano on "Lonely Boy" 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AllMusic" />
|-
|}

==Film and television ==
{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 1981 ''[[John Otway|Otway]] & [[Wild Willy Barrett|Barrett]] Live''
* 1981 ''[[Urgh! A Music War]]''
* 1982 ''Police: Around the World''
* 1982–1987 ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]'' (Host for 121 editions)
* 1983 ''Rebellious Jukebox'': Compere
* 1984 ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'': punk (episode entitled "[[Cash (The Young Ones)|Cash]]")
* 1985 ''Walking to New Orleans'' (Jools Holland in New Orleans)
* 1987 ''Eat the Rich'': Sun Reporter
* 1987 ''[[Filthy Rich & Catflap]]'': Strip Show Pianist (Episode No. 1.3)
* 1987 ''The Laughing Prisoner'': No. 7
* 1987 ''[[French and Saunders]]'' (Episode 1.5)
* 1987 ''[[Mister Corbett's Ghost]]'' as Defrocked Priest
* 1988 ''[[Sunday Night (U.S. TV program)|Sunday Night]]'': Host (unknown episodes)
* 1989–1990 ''Juke Box Jury'': Host (unknown episodes)
* 1989 ''The Groovy Fellers'' Himself, 6 episodes
* 1990–1992 ''Jools Holland's Happening'' ([[Noel Gay|Noel Gay Productions]] 37 episodes ([[British Satellite Broadcasting|BSB]] 1990–1991); 12 episodes (Channel 4, 1991–1992). Entire series believed [[Lost television broadcast|lost]].<ref>[http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=f0c55fdd-76fd-4cc2-ae88-aa9127d7e441 Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine: Jools' Holland's Happening 1990-1991] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705175201/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=f0c55fdd-76fd-4cc2-ae88-aa9127d7e441 |date=5 July 2015 }}. Publisher: ''Kaleidoscope Publishing''. Retrieved: 29 May 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=40993fff-eb75-45bc-b965-ddf1b78ec265 Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine: Jools' Holland's Happening (1991–1992)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200209/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=40993fff-eb75-45bc-b965-ddf1b78ec265 |date=4 March 2016 }}. Publisher: ''Kaleidoscope Publishing''. Retrieved: 29 May 2015.</ref>
* 1991 ''Mr Roadrunner'' (Jools Holland in Memphis)
* 1994 ''There's No Business...'': Pianist (uncredited)
* 1994–1995 ''[[Don't Forget Your Toothbrush]]''
* 1995 ''[[The Beatles Anthology]]''
* 1997 ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]'': Musical Director
* 1997 ''[[Name That Tune]]'': Host and Pianist
* 1998 ''Beat Route: Round the World with Jools Holland'': Host and Pianist
* 2001 ''Astley's Way'': Tribute to composer [[Edwin Astley]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Virginia Astley|url=http://www.virginiaastley.com/html/news_01.htm|website=Virginiaastley.com|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313081245/http://www.virginiaastley.com/html/news_01.htm|archive-date=13 March 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2003 ''Jools' History of the Piano'': Presenter
* 2007 ''Fairport@Forty'': Interview
* 2007 ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'': [[Top Gear test track|Star in a reasonably priced car]].
* 2009 ''[[Bangla Bangers|Chop Shop]] Rover Concept: The Jet 1 Car'' : Customer
* 2012 ''Jools Holland – London Calling'': Presenter
* 2014 ''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]'' as himself
* 2023 ''Little Trains & Big Names with Pete Waterman'' as himself}}

===Current television programmes===
* 1992–present ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]''
* 1993–present ''[[Jools' Annual Hootenanny|Hootenanny]]''
*2020–present ''[[Celebrity Gogglebox]]'' with ''[[Vic Reeves]]''

==Books==
* ''"Rolling Stones": A Life on the Road'' (with Dora Loewenstein), Viking/Allen Lane (1998) ({{ISBN|0-670-88051-5}})
* ''Beat Route: Journeys Through Six Counties'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1998) ({{ISBN|0-575-06700-4}})
* ''Ray Charles: Man and Music'',  (with Michael Lydon), Payback Press (1999) ({{ISBN|0-86241-929-8}})
* ''Hand That Changed Its Mind'',   International Music Publications (2007) ({{ISBN|1-84328-645-9}})
* ''Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts'', [[Penguin Books]] (2007) ({{ISBN|9780718149154}})

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*{{Discogs artist|Jools Holland|name=Jools Holland}}
*{{IMDb name|0390735}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xw84 ''Earlier... with Jools Holland''] (BBC Radio 3)
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006ml0l ''Later...with Jools Holland''] (BBC Two)

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