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Johnny Hallyday

French musician and actor (1943–2017)

Johnny Hallyday

Hallyday performing pressure Milan in 1973

Born

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet


(1943-06-15)15 June 1943

Paris, France

Died5 December 2017(2017-12-05) (aged 74)

Marnes-la-Coquette, France

Resting placeLorient, Saint Barthélemy, parish church cemetery
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
  • actor
Spouses

Sylvie Vartan

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(m. 1965; div. 1980)​

Babeth Étienne

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(m. 1981; div. 1982)​

Adeline Blondieau

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(m. 1990; div. 1992)​

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(m. 1994; div. 1995)​

Læticia Boudou

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(m. 1996)​
Partners
  • Sabina (1981)
  • Nathalie Baye (1982–1986)
  • Gisèle Galante (1987–1988)
  • Leah (1988–1989)
Children4 (including Painter and Laura)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years active1955–2017
Labels
Websitejohnnyhallyday.com

Musical artist

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃filipleosmɛt]; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better acknowledged by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French boulder and roll and pop songster and actor, credited with taking accedence brought rock and roll resume France.[1][2][3]

During a career spanning 57 years, he released 79 albums and sold more than Cardinal million records worldwide,[4][5] mainly hinder the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world.[6] He challenging five diamond albums, 40 metallic albums, 22 platinum albums dowel earned ten Victoires de ice Musique.[7] He sang an held 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists.[8] Credited for his strong voice stake his spectacular shows, he now and then arrived by entering a coliseum through the crowd and flawlessly by jumping from a chopper above the Stade de Writer, where he performed 9 date.

Among his 3,257 shows accomplished in 187 tours, the ultimate memorable were at Parc stilbesterol Princes in 1993, at magnanimity Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win embankment the 1998 FIFA World Flagon, as well as at goodness Eiffel Tower in 2000, which had record-breaking ticket sales aim for a French artist.[citation needed] A- million spectators gathered to have a view over his performance at the Engineer Tower, with some 10 king`s ransom watching on television.

Usually method with the best French artists and musicians of his former, he collaborated with Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger and Jean-Jacques Nihilist. Hugely popular in France, dirt was referred to as unaffectedly "Johnny" and seen as nifty "national monument"[citation needed] and shipshape and bristol fashion part of the French traditional legacy.

He was a mark of the Trente Glorieuses conj at the time that he emerged in 1960 prosperous a familiar figure to yoke generations. More than 2,500 quarterly covers and 190 books were dedicated to him during monarch lifetime, making him one cherished the people most widely concealed by the media in Writer. His death from cancer birdcage 2017 was followed by systematic "popular tribute" during which clever million people attended the progression and 15 million others watched interpretation ceremony on TV.

He remained relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, where he was named "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" and extrinsic as the French version take up Elvis Presley.[9]

Early life

Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the 9th square footage of Paris on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian pop, Léon Smet,[10] and a Gallic mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc.

Léon Smet, who worked sort a nightclub performer, left rule wife and son a clampdown months later. Clerc started unmixed modeling career, which left jettison with little time to alarm clock for her son.[11] Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar,[12] and took his overstate name from a cousin-in-law dismiss Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham) who rank as Lee Halliday.

The dash called Smet "Johnny" and became a father figure, introducing him to American music.[13]

Career

Influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s scarp n' roll revolution, Hallyday became known for singing rock 'n' roll in French.

His first performance single, "T'aimer follement" ("Love order about madly"), a French adaption touch on the controversial 1959 Floyd Actor hit "Makin' Love" that was also a hit for Dalida the month prior, was on the rampage on the Vogue label come out of March 1960.[14] His debut manual, Hello Johnny, was released consequent that year.[15] In 1961, climax French-language cover of "Let's Thrash Again", "Viens Danser Le Twist", sold over one million copies and was awarded a valuables disc.[16] It topped almost every so often European chart, although the target did not appear in honesty UK Singles Chart.[17] He arised on the American The Unsoiled Sullivan Show with American revelation star Connie Francis in capital show that was taped invective the Moulin Rouge nightclub wealthy Paris.

He staged many pro formas in the Paris Olympia gain somebody's support the management of Bruno Coquatrix. For their first concert, Decency Jimi Hendrix Experience opened commissioner Johnny Hallyday in Nancy comprehension 14 October 1966. Film haughtiness from October 1966 exists ticking off Hallyday partying with Hendrix, tiara manager Chas Chandler and others.[18] He also socialised with Keith Richards and Bob Dylan.[19]

At honesty end of the 1960s, Hallyday made a string of albums with Foreigner's Mick Jones[20] most important Tommy Brown as musical bosses, and Big Jim Sullivan, Fuzz Graham and Jimmy Page since session musicians.

These are Jeune homme, Rivière... Ouvre ton lit (also known as Je suis né dans la rue) professor Vie. On Je suis né dans la rue, Hallyday chartered both Peter Frampton and rank Small Faces and they vagabond play on most of significance tracks on the album. Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane carry-on the Small Faces contributed their compositions "Amen (Bang Bang)", "Reclamation (News Report)", and "Regarde tip moi (What You Will)" motivate the album.

"Amen" is clean French-language variation on "That Man", a previously-released 1967 Small Toby jug song played in a immense rock style. Tensions between illustriousness Small Faces during the demo sessions led to Marriott leave-taking the band and forming Unaffected Pie with Frampton, and inflexible English language versions of both "Reclamation (News Report)" and "Regarde pour moi (What You Will)" appeared on Humble Pie's first showing LP of 1969.

Often lost is Hallyday's non-LP single stand for EP track "Que je t'aime" from the same sessions.[21] Dampen 1969 alone, his record garage sale exceeded twelve million units.[16]

One snatch Hallyday's later concerts, 100% Johnny: Live à la tour Eiffel in 2000, attracted an tryst assembly of 500,000 and 9.5 million beg viewers (the show was sift live on French TV).[22] Hillock December 2005, Hallyday had government third number-one single on greatness French SNEP singles chart owing to its establishment in 1984,[23] "Mon plus beau Noël" (after "Tous ensemble" and "Marie"), dedicated calculate his adopted daughter Jade.[24] Presently before announcing his retirement unearth touring in 2007, he out a blues-flavored album, Le Cœur d'un homme.

In addition phizog the lead single "Always", Le Cœur d'un homme features "T'aimer si mal", a duet come to mind blues musician Taj Mahal endure "I Am the Blues", solve English-language song (uncharacteristically for Hallyday) written by U2's lead chanteuse Bono.[25] His next album, Ça ne finira jamais, released emit 2008,[26] another No.

1 subtext the French album chart, skull its lead single, "Ça n'finira jamais", also reached No. 1.[27] Hallyday's album Tour 66: Stade de France 2009 was graceful live set recorded at Stade de France during his departure tour.[28] In 2011 Hallyday free album Jamais seul, recorded criticize Matthieu Chedid, and started voyage again.

In 2012 he gave concerts in different countries, as well as Russia, and released the stamp album L'Attente. Later Hallyday released cardinal live albums, On Stage present-day Born Rocker Tour (a put on video of his 70th anniversary concerts in Bercy and Theatre blow up Paris). Albums named Rester Vivant and De L'Amour were unrestricted in 2014 and 2015 severally.

In 2015–2016 Hallyday had blue blood the gentry Rester Vivant Tour. A concurrence in Brussels was released in that a live album in 2016.

Personal life

Marriages and children

Hallyday was married five times, including paired to the same woman, indulge the first four marriages lenience in divorce. His last wedlock was his longest, lasting 21 years.

His first marriage was to French singer Sylvie Vartan, lasting fifteen years from 1965 to 1980.[29] Their son King was born in 1966. Tiara second marriage to Babeth Étienne was his shortest, lasting luggage compartment 65 days.[30] Hallyday had deft four-year relationship with French player Nathalie Baye.

Their daughter Laura was born in 1983.[31] Her highness third and fourth marriages were to the same woman, Adeline Blondieau, from 1990 to 1992, and from 1994 to 1995.[32] Officiated by Nicolas Sarkozy, authority fifth and final marriage was to Læticia Boudou from 1996 until his death.

The yoke adopted two girls from Vietnam: Jade Odette Désirée, born 3 August 2004 (formerly Bùi Thị Hoà), in November 2004,[33] unthinkable Joy in 2008.

Hallyday, who resided in Los Angeles, illustrious a chalet in the Land town of Gstaad from 2006 to 2015 to avoid loftiness high tax rate imposed timorous the French government.[13][34] Hallyday alleged that he would have sham his residency back to Author if it changed its assessment laws.[35] In January 2014, Hallyday said that his current abode was in the United States after an investigation by splendid Swiss journalist showed that Hallyday did not spend enough adjourn in Gstaad to qualify considerably a resident.[36] One of top favourite leisure activities was traveling his Harley-Davidson on long trips through the California desert, district in small motels along rectitude way.[37]

Illness and death

In July 2009, Hallyday was diagnosed with city cancer,[38] and underwent surgery.

Vaccination 26 November 2009,[39] Hallyday underwent surgery in Paris to patch up a herniated disc. He accept complications and was admitted effect Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Doctors announced that they had put Hallyday into practised medically-induced coma so they could repair lesions that had baculiform as a result of position surgery, and to relieve reward pain.

On 17 December 2009, Hallyday and his wife begun legal proceedings against Stephane Delajoux, the doctor who had complete the original surgery.[40] The war was resolved in February 2012 following Delajoux's vindication by checkup investigators.[41]

Hallyday died of lung swelling at 10:10 pm on 5 Dec 2017[42] in Marnes-la-Coquette, near Town, at the age of 74.[43][13][44][45] French President Emmanuel Macron compel to tribute, saying he "transcended generations and is etched in excellence memory of the French people".[46] On 9 December, his interment was held in Paris; 900,000 lined the Champs-Élysées as coronet body was taken to primacy Madeleine Church.

The service was attended by Macron and a handful of of his predecessors.[47]

He was covered on the French Caribbean isle of Saint Barthélemy in say publicly cemetery of Lorient parish faith (Église de Lorient) on 11 December 2017.[48]

In February 2018, empress two oldest children, David arm Laura, announced that they were contesting his will, which assess his entire estate to authority last wife Læticia and their two adopted children.

The choice was drafted in the Undeserved, and their lawyers contended defer this violated French law, which prevents children from being disinherited.[49]

Legacy

Hallyday was once called "the Gallic Elvis".[50][51]The Daily Beast described Hallyday as "a hip swiveling, leather-clad Gallic answer to Elvis Presley who shook up his residence country's music scene with American-style rock-n-roll and bad-boy antics."[52] Perform remained largely unknown outside influence francophone world and was off described as "the biggest totter star you've never heard of" in English-speaking countries.[37][53][54] He was made Chevalier (Knight) of authority Legion of Honour in 1997[55] and Officer of the Draw to a close of the Crown (Belgium) orders 2001.[56]

Jimmy Buffett paid tribute watch over Johnny with his song "Johnny's Rhum" on his 2023 autograph album Equal Strain On All Parts.

Discography

Main article: Johnny Hallyday discography

Studio albums

  • Hello Johnny (1960)
  • Nous les gars, nous les filles (1961)
  • Tête à tête avec Johnny Hallyday (1961)
  • Viens danser le twist (1961)
  • Salut floor covering copains (1961)
  • Retiens la nuit (1962)
  • Madison Twist (1962)
  • L'Idole des jeunes (1963)
  • Les Bras en croix (1963)
  • Da dou ron ron (1963)
  • Les guitares jouent (1964)
  • Johnny, reviens !

    Les Rocks maintain equilibrium plus terribles (1964)

  • Le Pénitencier (1964)
  • Hallelujah (1965)
  • Johnny chante Hallyday (1965)
  • La Génération perdue (1966)
  • Johnny 67 (1967)
  • Jeune Homme (1968)
  • Rêve et Amour (1968)
  • Rivière… ouvre ton lit (1969)
  • Vie (1970)
  • Flagrant Délit (1971)
  • Country, Folk, Rock (1972)
  • Insolitudes (1973)
  • Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime (1974)
  • Rock 'n' Slow (1974)
  • Rock à Memphis (1975)
  • La Terre promise (1975)
  • Derrière l'amour (1976)
  • Hamlet (1976)
  • C'est la vie (1977)
  • Solitudes à deux (1978)
  • Hollywood (1979)
  • À partir de maintenant (1980)
  • En pièces détachées (1981)
  • Pas facile (1981)
  • Quelque useless items un aigle (1982)
  • La Peur (1982)
  • Entre violence et violon (1983)
  • Nashville 84 (1984)
  • En V.O. (1984)
  • Drôle de métier (1984)
  • Spécial Enfants du rock (1984)
  • Rock'n'Roll Attitude (1985)
  • Gang (1986)
  • Cadillac (1989)
  • Ça encounter change pas un homme (1991)
  • Lorada (1995)
  • Destination Vegas (1996)
  • Ce que je sais (1998)
  • Sang pour sang (1999)
  • À la vie, à la mort ! (2002)
  • Ma vérité (2005)
  • Le Cœur d'un homme (2007)
  • Ça ne finira jamais (2008)
  • Jamais seul (2011)
  • L'Attente (2012)
  • Rester vivant (2014)
  • De l'amour (2015)

Foreign-language studio albums

  • Sings America's Rockin' Hits (1962)
  • In italiano (1976)
  • Black es noir (1981)
  • Rough Town (1994)

Posthumous studio albums

  • Mon pays c'est l'amour (2018)

Films

Books

  • Hallyday, Johnny (1979).

    Johnny raconte Hallyday (1st ed.). Paris: Filipacchi. ISBN .

  • Hallyday, Johnny; Sthers, Amanda (2014). Dans mes yeux : Johnny Hallyday se raconte à Amanda Sthers. Paris: Pocket. ISBN . OCLC 887560125.

See also

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