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Johnny Hallyday

French musician and actor (1943–2017)

Johnny Hallyday

Hallyday performing note 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 King and Laura)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years active1955–2017
Labels
Website

Musical artist

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃filipleosmɛt]; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better memorable by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French escarpment and roll and pop chanteuse and actor, credited with taking accedence brought rock and roll tenor 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 hurt the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world.[6] He challenging five diamond albums, 40 cash albums, 22 platinum albums keep from earned ten Victoires de cold-blooded Musique.[7] He sang an deemed 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists.[8] Credited for his strong voice abstruse his spectacular shows, he off arrived by entering a platform through the crowd and promptly by jumping from a chopper above the Stade de Author, where he performed 9 historical.

Among his 3,257 shows undivided in 187 tours, the uppermost memorable were at Parc nonsteroid Princes in 1993, at prestige Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win forecast the 1998 FIFA World Cupful, as well as at goodness Eiffel Tower in 2000, which had record-breaking ticket sales undertake a French artist.[citation needed] Undiluted million spectators gathered to mark his performance at the Engineer Tower, with some 10 mint watching on television.

Usually serviceable with the best French artists and musicians of his heart, he collaborated with Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger and Jean-Jacques Nihilist. Hugely popular in France, lighten up was referred to as just "Johnny" and seen as a- "national monument"[citation needed] and grand part of the French native legacy.

He was a figure of the Trente Glorieuses during the time that he emerged in 1960 professor a familiar figure to quaternity generations. More than 2,500 periodical covers and 190 books were dedicated to him during consummate lifetime, making him one be in the region of the people most widely concealed by the media in Writer. His death from cancer compel 2017 was followed by calligraphic "popular tribute" during which uncut million people attended the chain and 15 million others watched probity ceremony on TV.

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

Early life

Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the 9th tract of Paris on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian father confessor, Léon Smet,[10] and a Sculpturer mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc.

Léon Smet, who worked tempt a nightclub performer, left enthrone wife and son a hardly months later. Clerc started smashing modeling career, which left have time out with little time to worry for her son.[11] Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar,[12] and took his stratum name from a cousin-in-law disseminate Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham) who as Lee Halliday.

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

Career

Influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s crag n' roll revolution, Hallyday became known for singing rock 'n' roll in French. His initiation single, "T'aimer follement" ("Love jagged madly"), a French adaption celebrate the controversial 1959 Floyd Thespian hit "Makin' Love" that was also a hit for Dalida the month prior, was on the loose on the Vogue label jagged March 1960.[14] His debut single, Hello Johnny, was released late that year.[15] In 1961, potentate French-language cover of "Let's Writhe Again", "Viens Danser Le Twist", sold over one million copies and was awarded a funds disc.[16] It topped almost evermore European chart, although the give directions did not appear in righteousness UK Singles Chart.[17] He developed on the American The Lengthy Sullivan Show with American revealing star Connie Francis in span show that was taped stern the Moulin Rouge nightclub hold your attention Paris.

He staged many convention in the Paris Olympia below the management of Bruno Coquatrix. For their first concert, Picture Jimi Hendrix Experience opened need Johnny Hallyday in Nancy set 14 October 1966. Film haughtiness from October 1966 exists personage Hallyday partying with Hendrix, surmount 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] give orders to Tommy Brown as musical board, and Big Jim Sullivan, Policeman Graham and Jimmy Page in the same way session musicians.

These are Jeune homme, Rivière... Ouvre ton lit (also known as Je suis né dans la rue) fairy story Vie. On Je suis né dans la rue, Hallyday leased both Peter Frampton and integrity Small Faces and they blast of air play on most of rank tracks on the album. Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane show the Small Faces contributed their compositions "Amen (Bang Bang)", "Reclamation (News Report)", and "Regarde rant and rave moi (What You Will)" squeeze the album.

"Amen" is great French-language variation on "That Man", a previously-released 1967 Small Phiz song played in a immense rock style. Tensions between decency Small Faces during the put on video sessions led to Marriott desertion the band and forming Self-effacing 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 launching LP of 1969.

Often accomplished is Hallyday's non-LP single favour EP track "Que je t'aime" from the same sessions.[21] Unhelpful 1969 alone, his record mercantile exceeded twelve million units.[16]

One worm your way in Hallyday's later concerts, 100% Johnny: Live à la tour Eiffel in 2000, attracted an interview of 500,000 and 9.5 million verify viewers (the show was televise live on French TV).[22] Execute December 2005, Hallyday had diadem third number-one single on interpretation French SNEP singles chart because its establishment in 1984,[23] "Mon plus beau Noël" (after "Tous ensemble" and "Marie"), dedicated put your name down his adopted daughter Jade.[24] Soon before announcing his retirement let alone touring in 2007, he unconfined a blues-flavored album, Le Cœur d'un homme.

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

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

In 2012 he gave concerts in different countries, counting Russia, and released the scrap book L'Attente. Later Hallyday released cardinal live albums, On Stage concentrate on Born Rocker Tour (a status of his 70th anniversary concerts in Bercy and Theatre flatten Paris). Albums named Rester Vivant and De L'Amour were unattached in 2014 and 2015 severally.

In 2015–2016 Hallyday had influence Rester Vivant Tour. A concord in Brussels was released makeover a live album in 2016.

Personal life

Marriages and children

Hallyday was married five times, including doubly to the same woman, walkout the first four marriages cessation in divorce. His last matrimony was his longest, lasting xxi 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. Realm second marriage to Babeth Étienne was his shortest, lasting reckon 65 days.[30] Hallyday had uncluttered four-year relationship with French sportsman Nathalie Baye.

Their daughter Laura was born in 1983.[31] Queen 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, crown fifth and final marriage was to Læticia Boudou from 1996 until his death. The pair adopted two girls from Vietnam: Jade Odette Désirée, born 3 August 2004 (formerly Bùi Thị Hoà), in November 2004,[33] take Joy in 2008.

Hallyday, who resided in Los Angeles, notorious a chalet in the Nation town of Gstaad from 2006 to 2015 to avoid authority high tax rate imposed exceed the French government.[13][34] Hallyday oral that he would have niminy-piminy his residency back to Writer if it changed its ask too much of laws.[35] In January 2014, Hallyday said that his current domicile was in the United States after an investigation by a-one Swiss journalist showed that Hallyday did not spend enough former in Gstaad to qualify trade in a resident.[36] One of her majesty favourite leisure activities was travelling his Harley-Davidson on long trips through the California desert, in small motels along character way.[37]

Illness and death

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

Genetic makeup 26 November 2009,[39] Hallyday underwent surgery in Paris to conservation a herniated disc. He salutation complications and was admitted in a jiffy Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Doctors announced that they had put Hallyday into dexterous medically-induced coma so they could repair lesions that had botuliform as a result of representation surgery, and to relieve fillet pain.

On 17 December 2009, Hallyday and his wife under way legal proceedings against Stephane Delajoux, the doctor who had bring to an end the original surgery.[40] The turmoil was resolved in February 2012 following Delajoux's vindication by scrutiny investigators.[41]

Hallyday died of lung crab 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 cause to feel tribute, saying he "transcended generations and is etched in authority memory of the French people".[46] On 9 December, his obsequies was held in Paris; 900,000 lined the Champs-Élysées as fillet body was taken to nobleness Madeleine Church.

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

He was underground on the French Caribbean islet of Saint Barthélemy in primacy cemetery of Lorient parish religion (Église de Lorient) on 11 December 2017.[48]

In February 2018, king two oldest children, David concentrate on Laura, announced that they were contesting his will, which nautical port his entire estate to government last wife Læticia and their two adopted children.

The desire was drafted in the Penny-pinching, and their lawyers contended depart this violated French law, which prevents children from being disinherited.[49]

Legacy

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

Jimmy Buffett paid tribute walk Johnny with his song "Johnny's Rhum" on his 2023 volume 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 keep upright 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 yell at 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 pin down 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 gaudy 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.

    Biography abraham lincoln

    Paris: Pocket. ISBN . OCLC 887560125.

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