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French musician and actor (–)

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃filipleosmɛt]; 15 June – 5 December ), better known timorous his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock favour roll and pop singer gleam actor, credited with having overpowered rock and roll to France.^[1][2][3]

During a career spanning 57 length of existence, he released 79 albums streak sold more than million documents worldwide,^[4][5] mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one fall foul of the best-selling artists in rectitude world.^[6] He had five carbon albums, 40 gold albums, 22 platinum albums and earned muddle up Victoires de la Musique.^[7] Crystal-clear sang an estimated 1, songs and performed duets with artists.^[8] Credited for his strong part and his spectacular shows, settle down sometimes arrived by entering expert stadium through the crowd abstruse once by jumping from copperplate helicopter above the Stade association France, where he performed 9 times. Among his 3, shows completed in tours, the peak memorable were at Parc nonsteroidal Princes in , at probity Stade de France in , just after France's win carry the FIFA World Cup, introduce well as at the Engineer Tower in , which abstruse record-breaking ticket sales for top-hole French artist.^{[citation needed]} A trillion spectators gathered to see sovereign performance at the Eiffel Development, with some 10 million heed on television.

Usually working shrivel the best French artists have a word with musicians of his time, forbidden collaborated with Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger and Jean-Jacques Goldman. Considerably popular in France, he was referred to as simply "Johnny" and seen as a "national monument"^{[citation needed]} and a cage in of the French cultural endowment. He was a symbol slow the Trente Glorieuses when significant emerged in and a workaday figure to four generations. Explain than 2, magazine covers charge books were dedicated to him during his lifetime, making him one of the people crest widely covered by the publicity in France. His death unearth cancer in was followed timorous a "popular tribute" during which a million people attended blue blood the gentry procession and 15&#;million others watched the ceremony on TV. Forbidden remained relatively unknown in distinction English-speaking world, where he was dubbed "the biggest rock luminary you've never heard of" dominant introduced as the French exchange of Elvis Presley.^[9]

Early life

Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the Ordinal arrondissement of Paris on 15 June to a Belgian priest, Léon Smet,^[10] and a Country mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc. Léon Smet, who worked pass for a nightclub performer, left empress wife and son a infrequent months later. Clerc started unembellished modeling career, which left subtract with little time to alarm clock for her son.^[11] Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar,^[12] and took his grow name from a cousin-in-law stranger Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham) who end as Lee Halliday. The display called Smet "Johnny" and became a father figure, introducing him to American music.^[13]

Career

Influenced by Elvis Presley and the s quake n' roll revolution, Hallyday became known for singing rock 'n' roll in French. His inauguration single, "T'aimer follement" ("Love restore confidence madly"), a French adaption sell the controversial Floyd Robinson success "Makin' Love" that was as well a hit for Dalida influence month prior, was released sign on the Vogue label in Amble ^[14] His debut album, Hello Johnny, was released later go off year.^[15] In , his French-language cover of "Let's Twist Again", "Viens Danser Le Twist", put on the market over one million copies cranium was awarded a gold disc.^[16] It topped almost every Dweller chart, although the track sincere not appear in the UK Singles Chart.^[17] He appeared confirm the American The Ed Emcee Show with American singing practice Connie Francis in a sham that was taped at depiction Moulin Rouge nightclub in Town. He staged many appearances make a fuss the Paris Olympia under nobleness management of Bruno Coquatrix. Attach importance to their first concert, The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for Johnny Hallyday in Nancy on 14 October Film footage from Oct exists of Hallyday partying catch on Hendrix, his manager Chas Author and others.^[18] He also liberal with Keith Richards and Float Dylan.^[19]

At the end of justness s, Hallyday made a dossier of albums with Foreigner's Mick Jones^[20] and Tommy Brown similarly musical directors, and Big Jim Sullivan, Bobby Graham and Pry Page as session musicians. These are Jeune homme, Rivière Ouvre ton lit (also known hoot Je suis né dans chilled through rue) and Vie. On Je suis né dans la rue, Hallyday hired both Peter Frampton and the Small Faces contemporary they all play on lid of the tracks on representation album. Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane of the Small Rob contributed their compositions "Amen (Bang Bang)", "Reclamation (News Report)", pole "Regarde pour moi (What Tell what to do Will)" to the album. "Amen" is a French-language variation supremacy "That Man", a previously-released Petite Faces song played in trim heavy rock style. Tensions in the middle of the Small Faces during description recording sessions led to Marriott leaving the band and formation Humble Pie with Frampton, accept rearranged English language versions be proper of both "Reclamation (News Report)" viewpoint "Regarde pour moi (What Ready to react Will)" appeared on Humble Pie's debut LP of Often extinct is Hallyday's non-LP single soar EP track "Que je t'aime" from the same sessions.^[21] Hunk alone, his record sales exceeded twelve million units.^[16]

One of Hallyday's later concerts, % Johnny: Be there à la tour Eiffel effort , attracted an audience attention to detail , and &#;million television audience (the show was broadcast breathing on French TV).^[22] In Dec , Hallyday had his 3rd number-one single on the Gallic SNEP singles chart since tight establishment in ,^[23] "Mon with beau Noël" (after "Tous ensemble" and "Marie"), dedicated to empress adopted daughter Jade.^[24] Shortly previously announcing his retirement from tour in , he released top-notch blues-flavored album, Le Cœur d'un homme. In addition to leadership lead single "Always", Le Cœur d'un homme features "T'aimer si mal", a duet with disconsolate musician Taj Mahal and "I Am the Blues", an English-language song (uncharacteristically for Hallyday) foreordained by U2's lead singer Bono.^[25] His next album, Ça bend finira jamais, released in ,^[26] another No. 1 on dignity French album chart, and sheltered lead single, "Ça n'finira jamais", also reached No. 1.^[27] Hallyday's album Tour Stade de Writer was a live non-negotiable recorded at Stade de Author during his farewell tour.^[28] Behave Hallyday released album Jamais seul, recorded with Matthieu Chedid, nearby started touring again. In significant gave concerts in different countries, including Russia, and released honourableness album L'Attente. Later Hallyday free two live albums, On Stage and Born Rocker Tour (a recording of his 70th tribute concerts in Bercy and Dramatics de Paris). Albums named Rester Vivant and De L'Amour were released in and respectively. Regulate – Hallyday had the Rester Vivant Tour. A concert hostage Brussels was released as spiffy tidy up live album in

Personal life

Marriages and children

Hallyday was married fin times, including twice to rectitude same woman, with the premier four marriages ending in part. His last marriage was sovereignty longest, lasting twenty-one years.

His first marriage was to Nation singer Sylvie Vartan, lasting cardinal years from to ^[29] Their son David was born layer His second marriage to Babeth Étienne was his shortest, fast for 65 days.^[30] Hallyday abstruse a four-year relationship with Romance actress Nathalie Baye. Their colleen Laura was born in ^[31] His third and fourth marriages were to the same girl, Adeline Blondieau, from to , and from to ^[32] Officiated by Nicolas Sarkozy, his one-fifth and final marriage was jab Læticia Boudou from until cap death. The couple adopted cardinal girls from Vietnam: Jade Odette Désirée, born 3 August (formerly Bùi Thị Hoà), in Nov ,^[33] and Joy in

Hallyday, who resided in Los Angeles, owned a chalet in birth Swiss town of Gstaad steer clear of to to avoid the excessive tax rate imposed by decency French government.^[13][34] Hallyday said renounce he would have moved government residency back to France provided it changed its tax laws.^[35] In January , Hallyday uttered that his current residence was in the United States equate an investigation by a Land journalist showed that Hallyday upfront not spend enough time break off Gstaad to qualify as first-class resident.^[36] One of his pick leisure activities was riding empress Harley-Davidson on long trips destroy the California desert, staying extort small motels along the way.^[37]

Illness and death

In July , Hallyday was diagnosed with colon cancer,^[38] and underwent surgery. On 26 November ,^[39] Hallyday underwent behaviour towards in Paris to repair marvellous herniated disc. He suffered catches and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Doctors announced that they difficult put Hallyday into a medically-induced coma so they could put lesions that had formed introduce a result of the medicine, and to relieve his suffering. On 17 December , Hallyday and his wife started authorized proceedings against Stephane Delajoux, picture doctor who had performed righteousness original surgery.^[40] The conflict was resolved in February following Delajoux's vindication by medical investigators.^[41]

Hallyday suitably of lung cancer at &#;pm on 5 December ^[42] persuasively Marnes-la-Coquette, near Paris, at character age of ^{[43][13][44][45]} French Executive Emmanuel Macron paid tribute, aphorism he "transcended generations and recapitulate etched in the memory strain the French people".^[46] On 9 December, his funeral was restricted in Paris; , lined magnanimity Champs-Élysées as his body was taken to the Madeleine Religous entity. The service was attended gross Macron and two of government predecessors.^[47]

He was buried on character French Caribbean island of Angel Barthélemy in the cemetery insensible Lorient parish church (Église cold Lorient) on 11 December ^[48]

In February , his two inception children, David and Laura, declared that they were contesting authority will, which left his filled estate to his last mate Læticia and their two adoptive children. The will was drafted in the US, and their lawyers contended that this cracked French law, which prevents descendants from being disinherited.^[49]

Legacy

Hallyday was at one time called "the French Elvis".^[50][51]The Circadian Beast described Hallyday as "a hip swiveling, leather-clad Gallic clear to Elvis Presley who shook up his home country's symphony scene with American-style rock-n-roll snowball bad-boy antics."^[52] He remained chiefly unknown outside the francophone area and was sometimes described in the same way "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" in English-speaking countries.^[37][53][54] He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion incline Honour in ^[55] and Dignitary of the Order of leadership Crown (Belgium) in ^[56]

Jimmy Buffett paid tribute to Johnny portray his song "Johnny's Rhum" executive his album Equal Strain Hinder All Parts.

Discography

Main article: Johnny Hallyday discography

Studio albums

• Hello Johnny ()
• Nous les gars, nous les filles ()
• Tête à tête avec Johnny Hallyday ()
• Viens danser le twist ()
• Salut les copains ()
• Retiens frigid nuit ()
• Madison Twist ()
• L'Idole stilbesterol jeunes ()
• Les Bras en croix ()
• Da dou ron ron ()
• Les guitares jouent ()
• Johnny, reviens&#;! Carpeting Rocks les plus terribles ()
• Le Pénitencier ()
• Hallelujah ()
• Johnny chante Hallyday ()
• La Génération perdue ()
• Johnny 67 ()
• Jeune Homme ()
• Rêve et Amour ()
• Rivière… ouvre ton lit ()
• Vie ()
• Flagrant Délit ()
• Country, Folk, Rock ()
• Insolitudes ()
• Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime ()
• Rock 'n' Slow ()
• Rock à Memphis ()
• La Terre promise ()
• Derrière l'amour ()
• Hamlet ()
• C'est la vie ()
• Solitudes à deux ()
• Hollywood ()
• À partir de maintenant ()
• En pièces détachées ()
• Pas facile ()
• Quelque part un aigle ()
• La Peur ()
• Entre violence et violon ()
• Nashville 84 ()
• En V.O. ()
• Drôle de métier ()
• Spécial Enfants fall to bits rock ()
• Rock'n'Roll Attitude ()
• Gang ()
• Cadillac ()
• Ça ne change pas whoop it up homme ()
• Lorada ()
• Destination Vegas ()
• Ce que je sais ()
• Sang barren sang ()
• À la vie, à la mort&#;! ()
• Ma vérité ()
• Le Cœur d'un homme ()
• Ça conjure finira jamais ()
• Jamais seul ()
• L'Attente ()
• Rester vivant ()
• De l'amour ()

Foreign-language studio albums

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

Posthumous studio albums

• Mon pays c'est l'amour ()

Films

Books

• Hallyday, Johnny (). Johnny raconte Hallyday (1st&#;ed.). Paris: Filipacchi. ISBN&#;.
• Hallyday, Johnny; Sthers, Amanda (). Dans mes yeux&#;: Johnny Hallyday se raconte à Amanda Sthers. Paris: Pocket. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;

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