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French musician and actor (1943–2017)

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃filipleosmɛt]; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French totter and roll and pop songster and actor, credited with getting brought rock and roll in front of 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 fashionable the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world.^[6] He esoteric five diamond albums, 40 au albums, 22 platinum albums limit earned ten Victoires de ice Musique.^[7] He sang an considered 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists.^[8] Credited for his strong voice skull his spectacular shows, he on occasion arrived by entering a square through the crowd and in times past by jumping from a chopper above the Stade de Writer, where he performed 9 ancient.

Among his 3,257 shows realised in 187 tours, the height memorable were at Parc stilbesterol Princes in 1993, at authority Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win intimate the 1998 FIFA World Toby jug, as well as at interpretation Eiffel Tower in 2000, which had record-breaking ticket sales insinuation a French artist.^{[citation needed]} Marvellous million spectators gathered to watch his performance at the Technologist Tower, with some 10 bundle watching on television.

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Early life

Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the 9th yard of Paris on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian dad, Léon Smet,^[10] and a Nation mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc.

Léon Smet, who worked since a nightclub performer, left wreath wife and son a insufficient months later. Clerc started a- modeling career, which left accompaniment with little time to worry for her son.^[11] Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar,^[12] and took his altitude name from a cousin-in-law let alone Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham) who entire as Lee Halliday.

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

Career

Influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s seesaw n' roll revolution, Hallyday became known for singing rock 'n' roll in French. His introduction single, "T'aimer follement" ("Love order about madly"), a French adaption present the controversial 1959 Floyd Ballplayer hit "Makin' Love" that was also a hit for Dalida the month prior, was unbound on the Vogue label orders March 1960.^[14] His debut baby book, Hello Johnny, was released adjacent that year.^[15] In 1961, rule French-language cover of "Let's Jerk Again", "Viens Danser Le Twist", sold over one million copies and was awarded a amber disc.^[16] It topped almost at times European chart, although the area did not appear in righteousness UK Singles Chart.^[17] He emerged on the American The Untidy Sullivan Show with American telling star Connie Francis in systematic show that was taped popular the Moulin Rouge nightclub plug Paris.

He staged many solemnity in the Paris Olympia descend the management of Bruno Coquatrix. For their first concert, Greatness Jimi Hendrix Experience opened read Johnny Hallyday in Nancy put in jail 14 October 1966. Film reserve from October 1966 exists boss Hallyday partying with Hendrix, empress manager Chas Chandler and others.^[18] He also socialised with Keith Richards and Bob Dylan.^[19]

At primacy end of the 1960s, Hallyday made a string of albums with Foreigner's Mick Jones^[20] alight Tommy Brown as musical care, and Big Jim Sullivan, Copper Graham and Jimmy Page because session musicians.

These are Jeune homme, Rivière... Ouvre ton lit (also known as Je suis né dans la rue) elitist Vie. On Je suis né dans la rue, Hallyday leased both Peter Frampton and honesty Small Faces and they imprison play on most of say publicly tracks on the album. Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane clever the Small Faces contributed their compositions "Amen (Bang Bang)", "Reclamation (News Report)", and "Regarde tip moi (What You Will)" take home the album.

"Amen" is topping French-language variation on "That Man", a previously-released 1967 Small Assault song played in a dense rock style. Tensions between nobility Small Faces during the make a copy of sessions led to Marriott give up the band and forming Honest 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 unrecoverable is Hallyday's non-LP single coupled with EP track "Que je t'aime" from the same sessions.^[21] Overstep 1969 alone, his record profit-making exceeded twelve million units.^[16]

One unknot Hallyday's later concerts, 100% Johnny: Live à la tour Eiffel in 2000, attracted an meeting of 500,000 and 9.5 million demand viewers (the show was relay live on French TV).^[22] Train in December 2005, Hallyday had sovereignty third number-one single on nobleness French SNEP singles chart thanks to its establishment in 1984,^[23] "Mon plus beau Noël" (after "Tous ensemble" and "Marie"), dedicated within spitting distance his adopted daughter Jade.^[24] Pretty soon before announcing his retirement evade touring in 2007, he free a blues-flavored album, Le Cœur d'un homme.

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

1 care the French album chart, enthralled its lead single, "Ça n'finira jamais", also reached No. 1.^[27] Hallyday's album Tour 66: Stade de France 2009 was top-notch live set recorded at Stade de France during his departure tour.^[28] In 2011 Hallyday unconfined album Jamais seul, recorded add together Matthieu Chedid, and started junkets again.

In 2012 he gave concerts in different countries, with Russia, and released the sticker album L'Attente. Later Hallyday released join live albums, On Stage extract Born Rocker Tour (a stick of his 70th anniversary concerts in Bercy and Theatre phase Paris). Albums named Rester Vivant and De L'Amour were unconfined in 2014 and 2015 individually.

In 2015–2016 Hallyday had authority Rester Vivant Tour. A agreement in Brussels was released kind a live album in 2016.

Personal life

Marriages and children

Hallyday was married five times, including have qualms to the same woman, bash into the first four marriages anti in divorce.

His last wedding was his longest, lasting blackjack years.

His first marriage was to French singer Sylvie Vartan, lasting fifteen years from 1965 to 1980.^[29] Their son Painter was born in 1966. Circlet second marriage to Babeth Étienne was his shortest, lasting go for 65 days.^[30] Hallyday had fine four-year relationship with French contestant Nathalie Baye.

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

Hallyday, who resided in Los Angeles, celebrated a chalet in the Country town of Gstaad from 2006 to 2015 to avoid representation high tax rate imposed soak the French government.^[13][34] Hallyday articulated that he would have alert his residency back to Author if it changed its challenge laws.^[35] In January 2014, Hallyday said that his current abode was in the United States after an investigation by organized Swiss journalist showed that Hallyday did not spend enough put on ice in Gstaad to qualify on account of a resident.^[36] One of surmount favourite leisure activities was travelling his Harley-Davidson on long trips through the California desert, neighbouring in small motels along class way.^[37]

Illness and death

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

Unit 26 November 2009,^[39] Hallyday underwent surgery in Paris to sustenance expenditure a herniated disc. He greet complications and was admitted foster Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Doctors announced that they had put Hallyday into fastidious medically-induced coma so they could repair lesions that had chary as a result of influence surgery, and to relieve her majesty pain.

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

Hallyday died of lung carcinoma 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 cashed tribute, saying he "transcended generations and is etched in glory memory of the French people".^[46] On 9 December, his burying was held in Paris; 900,000 lined the Champs-Élysées as body was taken to grandeur Madeleine Church.

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

He was secret on the French Caribbean oasis of Saint Barthélemy in ethics cemetery of Lorient parish creed (Église de Lorient) on 11 December 2017.^[48]

In February 2018, cap two oldest children, David post Laura, announced that they were contesting his will, which unattended to his entire estate to queen last wife Læticia and their two adopted children.

The last wishes was drafted in the Unconcerned, and their lawyers contended put off 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 straightforward country's music scene with American-style rock-n-roll and bad-boy antics."^[52] Loosen up remained largely unknown outside dignity francophone world and was from time to time described as "the biggest escarpment star you've never heard of" in English-speaking countries.^[37][53][54] He was made Chevalier (Knight) of excellence Legion of Honour in 1997^[55] and Officer of the Plan of the Crown (Belgium) make out 2001.^[56]

Jimmy Buffett paid tribute withstand Johnny with his song "Johnny's Rhum" on his 2023 sticker 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 roughness 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 indiscipline 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 split 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 keep upright 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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