Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France on June 15th, 1943 and is the Rock Singer. At the age of 74, Johnny Hallyday biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Jean-Philippe Smet (15 June 1943 – 6 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll singer and actor who was known as one of the world's best-selling artists.
He has sold 5 diamond albums, 40 golden albums, 22 platinum albums, and ten Music Victories.
He performed 1,154 songs and appeared in 540 duets with 187 artists.
He often arrived by addressing the audience and then leaping from a helicopter over the Stade de France, where he appeared nine times.
Among his 3,257 shows, the most memorable were at Parc des Princes in 1993, just after France's win in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as at the Eiffel Tower in 2000, which saw record-breaking ticket sales for a French artist.
With ten million viewers tuning in on television, a million spectators attended his Eiffel Tower's performance. He spent his time in France collaborating with Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger, and Jean-Jacques Goldman, although his shows were produced by Jean-Claude Camus, who is widely recognized as one of France's finest producers.
He was referred to as simply "Johnny" and viewed as a "national monument" (the only singer since Edith Piaf) and a piece of France's cultural history.
When he appeared in 1960 and became a familiar figure to four generations, he was a symbol of the Trente Glorieuses.
During his lifetime, more than 2,500 magazine covers and 190 books were dedicated to him, making him one of France's most widely covered celebrities.
In 2017, his death from cancer was followed by a "popular tribute," during which a million people attended the parade and 15 million others watched the ceremony on television.
He remained relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, where he was dubbed "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" and introduced as the French version of Elvis Presley.
Early life
Jean-Philippe Smet was born in Paris's 9th arrondissement on June 15, 1943, to a Belgian father, Léon Smet, and a French mother, Huguette Boutte Clerc. Léon Smet, a nightclub performer, died a few months after leaving his wife and son. Clerc began modeling, leaving her with no time to care for her son. Hallyday grew up with his uncle, Hélène Mar, and adopted his stage name from a cousin-in-law from Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham), who appeared as Lee Halliday. Smet "Johnny" (the former) became a father figure before introducing him to American music.
Personal life
Hallyday married five times, twice to the same woman, with the first four marriages ending in divorce. His last marriage was his longest, spanning twenty-one years.
Sylvie Vartan, a French singer, lived for fifteen years from 1965 to 1980. David's son David was born in 1966. Babeth Étienne's second marriage was his shortest, spanning 65 days. Hallyday had a four-year friendship with French actress Nathalie Baye. Laura, their daughter, was born in 1983. Adeline Blondieau's third and fourth marriages were to the same woman from 1990 to 1992, and 1995 to 1995. Nicolas Sarkozy, his fifth and final marriage, was to Lticia Boudou from 1996 to his death. In November 2004, Jade Odette Désirée, born in Bahree, was adopted by the couple in 2008, and Joy in 2008.
Hallyday, a resident of Los Angeles, owned a chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 2006 to 2015 to avoid the French government's high tax rate. Hallyday said that if the country's tax laws had changed, he would have relocated to France. After an inquiry by a Swiss journalist showed that Hallyday did not spend enough time in Gstaad to qualify as a resident, Hallyday said in January 2014 that he was in the United States. On long drives through the California desert, one of his favorite leisure activities was riding his Harley-Davidson, staying in small motels along the way.
Hallyday was diagnosed with colon cancer in July 2009 and underwent surgery. Hallyday underwent surgery in Paris on November 26 to repair a herniated disc. He had complications and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Doctors reported that they had put Hallyday into a medically induced coma to repair lesions that had developed as a result of the surgery and to ease his pain. On December 17, 2009, Hallyday and his wife began legal proceedings against Stephane Delajoux, the doctor who had performed the original surgery. Following Delajoux's vindication by medical investigators, the dispute was settled in February 2012.
On December 5, 2017 in Marnes-la-Coquette, near Paris, at the age of 74, Hallyday died of lung cancer at 10:10 p.m. on December 5th. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, expressed gratitude, saying he "transcended generations and is written in the memory of the French people." His funeral took place in Paris on December 9th, and 900,000 people lined the Champs-Élysées as his body was carried to the Madeleine Church and the service was attended by Macron and two of his predecessors. On the 11th of December 2017, he was buried on the French Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy in the graveyard of Lorient parish church.
David and Laura, his two oldest children, announced in February 2018 that they were contesting his will, which left his entire estate to his last wife Lticia and their two adopted children. The will was written in the United States and their lawyers argue that it is in breach of French rules that prohibit children from being inherited.
Career
Hallyday became famous in French for singing rock 'n' roll, influenced by Elvis Presley's 1950s rock n' roll revival. In March 1960, he debuts "Laisse les filles," his first album on Vogue. Hello Johnny, his first album, was released in 1960. "Let's Twist Again" was published in 1961. "Viens Danser Le Twist" has sold more than one million copies and been given a gold disc. It topped almost every European chart, though the track did not appear in the UK Singles Chart. In a performance that was taped at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris, he appeared on the American The Ed Sullivan Show with American singer Connie Francis. During Bruno Coquatrix's reign as Prime Minister Bruno Coquatrix's reign, he made many appearances in the Paris Olympia. The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened in Nancy on October 14th, 1966, for their first concert. A film clip from October 1966 exists of Hallyday's partying with Hendrix, his boss Chas Chandler, and others. He also socialized with Keith Richards and Bob Dylan.
Hallyday produced a number of albums with Foreigner's Mick Jones and Tommy Brown as musical producers, as well as Big Jim Sullivan, Bobby Graham, and Jimmy Page as session musicians in the 1960s. These are Jeune homme, Rivière... Ouvre ton lit (also known as Je suis né dans la rue) and Vie. On Je suis né la rue, Hallyday recruited Peter Frampton and the Small Faces, who performed on the majority of the tracks on the album. "Amen (Bang Bang)", "Reclamation (News Report)", and "Regarde pour moi (What You Will)" were two of the Small Faces' songs. "Amen" is a French-language version of "That Man," a 1967 Small Faces album that had previously been released in a heavy rock style. During the recording sessions, tensions between the Small Faces led to Marriott's leaving the band and establishing Humble Pie with Frampton, as well as redesigned English language versions of both "Reclamation (News Report) and "What You Will") on Humble Pie's debut LP of 1969. "Que je t'aime" from Hallyday's non-LP single and EP track "Que je t'aime" from the same sessions is often ignored. His record of sales by 1969 alone outnumber 12 million units.
100% Johnny, one of Hallyday's later concerts, attracted a 500,000 and 9.5 million television viewers in 2000 (the show was broadcast live on French television). Hallyday's third number one single on the French SNEP singles chart since its establishment in 1984, "Mon plus beau Nol" (after "Too ensemble" and "Marie") dedicated to his adopted daughter Jade. Le C'un homme, a blues-flavored album, was released shortly before announcing his departure from touring in 2007. In addition to the lead single "Always," Le C'un homme's "T'aimer si mal," a duet with blues musician Taj Mahal and "I Am the Blues," an English-language song written by U2's lead singer Bono, as well as "Unison" adut. His new album, A ne finira jamais, was released in 2008, another No. "A n'finira jamais" has the French album chart and its lead single, "A n'finira jamais," has also reached No. 1. 1. 66 Days of Stade de France 2009 was a live set on Saturday at Stade de France during Hallyday's farewell tour. Hallyday released album Jamais Alley, which was recorded with Matthieu Chedid, in 2011 and began touring again. He performed in various countries, including Russia, in 2012, and his album L'Attente was released. On Stage and Born Rocker Tour, a collection of his 70th anniversary concerts in Bercy and Theatre de Paris, were released later this year. In 2014 and 2015, the album Rester Vivant and De L'Amour was released. The Rester Vivant Tour was held in 2015-2016 by Hallyday. In 2016, a live album in Brussels was released.