Johnny Hallyday

Known for ActingBorn 1943-06-15Died 2017-12-05Paris, France

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited with having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 years, Hallyday released 79 albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world. He had five diamond albums, 40 gold albums, 22 platinum albums and earned ten Victoires de la Musique. He sang an estimated 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists. Credited for his strong voice and his spectacular shows, he sometimes arrived by entering a stadium through the crowd and once by jumping from a helicopter above the Stade de France, where he performed nine times. Among his 3,257 shows completed in 187 tours, the most memorable were at Parc des Princes in 1993, at the Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as at the Eiffel Tower in 2000, which had record-breaking ticket sales for a French artist. A million spectators gathered to see his performance at the Eiffel Tower, with some 10 million watching on television. Usually working with the best French artists and musicians of his time, Hallyday collaborated with Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger and Jean-Jacques Goldman. Hugely popular in France, he was referred to as simply "Johnny" and seen as a "national monument" and a part of the French cultural legacy. He became a symbol of the Trente Glorieuses, France's prosperous postwar era, after he emerged in 1960, and was a familiar figure to four generations. More than 2,500 magazine covers and 190 books were dedicated to him during his lifetime, making him one of the people most widely covered by the media in France. His death from cancer in 2017 was followed by a "people's tribute", during which a million people attended the funeral procession in Paris and 15 million others watched the ceremony on TV. Hallyday remained relatively unknown outside the French-speaking world, where he was dubbed "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" and introduced as the French version of Elvis Presley. Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian father, Léon Smet, and a French mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc. Léon Smet, who worked as a nightclub performer, left his wife and son a few months later. Clerc started a modeling career, which left her with little time to care for her son. Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar, and took his stage name from a cousin-in-law from Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham) who performed as Lee Halliday. The latter called Smet "Johnny" and became a father figure, introducing him to American music. ... Source: Article "Johnny Hallyday" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

Hallyday Bercy 2003

Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98

Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire

Johnny Hallyday - Les Années 60 Vol.1

Johnny Hallyday - Flashback Tour 2006

M6 awards 2000

Johnny Hallyday - Olympia 2000

Johnny Hallyday à la Cigale

Johnny Hallyday : Tour 66 - Stade de France

Johnny Hallyday - Pavillon de Paris

Johnny Hallyday - Rester Vivant Tour

Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 92

Spécial cinéma

Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll

Johnny Hallyday - Born Rocker Tour

J'ai tout donné

La chanson de l'année

Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01)

Céline Dion, le grand show

Johnny made in France

Johnny Hallyday : Palais des Sports 1982

Midi Première

The Discreet Françoise Hardy

Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003

Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel

Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France

David Lansky

Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 87

Apostrophes

Johnny Hallyday symphonique

Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs

Cinépanorama

Johnny, passion d'un enfant gâté

Johnny Hallyday : Parc des Princes 93

Johnny Hallyday : Happy Birthday Live

Retiens Johnny

Johnny Hallyday, à nos promesses

Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique

Les Vieilles Canailles 2017

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé

Godard by Godard

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

Johnny Hallyday - Destination Vegas

Johnny Hallyday - Lorada Tour

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Johnny Hallyday - Go, Johnny, Go (Un enfant du rock à Nashville)

Père Noël et fils