Cast

Johnny Hallyday

Acting

Cast

Johnny Hallyday

Known for

Acting

Born

1943-06-15

From

Paris, France

Died

2017-12-05

Also known as Jean-Philippe Smet, Jean-Philippe Léo Smet

Biography

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.

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

Biography

J'ai tout donné

The Specialists

Johnny Hallyday - La Cigale 12-17 décembre 2006

The Pink Panther 2

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse

Diabolique

Detective

Love Me

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement

Vengeance

50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier

Jean-Philippe

Paparazzi

Tales of Paris

Dans l'intimité de Johnny : Tranches de vie

Secret File 1413

Christmas Blues

Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll

La Fête De La Chanson Française

Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - le film

Godard by Godard

Terminus

Johnny Hallyday à la Cigale

M6 awards 2000

Rock'n Roll

L'Âge d'or de la pub

L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé

Titeuf

Hallyday par Johnny

Johnny made in France

Shoot to Live

Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent

Crime Spree

Visa de censure n° X

Père Noël et fils

Money Money Money

Johnny Hallyday : Happy Birthday Live

Michel Sardou - Show Sardou

Aznavour by Charles

Johnny Hallyday, à nos promesses

Once Upon My Mother

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

Retiens Johnny

Why Not Me?

Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98

We Love You, You Bastard

Animal

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

Vadim Mister Cool

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01)

Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 92

Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 87

Man on the Train

Family Business

Everyone's Life

The Iron Triangle

Johnny Hallyday - Olympia 2000

Malpertuis

Mon nom est Johnny

Les Enfoirés 1989 - Tournée d'Enfoirés

5 + 1

Falling Point

The Society of the Spectacle

Cherchez l'idole

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

Johnny Hallyday - Destination Vegas

Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa

Les Vieilles Canailles

The Great Chase

Johnny Hallyday dans la chaleur de Bercy

De Gaulle, the Last King of France

Johnny Hallyday - Pavillon de Paris

Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003

Quartier V.I.P.

The Ponies