Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday (born Jean-Philippe Smet, born June 15, 1943 in Paris ) is a French singer, songwriter and actor.
Life
Jean -Philippe Smet, aka Johnny Hallyday was raised by his aunt and her daughters, as his parents separated shortly after his birth. His aunt married the American dancer Lee Hallyday, whose name he later adopted as his artist name. In the 1960s, Hallyday became known sung in French rock. He was discovered by music scout Jacques Wolfensohn and taken from the record label Vogue under contract. On April 12, 1965 Hallyday married the Bulgarian- French singer Sylvie Vartan, with whom he has a son who is now himself the father chose the pseudonym and was also known as David Hallyday as a singer. On 4 November 1980, the marriage ended in divorce. A year later he married the mannequin Babeth Etienne. However, closed on 1 December 1981 marriage lasted only two months and two days. From 1982, he lived with French actress Nathalie Baye. In 1983, their daughter Laura Smet was born. The couple separated in 1986. Between 1990 and 1992 he was married to actress Adeline Blondieau. In 1994, she married again, this marriage lasted less than a year. Since 1996 he has been married to Laeticia Hallyday (born Boudou 18 March 1975); his two daughters Vietnamese adopted the couple in November 2004 and on December 24, 2008.
Musical career
He has published on 14 March 1960, Vogue Records his first single Itsy Bitsy Petit Bikini ( French cover version of Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini), followed by Le P'tit clown de ton coeur ( November 1960 ). In 1961 he moved to Philips, which offered him greater financial opportunities, and stayed there (via the successor company Universal) until 2006 under contract. Since then he has released on Warner Music and now has more rights to its titles. He knew from the beginning to transfer the North American way of life musically in the Romanesque. He played the flagship boy on the beach of the Cote d' Azur, seeking a girl ( Je cherche une fille ) as perfect as the street boys from the Golf Drouot district who could transform his macho attitude sometimes gentle, and was long considered a " chameleon the pop music business. " Hallyday also made several attempts to conquer the German market plate ( inter alia, yes, the elephant of 1962, My life really begins in 1964, Let ' people still talk about 1966, and together with Achim Reichel and Rattles, The old house in New Orleans from 1967).
His first public appearance in Germany ( apart from a " Gag Gig " at Berlin's " bath " in 1961 from ) as part of its Studio Session " Yes, the elephant " in the Hamburg Music Hall saw the Bild newspaper with a " certain disaster lust " opposite ( mirror ): "What is to come to us? ". This can only be understood if one understands Hallyday career as a (French) political. Already at the first concert of the inventory of the performance hall was broken.
In 1963 he managed the unthinkable in Paris. On the Place de la Nation rioted after the open-air Concert 150,000 young French people and destroyed adjacent shops, subway stations, cars, street furniture and fought street battles with the police. This continued in the province. There were too many fans from the workers who gathered at his concerts and their dissatisfaction with the social life of a perceived situation procured an expression. This is now considered controversial in France as a "pre -68 expression ." There were striking in contrast to Germany in May in 1968 workers and employees. You have until the diffuse protest of the student body of more practical and personal perspective on: "Let us finally feel right " what " the right thing" was, was not always entirely clear.
Mid-sixties, he took advantage of a dispute between himself and the French folk singer Antoine to one of his greatest successes Song: " Cheveux longs et idées courtes " ( it was about the pros and cons of long hair and short to mind). Hallyday commented on general political phenomena only indirectly: "I 'm lonely [ Je suis seul ] is an invitation into listening in to hear and give the feeling then expression. Ok, that's just Rock! [ that's rock'n roll! ] " In Germany, where he performed his military service in Baden, Offenburg, he stayed behind the successes of similar rock singer back, even if he does not because of the expression of this attitude to life, but because of its scandals and catchy hits a certain popularity obtained.
Uniqueness
Hallyday is one of the biggest stars of the French show business. One of his recipes for success is to give the fans of his music at the concerts the feeling of everyday life then go to the next meeting on, and so not to spread the typical rock aura of another way of life. He is considered the workhorse of the pop musicians. In his long career, he completed 180 tours to date with 15 million viewers and sold by 2008 an estimated 85 million records. "In France, Hallyday is unattainable ," says Mick Jagger expressed in the face of a series of five sold-out concerts at the Stade de France 1998 tickets sold, with a total of 450,000. He completed his biggest concert with free admission on 10 June 2000 under the Eiffel Tower in Paris; 600,000 spectators gathered on the Champ de Mars. This concert was released a short time later as a CD and DVD " 100 % Johnny Live a la Tour Eiffel ".
He also organized small concerts with renowned studio musicians from around the world, as in the Cigale in Paris in 2003 realized over the decades, and he produced over again -. Well with critics - much acclaimed concept albums to Hamlet in 1976, dedicated to the life of an aging fan base involved. 20 of his albums reached platinum status. He wrote numerous songs and participated in the music of many movies.
Other Activities
Since March 2005, he published the three -monthly journal Limited Access. He led until 2011, the very successful fashion label Smet with his friend, the designer Christian Audigier, named after the actual last name of Johnny Hallyday.
Private
In December 2006 he moved to Gstaad in Switzerland in order not to have to pay taxes in France. This he saved 4 million euros. In 2006 it became known that he has applied for Belgian citizenship, which caused quite a stir in France. Hallyday has, however, withdrawn its request in October 2007 and thus remains Frenchman. Since 2013 Hallyday lives in the USA.
In 2009 he began his farewell tour, which came to an abrupt end in November after disc surgery, after which he found himself after complications several days in an artificial coma. Due to the artificial respiration for a long time he had to learn speaking and singing again and stood again until June 15, 2010 on his birthday on stage. During this time Hallyday reversed its decision regarding the tours and publish his new album " Jamais Seul ". In 2011 he stood for the first time in his life on a theater stage and played the lead role in Tennessee Williams play " Le paradis sur terre ", which until then had never been performed in France. After the end of the play he is now once again enter the studio to have for the tour more new songs available, and operate promotion for his next tour, which start in May 2012 in Montpellier and it also in the USA, Israel, Canada, Great Britain, Switzerland and Russia will lead.
Discography
Studio albums
- Hello Johnny (1960, 10 "album )
- Nous les gars, nous les filles (1961, 10 "album )
- Tête à tête avec Johnny Hallyday (1961, 10 "album )
- Viens danser le twist (1961, 10 "album )
- Salut les copains (1961 )
- Retiens la nuit (1961, 10 "album )
- Sings America 's Rockin ' Hits (1962 )
- Madison Twist (1962, 10 "album )
- L' idoles des jeunes (1963, 10 "album )
- Les bras en croix (1963 )
- Since dou ron ron (1963, 10 "album )
- Soundtrack: D' ou viens -tu Johnny? (1963, 10 "album )
- Bonne chance (1964, 10 "album )
- Les rocks les plus terribles (1964 )
- Le pénitencier (1964, 10 "album )
- Halleluyah (1965 )
- Johnny Hallyday chante (1965 )
- La génération perdue (1966 )
- Johnny 67 (1967 )
- Jeune homme (1968 )
- Rivière ... ouvre ton lit ( 1969)
- Que je t'aime (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 )
- Solitude à deux (1978 )
- Hollywood ( 1979)
- A partir de maintenant (1980 )
- Pièce En (1981 )
- Pas facile (1981 )
- Quelque part un aigle (1982 )
- La peur (1982 )
- Entre violence et violon (1983 )
- Nashville 84 (1984 )
- En V.O. (1984)
- Rock ' n ' Roll Attitude ( 1985)
- Gang ( 1986)
- Cadillac (1989 )
- Ça ne change pas un homme (1991 )
- Rough Town ( sung entirely in English ) ( 1994)
- Lorada (1995 )
- Destination Vegas (1996 )
- Ce que je sais (1998)
- Sang pour sang (1999)
- Soundtrack: Love Me (2000 )
- A la vie, à la mort (2002)
- Ma vérité (2005)
- Soundtrack: Jean- Phillipe (2006)
- Le coeur d'un homme (2007)
- Ça ne jamais finira (2008)
- Jamais seul (2011)
- L' attente (2012 )
Live albums
- Johnny et ses fans au festival de Rock ' n' Roll ( 1961)
- Olympia 62 (1962 )
- Olympia 64 (1964 )
- Olympia 67 (1967 )
- Palais des sports 67 (1967 )
- Palais des sports 69 (1969 )
- Palais des sports 71 (1971 )
- Palais des sports 76 (1976 )
- Pavillon de Paris 79 (1979 )
- Live à Pantin (1981 )
- Palais des sports 82 (1982 )
- Johnny Hallyday au Zénith (1985 )
- Johnny à Bercy (1987 )
- Dans la chaleur de Bercy (1990 )
- Bercy 92 (1992 )
- Parc des Princes 93 (1993 )
- Lorada Tour ( 1996)
- Allume le feu - Stade de France 98 ( 1998)
- 100 % Johnny - Concert à la Tour Eiffel (2000)
- Olympia 2000 (2000)
- La cigale 1994 (2003)
- Destination Vegas intégrale ( part studio / part live ) (2003 )
- Parc des Princes 03 ( 2003)
- Flashback Tour ( 2006)
- La cigale (2006)
- Tour 66 - Stade De France 2009 (2009)
- On Stage (2013 )