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Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ filip leo smɛt]; 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.
Dec 6, 2017 · Rock star Johnny Hallyday, who has died at the age of 74, had phenomenal success in the French-speaking world. The star, whose real name was Jean-Philippe Smet, sold more than 110 million records...
Dec 5, 2017 · Johnny Hallyday, the French answer to Elvis Presley, who kept audiences enthralled for nearly 60 years with his Gallic interpretations of American rock ’n’ roll and his turbulent offstage life,...
Johnny Hallyday est la première et la plus grande des rockstars françaises. Artiste au succès durable, Johnny est toujours resté fidèle à ses inspirations rock et blues venues des...
Dec 6, 2017 · PARIS (AP) — Johnny Hallyday, France’s biggest rock star for more than half a century and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his pumping pelvis and high-voltage tunes, has died.
Dec 6, 2017 · France's biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 74. The singer sold about 100 million records and starred in a number of films in a career that began...
Dec 7, 2017 · Few in the United States had, or have, heard of Johnny Hallyday, the rock star known as the Elvis of France, who died this week at the age of 74. But, as the French public relations guru Gilles...
Dec 6, 2017 · A look back at the life of Johnny Hallyday, the French rock star who has died at the age of 74.
Dec 6, 2017 · Johnny Hallyday, the French rock star who came to fame in the early 1960s with cover versions of American rock ’n’ roll hits and continued to sell out concerts in France for decades, has died...
May 14, 2024 · In the Footsteps of Johnny Hallyday. First published: May 14, 2024 by Dominic Bliss. From a bad influence on the French youth to a much-loved national treasure whose death prompted an outpouring of grief, we chart the highs and lows of France’s most famous rock star.
