DERRIERE L'AMOUR - (LIVE) - JOHNNY HALLIDAY - (1976)

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JOHNNY HALLIDAY (born Jean-Philippe Smet; 15 June 1943) is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. His father, Léon Smet (1908-1989), was Belgian, his mother Huguette Clerc (1920-2007) was French; the young Hallyday took his stage name from his aunt's husband, American artist Lee Halliday (also a pseudonym). Hallyday, whose music career has spanned a half-century, is one of France's biggest stars. He has completed 100 tours, had 18 platinum albums, and sold more than 110 million records. Hallyday announced his retirement from performing on 3 December 2007 at the age of 64, after a farewell tour. Career Influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock revolution, Hallyday became famous in the 1960s for singing rock and roll in French. His first album, Hello Johnny, was released in 1960.[6] In 1961 his cover of "Let's Twist Again" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. He appeared on the American Ed Sullivan Show with American singing star Connie Francis in a show that was taped at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris. He also staged many appearances in the Paris Olympia under the management of the late Bruno Coquatrix. At the end of the sixties, Hallyday made a string of albums with Mick Jones and Tommy Brown as musical directors, such as Jeune Homme, and Je suis né dans la rue (which features Jimmy Page) and Vie. By 1969 alone, his <b>...</b>

Keywords

DERRIERE, L'AMOUR, JOHNNY, HALLIDAY, Rock, and, roll, Romantic, French, Music

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