Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 15, 1943
Died
Dec 05, 2017
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Credits
164 titles
Johnny Hallyday
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.
Known For
Filmography
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Hallyday - Le Concert de la Tour Eiffel - 25ème anniversaire
Himself
50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon My Mother
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Hallyday symphonique
Self (voice)
Johnny, passion d'un enfant gâté
Self (archive footage)
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
Shoot to Live
Self
Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock
Self (archive footage)
At War for Algeria
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Mon nom est Johnny
Self
Archives secrètes
Self (archive footage)
Hallyday Bercy 2003
Self
Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons
Self (archive footage)
A Sunburnt Christmas
Worker #2
Johnny Hallyday, à nos promesses
Self
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Self (archive footage)
Retiens Johnny
Self
Johnny Hallyday : Happy Birthday Live
Self
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
Self
Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia
Self (archive footage)
Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique
Self
Aznavour by Charles
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
Self
Johnny made in France
Self (archive footage)
Doc humanité
Self
The Perfect Day
Self
Family Is Family
In Memory Of
Dans l'intimité de Johnny : Tranches de vie
Self
Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll
Self
Les Vieilles Canailles 2017
Self
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
Everyone's Life
Johnny
Rock'n Roll
Johnny Hallyday
Vadim Mister Cool
Self (archive footage)
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Hallyday - Rester Vivant Tour
Self - Chanteur
Johnny l'immortel
Self
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Self
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
Self
Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement
Self
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Les Vieilles Canailles
Self
We Love You, You Bastard
Jacques Kaminsky