Johnny Hallyday - Nous les gars, nous les filles (1961)

Johnny Hallyday - Nous les gars, nous les filles (1961)

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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 for having brought rock and roll to France.

During a career spanning 57 years, he 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 golden 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 9 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.[citation needed] 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, he 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"[citation needed] and a part of the French cultural legacy. He was a symbol of the Trente Glorieuses when he emerged in 1960 and 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 persons most widely covered by the media in France. His death from cancer in 2017 was followed by a "popular tribute" during which a million people attended the procession and 15 million others watched the ceremony on TV. He remained relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, where he was dubbed "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" and introduced as the French version of Elvis Presley.

Johnny Hallyday Filmography

1955 Les Diaboliques as Un élève (uncredited)

1962 Les parisiennes as Jean Allard (segment "Sophie")

1962 Secret File 1413 as Himself

1963 D'où viens-tu Johnny? as Johnny

1964 Cherchez l'idole as Himself

1968 Les poneyttes as Himself

1968 À tout casser as Frankie

1969 Le spécialiste as Hud Dixon / Brad

1970 Stumbling Point as Vlad Le roumain

1971 Malpertuis as Sailor who kisses Bets (uncredited)

1972 L'aventure, c'est l'aventure as Himself

1977 L'Animal as Himself

1981 Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent

1983 The Case of the Missing Bottle as Monsieur Waitor

1984 Détective (directed by Jean-Luc Godard) as Jim Fox Warner

1986 Conseil de famille (directed by Costa-Gavras) as Le père (Louis)

1986 Terminus as Stump

1989 The Iron Triangle as Jacques

1992 La gamine as Frank Matrix

1998 Paparazzi as Himself (uncredited)

1998 Why Not Me? as José

2000 Love Me as Lennox

2002 Mischka as Himself

2002 L'homme du train as Milan

2003 Crime Spree as Marcel Burot

2004 Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) as L'ermite borgne

2005 Quartier V.I.P. as Alex

2006 Jean-Philippe as Jean-Philippe

2008 Starko! as Himself

2009 The Pink Panther 2 as Laurence Millikin

2009 Vengeance as Francis Costello

2014 Salaud, on t'aime as Jacques Kaminsky

2017 Rock'n Roll as Johnny Hallyday

2017 Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction as Johnny (final film role)

Johnny Hallyday Discography Full

1961 Nous les gars, nous les filles

1961 Salut les copains

1962 Sings America's Rockin' Hits

1962 Johnny à l'Olympia (Olympia 62)

1963 Les Bras en croix

1964 Johnny Hallyday Olympia

1964 Johnny, reviens ! Les Rocks les plus terribles (Olympia 62)

1966 Hallelujah

1966 Johnny chante Hallyday (Olympia 62)

1966 La Génération perdue

1967 Olympia 67

1967 Johnny 67 (Olympia 62)

1967 Johnny au Palais des sports

1968 Jeune homme

1968 Rêve et amour

1969 Rivière... ouvre ton lit (aka Je suis né dans la rue)

1969 Que je t'aime - Palais des congres

1970 Vie

1971 Flagrant délit

1971 Live at the Palais des sports (Palais des Sports 1971)

1972 Country, Folk, Rock

1973 Insolitudes

1974 Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime

1974 Rock'n'Slow

1975 Rock à Memphis

1975 La Terre promise

1976 Derrière l'amour

1976 Palais Des Sports 76 - Hallyday Story

1976 Johnny Hallyday Story - Palais des sports

1976 Hamlet

1976 Succès 2 Disques - Les coups

1977 C'est la vie

1977 Réimpression

1978 Solitudes à deux

1979 Hollywood

1979 Pavillon de Paris: Porte de Pantin

1979 Album d'Or - Retiens la nuit

1979 Succès 2 Disques - Ceux que l'amour a blessés

1980 À partir de maintenant

1981 En pièces détachées

1981 Live

1981 Pas facile

1982 Quelque part un aigle

1982 La Peur

1982 Palais Des Sports 82

1983 Entre violence et violon

1983 En V.O.

1984 Hallyday 84: Nashville en Direct

1984 Drôle de métier

1984 Spécial Enfants du Rock

1984 Johnny Hallyday au Zénith

1985 Rock'n'Roll Attitude

1986 Gang

1988 Johnny à Bercy

1988 Live at Montreux

1989 Cadillac

1991 Ça ne change pas un homme

1993 Bercy 92

1993 Parc des Princes 1993

1994 Rough Town

1994 À La Cigale (live 1994)

1995 Lorada

1996 Lorada Tour

1996 Destination Vegas

1996 Live at the Aladdin Theatre (Las Vegas 1996)

1998 Ce que je sais

1998 Stade de France 98 Johnny allume le feu

1999 Sang pour sang

2000 100 % Johnny : Live à la Tour Eiffel

2000 Olympia 2000

2002 À la vie, à la mort !

2003 Parc des Princes 2003

2006 Flashback Tour: Palais des sports 2006

2007 La Cigale : 12-17 décembre 2006

2007 Le Cœur d'un homme

2008 Ça ne finira jamais

2009 Tour 66 : stade de France 2009

2011 Jamais seul

2012 L'attente

2013 On Stage

2013 Born Rocker Tour

2014 Rester vivant

2015 De l'amour

2016 Rester vivant tour