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Johnny Hallyday
A monument to chanson and rock, Jean-Philippe Smet aka Johnny Hallyday (Paris,
June 15, 1943 - Marnes-La-Coquette, December 6, 2017) has been a part of French
popular music history for over half a century. From his rock'n'roll beginnings
in 1960 to his stature as a veteran to whom young first-timers flock to craft
tailor-made songs, the singer has enjoyed a career in perpetual motion. No
fashion has escaped him: yé-yé with "L'idole des jeunes" (1962), hippie with "La
Génération perdue" (1968), romantic with "Que je t'aime" (1969), Mad Max with
"Ma gueule" (1980), right up to the ...
