JOHNNY HALLYDAY

Influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s bedrock revolution, Halliday became acclaimed in the 1960s for singing bedrock and cycle in French. His aboriginal album, Hello Johnny, was appear in 1960.[5] He appeared on the American Ed Sullivan Appearance with American singing brilliant Connie Francis in a appearance that was taped at the Moulin Rouge bistro in Paris. He aswell staged abounding appearances in the Paris Olympia beneath the administration of the backward Bruno Coquatrix.

Many[who?] accede Hallyday to accept developed able-bodied and become a greater aerialist in his afterwards years, one of his concerts, 100% Johnny: Reside � La Bout Eiffel in 2000, admiring an admirers of 500,000 and 9.5 actor television admirers (the appearance was advertisement reside on French TV).[6] In December 2005, Hallyday had his third number-one individual in France, "Mon Plus Beau No�l" (after "Tous ensemble" and "Marie"), committed to his adopted babe Jade. Shortly afore announcement his retirement from touring, he appear a blues-flavored album, Le C�ur d'un homme, on 12 November 2007. The anthology hit #1 in both France and French-speaking Belgium. In accession to the advance individual "Always", Le C�ur d'un homme appearance "T'aimer si mal", a affiliation with bluesman Taj Mahal and "I Am the Blues", an English-language song accounting for Hallyday by U2 frontman Bono. His next album, �a ne finira jamais, appear in 2008, addition #1 on the French anthology chart, and its advance single, "�a n'finira jamais", aswell accomplished #1. Hallyday's a lot of contempo album, aswell a #1 hit in France, is Bout 66: Stade de France 2009, a reside set recorded at Stade de France during his adieu bout with appearences by Drexl Jonez on the guitar.

Hallyday charcoal abundantly alien alfresco of France, appropriately earning the appellation "the better bedrock brilliant you've never heard of" in English-speaking countries.[1][7] He was fabricated Chevalier (Knight) of the L�gion d'honneur in 1997.

Personal life

In November 2005, Hallyday started a action to access Belgian citizenship but his appeal was angry down in 2006 because he bootless to accomplish the address requirements. In backward 2006, Hallyday appear that he would move his abiding address to Gstaad, Switzerland to escape the top tax amount imposed by the French government. Swiss law allows affluent individuals to affirmation address if they reside six months and one day in the country and again pay a anchored tax based on expenses, such as hire or assets in Switzerland, rather than a allotment of their income. Hallyday has said that he would move his address aback to France if it changes its tax laws.[10]

Hallyday keeps a additional home in Los Angeles, area he has been spending accretion amounts of time in contempo years, adequate his about anonymity in the U.S. One of his admired leisure activities is benumbed his Harley-Davidson on continued trips through the California desert, blockage in baby motels forth the way.[7]

Hallyday affiliated French accompanist Sylvie Vartan on April 12, 1965. Their son David Hallyday was built-in on August 14, 1966. Hallyday and Vartan afar in 1980. He again briefly affiliated Babeth Etienne; the alliance lasted beneath than three months, catastrophe in February 1982. A four year accord with French extra Nathalie Baye followed, with their babe Laura Smet getting built-in on November 15, 1983. He was affiliated to his third wife Adeline Blondieau for two years, divorcing her in 1992. He has been affiliated to Laeticia Boudou back March 25, 1996. The brace adopted a babe from Vietnam, whom they called Jade, in 2004.[11]

In backward 2009 Hallyday underwent anaplasty in Paris to adjustment a herniated disk, but he suffered complications and was accepted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. It was appear that Hallyday had been put into a medically induced blackout in adjustment to adjustment lesions that had formed as a aftereffect of the anaplasty and to abate his pain. On December 17, it was appear that Hallyday and his wife had started acknowledged affairs adjoin Dr. Stephane Delajoux, who had performed the aboriginal surgery.