Johnny Hallyday
In 1961, he had his first hit with a cover of the Chubby Checker classic Let's Twist Again, following that with hit versions of such U.S. chart-toppers as The House of the Rising Sun, In the Midnight Hour, Black is Black and Hey Joe. Throughout the ensuing decades, he has explored almost every trend, from psychedelia to rock opera. On his 50th birthday, a 42-CD box set of his four-decades career in rock was released in France and Canada and in 2000 his record Sang pour sang won the Best Album of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Awards. In 2002, he was selected by France's soccer team to sing their official song for The World Cup.
Hallyday made his feature film debut in the Henri Georges Clouzot's psychological thriller Les Diaboliques and has gone on to appear in some 35 films, including working with Claude LeLouch in Money, Money, Money, Jean Luc-Godard in Detective and Costa Gavras in Family Business. Man on the Train marks his first collaboration with Patrice Leconte.
A great fan of car racing, Hallyday recently had the distinction of completing the extreme road race, the Paris-Dakar.
Johnny Hallyday Facts
Occupation | Musician, Actor |
Birthday | June 15, 1943 (80) |
Sign | Gemini |
Birthplace | Paris, France |
Selected Filmography
Crime Spree | ||
Vengeance | ||
The Man on the Train | ||
L'Aventure C'est L'Aventure | ||
Pink Panther 2 | ||
Johnny Hallyday: Live at Montreux 1988 | ||
Johnny Hallyday: Le Zenith 1984 | ||
Johnny Hallyday: Au Palais des Sports 1969 | ||
Johnny Hallyday: Olympia 2000 | ||
Johnny Hallyday: 100% Johnny Live a La Tour Eiffel | ||
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