Biography
Rock and Roll in France brought Johnny Hollide - the most popular national singer since the times Edith Piaf. For this achievement, the France 24 television network dubbed it with French Elvis Presley. Johnny Hollide became one of the best-selling artists in the world, realizing more than 110 million of their plates. He performed 57 years old, but never managed to become famous in the English-language part of the world, although France still considers him the king.Childhood and youth
The real name of Johnny Hollidoye is Jean-Philippe Leo Smith. He was born on June 15, 1943 in Paris in the Union of Belgian Leon Estrase and Frenchwoman Yugett Eugene Pierreret Clerk.
Embed from getty imagesParents Johnny Hallideo will not call exemplary. Father left a family in 8 months after the birth of the son. Mother to make money on bread, started a career model, there was no time to take care of the baby. Hollydee's education was engaged in His aunt Elen Mar.
Personal life
Hollidays played a wedding 5 times (twice with one woman). The first serious passion was the singer Selvie Vartan. The couple was married on April 12, 1965, and on August 14, 1966, the son of David Smith was born. After 15 years of turbulent family life, the spouses divorced on November 5, 1980.On December 1, 1981, Elizabeth Etienne became Elizabeth, an actress. Their marriage lasted a little over a year and ended on February 3, 1982.
Actress Natalie Bai never became a Hollydey's wife, but on November 15, 1983 gave birth to Laura's estimates. She went to the cinema in the footsteps of the mother. A happy personal life of Bai and Hollideo gave a crack in March 1986.
On July 9, 1990, a wedding with actress Adeline Berondo took place. They divorced on June 11, 1992, and on April 19, 1994, again got married in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final gap took place on May 9, 1995.
The latest choices of Hollideo became the model of the Leticia. They, a 52-year-old singer and a 21-year-old beauty, got married on March 25, 1996. At the wedding was attended by Nicolas Sarkozy.
Leticia could not have children, so the spouses adopted the babies of Vietnamese origin - Jade (born in November 2004) and Joy (born in December 2008).
Hollideo was constantly attributed to novels with actresses of Catherine Denovev and Michel Mercier, with Brick Bardo and even from Celine Dion. This is not surprising, because the "French Elvis Presley" not only sang beautifully, but also was stagger (with a height of 185 cm weighed about 80 kg), hit the hearts of the girls with blue eyes.
Music
The creative development of Johnny Hollide began with a violin, and then took the guitar. For the first time on stage, he spoke on June 13, 1956, at the age of 13 - in the Cupboy costume, he performed the Barlad of Davy Crockett to the guests of the Barlad of Davy Crockett, the famous French song in the style of Chanson.
More hollidities were interested in cinema. At 11, he debuted as an actor in the thriller "Devilitsa" (1954). In general, his filmography has more than 40 films.
A cinema in the biography of Hallideo had a significant weight - thanks to the drama "Love You" (1957), Rock-singer met Elvis Presley and Rock and Roll than she defined not only his life, but also the musical future of France.
In the 1950s, in France, Elvis Presley plates, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly and other Rock and Roll Matters were not. Their Hallida was transferred to relatives from the United States. He did not just enjoy the music, but also changed American songs into French and performed in Cabaret.
In 1960, Hello Johnny Hallideo Johnny's first album was released, and the story is spinning. In the youth, the competition of rock singer could be Joe Dassin, Charles Aznavour, Pierre Grozol. Over time, each has found his niche, but "local Elvis Presley" seems to occupy the winning: From now on, Rock and Roll in France associated only with Johnny Hallidem.
Discography Hollide in 57 years has 51 studio and 29 "living" albums. More than a thousand songs are recorded on them, the author and composer 105 of them spoke Hollydea himself. The singer gave about 3 thousand concerts in France and about 500 - in the rest of the world, collecting 29 million aliens. He starred in the clips and movies, more than 2.5 thousand times appeared on the covers of magazines. He is dedicated to more than 190 books.
Death
In July 2009, Johnny Hollide diagnosed the colon cancer. The tumor spread quickly, occupied the lungs. On December 6, 2017, a 74-year-old singer died in his house in Marne-La Koketete, 14 km from Paris, the cause of death is an acute respiratory failure.The funeral took place on December 9th. More than 900 thousand people gathered to honor the memory of the "French Elvis Presley". Judging by the photographs from the ceremony, the France President Emmanuel Macron and his predecessors of Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy were held on the last path of the singer.
The body of Johnny Hallidea is buried on the island of San Bartelev.
According to the testament, all property of Hollideo, which is estimated at € 50-80 million, has moved his last spouse of the Letication. The daughter of the singer Laura intends to challenge the last will of the Father.
Discography
- 1961 - Nous Les Gars, No Les Filles
- 1964 - Johnny Hallyday Olympia
- 1968 - Jeune Homme
- 1972 - Country, Folk, Rock
- 1977 - C'EST LA VIE
- 1982 - QUELQUE PART UN AIGLE
- 1989 - Cadillac.
- 1995 - "Lorada
- 1999 - Sang Pour Sang
- 2002 - à la vie, à la Mort!
- 2005 - Ma Vérité
- 2011 - Jamais Seul
- 2014 - Rester Vivant
- 2015 - De L'Amour