Born Jean-Philippe Smet in 1943, the “French Elvis” is one of the most successful and well-known French singers. “Johnny” found a way to remain popular at every era of French music since the early 60’s. He began with rock music (that he never really abandonned) in the 60’s, during the “yé-yé” era, where he was probably the biggest male idol. Then his career, that spanned 6 decades, never really ceased to be successful. He was so idolized by a part of French public that when he died, in 2017, he was given national funerals, like the biggest heroes and the most popular political figures : for many French people (especially people of his generation, but even a part of the younger audience) he was a national figure.
[More about him on Wikipedia]
- Souvenirs, souvenirs
- Retiens la nuit
- Jésus Christ
- J’ai un problème (with his then wife, Sylvie Vartan)
- Noir, c’est noir
- Diego, libre dans sa tête
- Laura
- Allumer le feu
- Marie
- Je te promets
- Quelque chose de Tennessee
- L’envie
- Que je t’aime
- Vivre pour le meilleur
- Le jour de la mort de Johnny (by Les Fatals Picards)
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