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Dec 6, 2017 · PARIS (AP) — Johnny Hallyday, France’s biggest rock star for more than half a century and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his pumping pelvis and high-voltage tunes, has died. He was 74.
Dec 6, 2017 · AFP/Getty Images. Hallyday broke from France's classic "chanson" tradition in the 1950s, starting singing rock and roll in French. France's biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after...
During a career spanning 57 years, he released 79 albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the...
Dec 7, 2017 · By Dana Thomas. Dec. 7, 2017. Few in the United States had, or have, heard of Johnny Hallyday, the rock star known as the Elvis of France, who died this week at the age of 74. But, as the...
Dec 5, 2017 · Dec. 5, 2017. Johnny Hallyday, the French answer to Elvis Presley, who kept audiences enthralled for nearly 60 years with his Gallic interpretations of American rock ’n’ roll and...
Dec 6, 2017 · Johnny Hallyday, the Elvis of France, Dead at Age 74. French rock idol Johnny Hallyday, remembered as the nation's answer to Elvis Presley in the 1960s, has died at age 74. By Peter...
Dec 6, 2017 · BBC Music reporter. Rock star Johnny Hallyday, who has died at the age of 74, had phenomenal success in the French-speaking world. The star, whose real name was Jean-Philippe Smet, sold more...
