Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (15 June 1943 - 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited with having brought rock and roll to France. 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 world. He was credited for his strong voice and his spectacular shows, he sometimes arrived by entering a stadium through the crowd and once by jumping from a helicopter above the Stade de France, where he performed 9 times. He remained relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, where he was dubbed ""the biggest rock star you've never heard of"" and introduced as the French version of Elvis Presley. On this album the singles from the early sixties.
