Wednesday 6 December 2017

There is a little bit of Johnny in all of us









...apparently.


RIP the man nicknamed "The French Elvis", teen heartthrob and latterly "bad boy" of rock - Johnny Hallyday (born Jean-Philippe Smet, 15th June 1943 – 5th December 2017)

6 comments:

  1. A French morning news show devoted it's entire hour and a half of programming time to Johnny Hallyday.

    They even dragged out President François Hollande to have his say.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. He was apparently universally loved in France, so that's no surprise. I imagine there would be as many tears and acres of coverage here if - heaven forfend - Tom Jones died... Jx

      Delete
    2. I got sucked into watching his funeral today in its entirely and of my own free will.

      I knew of his popularity and expected a throng of people to line the streets but I really wasn't prepared for the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of fans that turned out.

      Delete
    3. "He once performed before a million people in a mobile musical cavalcade down the Champs-Elysees." His funeral cortège almost eclipsed that, apparently. Incroyable! Jx

      Delete
  2. Sad news.

    He was Tre' Cool. We have lost another icon.

    ReplyDelete

Please leave a message - I value your comments!

[NB Bear with me if there is a delay - thanks to spammers I might need to approve comments]