Singer, who sold more than 110m albums and was revered across generations in France, had lung cancer
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If Johnny Hallyday was France’s Elvis, who is their version of Kanye West?
The beloved rock star, who died this week, was often compared to Presley in the UK. So, which other Francophone artists have English-speaking equivalents?
Johnny Hallyday: France’s 'rockeur national' – obituary
The tragedy of Johnny Hallyday? He should have sung Piaf, not Presley
John Lichfield
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Vice-chancellors' pay and Hallyday tributes: your best comments on the Guardian today
March 2017
French rock star Johnny Hallyday being treated for cancer
Veteran singer denounces ‘alarmist’ reports in some media and says while cancerous cells have been discovered, ‘I am doing well and am in good fitness’
June 2016
Effortlessly cool: Jean-Marie Périer's 1960s pop stars – in pictures
Périer was at the heart of the pop explosion of the 1960s, capturing homegrown stars such as Jacques Dutronc and Johnny Hallyday – along with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Miles Davis
May 2015
Rereading
Follow the swallows: Roger Deakin's days hitchhiking to the sun
The esteemed writer was addicted to heading south for the summer. In an unpublished essay, he describes the joys of thumbing lifts on France’s Route Nationale Vingt
November 2014
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leads French Band Aid
Former first lady joined by Vanessa Paradis in recording Noël est là to raise funds for fight against Ebola in west Africa
September 2013
Monsieur Made-in-France eschews foreign goods in name of patriotism
Parisian empties his apartment of everything not made in France, from fridge to David Bowie, in experiment for TV
August 2013
Johnny Hallyday plans English-language duets album
French rocker says he wants to collaborate with Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi and others
