2023-06-15 12:21:59
IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES – The rocker star would have been 80 years old on June 15, 2023. Five years after his death, return to the course of the “Taulier”.
In 1962 the rocker was already a formidable star. The bosses of Hi buddies then have a superb idea: the idol of young people will initiate a correspondence with his admirers. Extracts.
«Hi! … I want to thank all the friends who wished me a happy birthday. But that day, June 15, I was also working.This letter from Johnny was written for the second issue of Hello friendss. It’s September 1962 and Daniel Filipacchi the boss and soul of this newspaper tailor-made for young people has had a bright idea: the youth idol will write open letters to his fans. The style will be direct, so that Johnny is also considered a simple friend.
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«Johnny’s letterwill be published until number 47, in June 1966. All these epistolary exchanges are now history. They have just been exhumed in a pretty well-documented book by Christophe Quillien Our years Hi buddies ( 1959-1976), prefaced by Jean-Marie Périer, at Flammarion. In the twenty-three letters Johnny gives details of his life as an artist. Most often written with the help of Raymond Mouly, they show fans behind the scenes of his life.
Johnny’s diary, Johnny’s love affair with Sylvie Vartan, Johnny’s blues in military service… Everything is a pretext for an immersion in the intimate universe of the singer. These letters today take on an element of melancholy.
● «I hope you all became twist champions»
«I hope you all had an unforgettable vacation, that you are in great shape like me and have all become twist champions Friendly from your friend Johnny.»
● The virtues of shaving
«One fine day a friend kisses you unsuspectingly, then you see her make a face and she says to you: “you sting”. That day you know you have to shave. To all of you, the kiss of the friend.»
● Johnny does not dare to confess his love for Sylvie
«You who are real friends, I promise to warn you first when there will be something new in my life. In the meantime, I tell you what constitutes for me, for Sylvie and me, our dearest ambition: to remain a pair of friends without problem and without complex, and to work together as often as possible until my departure for military service. .»
● Johnny, the shy, finally talks about his private life
«I really like this photo of a walk with Sylvie taken by my friend Jean-Marie (Périer editor’s note) on Place Kléber in Strasbourg. And yet I will not hide from you that I hesitated for a long time to send it to you.»
● Johnny and Sylvie in love
«Nice to see each other again! This evening we are giving a gala together in Strasbourg. A game of pinball, a little dinner and it will be time to go to the theater.»
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