Originally from Iskretz, Bulgaria, where she was born on August 15, 1944, Sylvie
Vartan (born Sylvie Georges Vartanian) was one of France's first rock'n'roll
singers in the early 1960s. A prototypical "yé-yé" artist, she succeeded in
breaking free from this label to build a long-lasting career, consolidated by
numerous hits. Married to Johnny Hallyday in 1965, from whom she divorced in
1980, David Hallyday's mother followed the evolution of French chanson, from the
variety of the 1970s to the new wave of the 2000s, surrounding herself with the
songwriters, composers and arrangers...