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David Hallyday

French-Monegasque singer David Hallyday (David Michael Benjamin Smet in his civil status) was born in Boulogne-Billancourt on August 14, 1966, a year after the high-profile wedding of his parents, Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan. He grew up between France and the United States, where he took an early interest in music, learning drums, piano and guitar on his own. At 13, he made his stage debut alongside his father at the Pavillon de Paris. After his parents' divorce in 1980, David moved to Los Angeles with his mother. He formed a high school band, the Weekenders, and began his ...