JOHNNY HALLYDAY. Universal has unearthed a new song by Johnny Hallyday, called “The Specialist” and released on the album “Johnny 70”.
[Mis à jour le 28 janvier 2022 à 17h47] “He walks towards the sun, towards his destiny.” Johnny Hallyday still has gifts to offer his fans. Four years after the death, in December 2019, of the Idol of the fans, Universal unearthed an unreleased song, called The specialist and unveiled in preview on RTL. After two first posthumous titles, the night with me and two kinds of men, this is the third piece to resurface from the Hallyday archives. Initially, this song had been created for the needs of the film The specialisttells us the radio.
“It’s a surprise and a very good surprise. I thought that title was lost forever and it was thanks to the research of the documentation department that we were able to get our hands on this archive”, explains Xavier Perrot , the artistic director of Johnny Hallyday’s catalog at Universal. And to detail: “It is a mixed tape in which there were two versions of the song: a first with a rock formation and another more acoustic. There are only two takes of this song.”
The film The Specialist was shot in the summer of 1969 and its music was composed by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, with lyrics adapted into French by Georges Aber, who had collaborated with Johnny Hallyday. The song The specialist will appear on the reissue of the album Life (originally released in November 1970), dubbed Johnny 70 and released this Friday, January 28 in stores. A 28-track album, with different versions of Johnny’s previously released tracks.