Christmas early! Friday December 1, Universal – Johnny Hallyday’s former record company – slipped a surprise into the double album Johnny Hallyday symphonic, and this should delight Taulier fans. While Tuesday December 5 will mark the sixth anniversary of the singer’s death, the production company, under the leadership of musical director Yvan Cassar, has edited a title recorded in 1996 which had never seen the light of day until nowreported BFMTV Saturday December 2. Titled Engrave my heartthis song reimagined in a symphonic version, like the entire double album, is an adaptation of Love Me TenderElvis Presley classic released in 1956. According to the outlet, the song was intended to be performed at a concert planned in Las Vegas that same year, and to subsequently appear on the associated album, Destination Vegas. However, the father of David, Laura, Jade and Joy did not retain the title for either event. The artist preferred the original version during his show.
Even more, the star who died at the age of 74 might have even forgotten her since then. “As crazy as it sounds, it was on a rehearsal tape and it hadn’t been digitized. Johnny never told me about it, he must have forgotten it himself“Yvan Cassar told AFP a few weeks ago, reports BFMTV.
Double surprise
Two weeks ago, it was Warner, the singer’s latest record company, which unveiled his latest project, recorded in 2017 in a studio in Los Angeles as part of the creation of his fifty-year-old first and final album. While the title A shout was initially to be integrated into My country is love (released in 2018), it had been put aside because it “sounded too much like another song on the record”explained Maxime Nucci, producer, to Parisian last November 15. The next day, the piece finally slipped into Made in Rock’n’Rollamong ten other already known pieces.
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