When Johnny went to America....
As many music fans of a certain age will know, Johnny Hallyday was the once and future king of rock 'n' roll in France, shooting to stardom in 1960 and staying the course right through to his death in 2017. This extraordinary longevity is often thought to have come at the cost of international success, with many believing that Hallyday deliberately turned his back on an international career in order to remain king at home, but that wasn't quite how it really was... Two years into his career and with his bilingual, million-selling cover of Chubby Checker's "Let's Twist Again" ("Viens danser le twist") still on the French airwaves, Hallyday flew to Nashville in February 1962 to record his first American album with producer Shelby Singleton. The latter arraned for a crack session crew to back the singer, among them pianist Floyd Cramer, saxophonists Boots Randolph and Bill Justis, bassist Bob Moore, drummer Buddy Harman, and guitarists Jerry Kenne...