Sylvie Vartan

About

French pop singer of Bulgarian and Armenian origin, born August 15, 1944, in Iskretz (Sofia Province) Bulgaria. [a1406731]'s sister. On April 12, 1965, she married French rockstar [a=Johnny Hallyday] in Loconville (divorced on November 4, 1980). Together they had a son [a=David Hallyday], who also became a singer. Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan were France's "Golden Couple" of their generation. In the 1960s, landing in Italy, she immediately won resounding success and was defined as the queen