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During the 1960s in America, the pop scene was covered by publications such as Teen, Teen Beat and Tiger Beat. In France, however, it was a whole different scene.
Rebellious garçons and gorgeous filles from the Yé-Yé generation were represented in an iconic magazine, "Salut Les Copains," or "Hi Buddies" in English, which ran from 1962 to 2006.
The story of "Salut Les Copains" was almost short-lived. On the September 1962 issue, a picture of Elvis holding a knife sent the mag's publisher, Daniel Filipacchi, straight to the French Ministry of Justice.
The magazine published detailed reports on young French singers, rarely on American singers and English groups, with the notable exception of the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
Among the most popular perfomers featured on the cover of "Salut Les Copains” is Johnny Hallyday, otherwise known as "the biggest rock star you've never heard of."
His wife of 20 years, the simply "irresistiblement" Sylvie Vartan.
Claude François, who wrote and composed "Comme d'habitude," the original version of Sinatra's "My Way."
The iconic Françoise Hardy, mentioned in a Bob Dylan poem and inspiration for fashion figures such as Alexa Chung and Nicolas Ghesquière.
Sheila, who in 1979 would score the club hit "Spacer," produced by Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.
"Salut Les Copains" usually brought garçons and filles together. Here is Jacques Dutronc with fellow labelmate and future wife, Françoise Hardy.
The publication even followed Johnny Hallyday's infamous 18-month military service, which allowed him to sport military uniform on LP and magazine covers.
After a drastic drop in sales, "Salut Les Copains" ceases in 2006. Six years later, it inspired a musical created by the son of Dick Rivers, an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in France.
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