José Feliciano

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José Feliciano at a concert (2007)
José Feliciano at a concert (2007)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Feliciano!
  UK 6th 11/02/1968 (36 weeks)
  US 2 
gold
gold
07/20/1968 (59 weeks)
Jose Feliciano
  UK 23 11/29/1969 (2 weeks)
Souled
  US 24 December 07, 1969 (19 weeks)
10 to 23
  UK 38 02/24/1970 (1 week)
  US 16 
gold
gold
07/05/1969 (36 weeks)
Alive Alive-O!
  US 29 
gold
gold
December 20, 1970 (14 weeks)
Fireworks
  UK 65 08/22/1970 (1 week)
  US 57 05/30/1970 (20 weeks)
Encore! José Feliciano's Finest Performances
  US 92 04/17/1971 (10 weeks)
That the Spirit Needs
  US 173 11/13/1971 (9 weeks)
Compartments
  US 156 May 19, 1973 (8 weeks)
And the feeling's good
  US 136 December 21, 1975 (7 weeks)
Just wanna rock n roll
  US 165 09/06/1975 (4 weeks)
Escenas de amor
  AT 2 10/01/1982 (8 weeks)
Me enamoré
  AT 13 October 15, 1983 (4 weeks)
Do inmenso amor
  AT 4th 04/01/1988 (14 weeks)
Señor Bolero 2
  US 173 05/24/2003 (1 week)
Feliz Navidad
  US 54 December 22, 2018 (7 weeks)
Singles
Light My Fire
  UK 6th 09/24/1968 (16 weeks)
  US 3 07/27/1968 (12 weeks)
Hitchcock Railway
  US 77 October 12, 1968 (3 weeks)
Hi-heel sneakers
  US 25th October 19, 1968 (8 weeks)
The Star-Spangled Banner
  US 50 11/02/1968 (5 weeks)
Hey infant
  US 71 01/25/1969 (5 weeks)
My World Is Empty Without You
  US 87 02/08/1969 (1 week)
Marley Purt Drive
  US 70 05/03/1969 (4 weeks)
Rain
  US 76 08/23/1969 (5 weeks)
And the Sun Will Shine
  UK 25th October 18, 1969 (7 weeks)
Destiny / Suzy-Q
  US 83 07/04/1970 (2 weeks)
Che sarà
  DE 7th 07/19/1971 (22 weeks)
Chico and the Man
  US 96 01/25/1975 (2 weeks)
Samba pá ti
  AT 8th 10/01/1982 (8 weeks)
The Sound of Vienna (with the Vienna Project )
  DE 62 02/22/1988 (4 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 02/15/1988 (18 weeks)
Never gonna change
  DE 71 04/10/1989 (3 weeks)
Insieme Fairplay (with Etta Scollo )
  AT 30th 06/17/1990 (1 week)
Feliz Navidad
  DE 15th 12/21/2007 (44 weeks)
  AT 11 12/11/2009 (36 weeks)
  CH 4th 12/30/2007 (25 weeks)
  UK 54 
silver
silver
12/30/2016 (5 weeks)
  US 12 07/01/2017 (9 weeks)

José Feliciano (born September 10, 1945 in Lares ) is a Puerto Rican singer and guitarist .

Life

José Feliciano was born the son of a farmer. He has one older brother and nine younger ones. Because of a congenital glaucoma , he has since he was born blind . At the age of five, he and his family moved to Harlem , New York City . At the age of nine he played in the Puerto Rico Theater . He could already play various instruments, including the accordion , but then became interested in the guitar . In order to be undisturbed, he would sometimes lock himself in his room for 14 hours a day and listen to rock music from the 1950s.

At 17, he left school to play in clubs and thus support his family. That year he also made his first professional contract appearance in Detroit .

In 1966 he went to Mar del Plata , Argentina , to perform at a festival. There he was discovered by RCA Victor who wanted to record an album with him in Spanish . Feliciano suggested bolero music and the result was the two successful hits Poquita Fe ( Little Trust ) and Usté ( “You” by Usted ).

After two more successful records, Feliciano had achieved a high level of awareness in Latin America. In order to become famous in the USA too, he moved to Los Angeles . He composed the song Feliz Navidad ( Merry Christmas ), which has now become a Christmas classic, and his own version of The Doors song Light My Fire . With the two pieces he was suddenly successful and so he sold millions of albums.

José Feliciano had an appearance in 1975 with David Carradine and Cannonball Adderley in the 55th episode of the American television series Kung Fu .

In 1968 he won the Grammy for "All Best New Artist Of The Year".

At the height of the 1968 Vietnam War protests , Feliciano had the opportunity to sing the national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, during the World Series . His very personal, slow latino jazz version was very controversial. Some called his performance unpatriotic and even demanded that he be deported. Others understood the feelings and sincerity of his performance, and so he became a hero of the counter-movement. The recording was released as a single and made it to the top 50 on the Billboard charts.

Feliciano is one of the few singers who has managed to be successful with both Spanish music and English rock and roll. In 1987 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

In 1995, Feliciano was honored by the New York Government, which renamed No. 155 Public School the José Feliciano Performing Arts School . In 1996 he made a brief appearance in the Coen brothers' Oscar-winning film Fargo , in which he played himself.

In 2018 , a riverside path was named after him in Leobersdorf , Austria , where Feliciano has lived with his family since 2015 . The christening for the José Feliciano promenade was carried out on September 30, 2018 in recognition of his many years of service to the Regenbogental Children's Therapy Center.

In 1988 he set a monument to his adopted home with the song The Sound of Vienna . In 2011 he opened a café in Vienna, where he serves his own coffee brand, Cafe Don Feliciano .

José Feliciano had a illegitimate son who died a few weeks after he was born. He and his wife Susan have a daughter and two sons.

Discography

English / International

  • 1964 - The Voice and Guitar of Jose Feliciano
  • 1965 - Fantastic Feliciano
  • 1966 - A Bag Full of Soul
  • 1968 - Feliciano!
  • 1968 - Souled
  • 1969 - Feliciano - 10 to 23
  • 1969 - Alive Alive-O!
  • 1970 - Fireworks
  • 1970 - Christmas album
  • 1971 - Encore!
  • 1971 - Ché Sara
  • 1971 - That the Spirit Needs
  • 1972 - Sings
  • 1972 - Memphis Menu
  • 1973 - Compartments
  • 1973 - Peter Stuyvesant presents José Feliciano in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
  • 1974 - For My Love, Mother Music
  • 1974 - And The Feeling's Good
  • 1975 - Just Wanna Rock and Roll
  • 1976 - Angela
  • 1977 - Sweet Soul Music
  • 1981 - Jose Feliciano
  • 1983 Romance In The Night
  • 1988 - VSOP, Jose Feliciano & Wiener Symphoniker
  • 1989 - I'm Never Gonna Change
  • 1990 - Steppin 'Out
  • 1996 - Present Tense
  • 1996 - On Second Thought
  • 2000 - The Season Of your Heart
  • 2006 - Six String Lady (the instrumental album)
  • 2007 - The Soundtrax Of My Life
  • 2009 - Djangoisms (the instrumental album to Django Reinhardt)
  • 2009 - American Classics

Spanish

  • 1966 - El sentimiento - La voz y la guitarra
  • 1966 - La copa rota
  • 1967 - Sombra
  • 1967 - ¡El fantástico!
  • 1967 - Mas éxitos de José
  • 1968 - Felicidades con lo mejor de José Feliciano
  • 1968 - Sin luz
  • 1971 - En mi soledad - No llores
  • 1971 - José Feliciano dos cruces
  • 1971 - José Feliciano January 71
  • 1971 - José Feliciano canta otra
  • 1982 - Escenas de amor
  • 1983 - Me enamoré
  • 1984 - Como tú quieres
  • 1985 - Ya soy tuyo
  • 1986 - Te amaré
  • 1987 - Tu inmenso amor
  • 1990 - Niña
  • 1992 - Latin Street '92
  • 1996 - Americano
  • 1998 - Señor Bolero (US:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 2001 - Señor Bolero 2
  • 2003 - Guitarra mía - Tribute
  • 2005 - A México, con amor
  • 2006 - José Feliciano y amigos (US:goldgold)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2020: for the single Feliz Navidad
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2018: for the single Feliz Navidad
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2019: for the single Feliz Navidad

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 35,000 aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 45,000 ifpi.dk
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 fimi.it
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 240,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 0! G- 0! P- 200,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2

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  1. ↑ US singles: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn presents the Billboard Albums . 6th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  2. ^ Billboard 200, May 24, 2003
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  4. ^ Daniel Meier, Every year the same song, in: NZZ am Sonntag, December 22, 2013, p. 17.
  5. ↑ grammy.com
  6. ↑ http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19834/m1/
  7. ↑ leobersdorf.at: Honoring meeting the market town Leobersdorf

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Feliciano, José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Lares , Puerto Rico