Re: [JPL] José Felicano, Chico & The Man, Light My Fire, High Heeled Sneakers....

[Jim Wilke]

Thanks for clearing that up, Arturo, I did have Felicano (named in  
the subject line) confused with Feliciano.   I could find no  
reference to Felicano, and to make matters worse a search for  
Felicano at allmusic.com or google will turn up Feliciano instead.   
Did José Felicano make any records?

Jim


On Jul 3, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Arturo Gomez wrote:
>
> José Felicano is a sightless, guitarist, composer, percussionist and
> vocalist from Puerto Rico not be confused with the Puerto Rican  
> salsa singer
> José "Cheo" Feliciano. José Feliciano has been a staple of Latin  
> American
> since the  early 1960s and in 1967 crossed over to Top 40 pop radio  
> and rock
> n roll with his acclaimed RCA album that had his double-sided hit,
> California Dreamin' and Light My Fire. Since then he has recorded many
> English language albums that include folk, rock, Latin, blues, funk  
> and
> other elements while maintaining wide popularity throughout Latin  
> America to
> this day as a bolero and ballads Spanish language singer singer. In  
> the
> mid-70s through his freindship with fellow Puerto Rican, the late  
> comic
> Freddie Prinze, José got the nod to sing the theme song for Prinze's
> sucessful TV show, Chico & The Man. Feliciano is also a mainstay of
> Christmas music in a wide variety of radio formats because of his huge
> bi-lingual hit, Feliz Navidad aka I Wanna Wish You A Merry Christmas.
>
> In 1968 because of his sucessful RCA recordings which was the same  
> company
> as NBC, Feliciano got to sing the Star Spangled Banner for the  
> baseball All
> Star game in Detroit, he simply strummed his guitar in a slower,  
> bluesier
> version with a bit of scatting at the end that angered many viewers  
> sparking
> a controversy that forced cancellation of many scheduled concerts  
> and TV
> appearances.
>
> Arturo
>
>