ホセ・フェリシアーノは １９４５年生まれ 私は １９４４年 生まれ。 CheSara が生まれたのは １９７１年。
大学の卒業前に 結婚して この年には 長女が ２歳 次女が 生まれた歳だ。 貧しいながらも
きっぱりと 生きて行こう！。としていた。
この歌を 当時は知らなかったが、 旅立つ 若者たちの心意気が 良く 現れていて 共感を覚える。
不安で 仕方がなかった時代、おどおどしながら だけど、 どうにかなるさ どうにかして しまおうと
ノルウェーに長期出張を命じられたのが １９７５年。
幸い 家族も呼んで 良いとの知らせが 届き うろうろしていたが きっぱり 決意して 自分の生き方や
性格まで ”前向きに一歩前にでる！” ことから 変えてしまおうとした。
当時の心情が この歌詞に 良く表れている。 どこかで 踏ん切りをつけて やってやるぞ ！！と。
有難いことに ノルウェーで ３番目の娘 姫③が 誕生してくれた。
ノルウェーで 大好きな なじみの果物を イメージした名前をつけた。 とても うれしく
神様の配剤に 感謝した。 おおおお～ 豊かな家庭を また 一から 創ろう。
７年ぶりだった。
あのまま行ったら 小学生の子供たちを もった 親らしく しっかり威厳をもって生きていく
大人を演じ続けたと 思うが、 また 赤ちゃん誕生で 家の中は 活気に満ちて 笑い声が
たえなくなった。
こんな だらしなく 意気地のない自分でも ３人の娘たちが 誕生してくれた。
この子たちを しあわせに するには もう 張り切らざるを得ない、もう逃げない。
もう逃げないぞ ！！ やってやろう じゃああないか！！ きっぱり 心の中で 誓ったこと
を 想いだす。 家人の役割は もう大変だああ。 よくぞまああ と いまだに 感謝せざるを得ない。
はい 負けました。降参です。感謝です。 すみません。よろしくお願いします。
時々 今でも 途方にくれ 毎日のように 奈落の底に 陥ることがある。
ただ 昔ほどは 奈落の底は 深くない。
だが 忘れまい。 世の中が 自分にとって 本当に厳しく思えた時代。
この歌を聴くと 初心に帰れる。
日本では ブルーノートで コンサートをやったそうだ。長女がご縁が深いブルーノート。
出張で NYに行くと 良く一人で 夜中にブルーノートを よく聴きに行っていた。
ホセ フェリシアーノさんが 再度 来日したら 家族をつれて 行こう。
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
Che Sara は 時々 聴く。 初心を思い出すときに 特に 聴く。
Jose Felicianoは 子供の頃 緑内障で 視力を失ったが 死力を尽くして
私の好きな数々の名曲を つくりだしてくれた。
★ところで 偶然 1971年の♫ Ricchi E Poveri ♪ の映像を見つけた。
若い男性2人＆女性2人のグループは、これから自分たちは
人生に挑戦するんだ！ やるんだ！ と
”人生の歓喜” の歌声 に聴こえた。
| 生名 | José Montserrate Feliciano García |
|---|---|
| 生誕 | 1945年9月10日（71歳） |
| 出身地 |  プエルトリコ、ラレス |
| ジャンル | ラテン・ポップ ボレロ |
| 職業 | 歌手 ギタリスト |
| 活動期間 | 1966年 – 現在 |
| 公式サイト | www.josefeliciano.com |
プエルトリコのラレスに生まれた。緑内障のため生後まもなく失明したが、盲目のハンディキャップを乗り越え世界的なヒット曲を数多く手がけた。スパニッシュ・ギターの名手でもある。
1964年、「Everybody Do the Click」でデビュー。同年に行われたニューポート・フォーク・フェスティバルに参加。
1968年、ドアーズの「ハートに火をつけて」をカバー。同曲は8月31日から9月14日にかけてビルボード・Hot 100で3週連続3位を記録し、ゴールドディスクに輝いた[1][2][3]。またこの年、グラミー賞で最優秀新人賞を受賞した。
1969年、「Rain」は日本でも「雨のささやき」の名前でレコードがリリースされヒットした。
1970年に発表された「Feliz Navidad」（フェリス・ナビダッド、スペイン語で「メリークリスマス」の意）は米国およびスペイン語圏でもっともよく聴かれるクリスマス・ソングのひとつとなっている。
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1971年のサンレモ音楽祭に参加した際にイタリア語で歌った 「Che sarà」（ケ・サラ、スペイン語版では”Qué será”、ケ・セラ）が世界的にヒット。日本でも岩谷時子や西村義明の訳詞で広く知られるようになった。
Childhood[edit]
Feliciano was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, on September 10, 1945. Left permanently blind at birth as a result of congenital glaucoma,[2] he was first exposed to music at the age of three; he would play on a tin cracker can while accompanying his uncle, who played the cuatro.[3] When Feliciano was five, his family moved to Spanish Harlem, New York City, and at nine he played theTeatro Puerto Rico in The Bronx.[4]
Feliciano started his musical life playing the accordion until his father gave him, in a brown paper bag, his first guitar. He would play his guitar by himself in his room for up to 14 hours a day, and would listen to 1950s rock’n’roll, records of classical guitarists and jazz players. Andrés Segovia and Wes Montgomery were among his favorites. Feliciano later had classical lessons with Harold Morris, who had been a student of Segovia.[5] In a 1969 interview, he also mentioned soul music in general, and Ray Charles in particular, as influences on his singing.[6]
At 17, he quit school to play in clubs. He had his first professional, contracted performance in Detroit.
英語版アルバム
- A Bag Full of Soul（1966年）
- Feliciano!（1968年）
- Souled（1968年）
- Feliciano! – 10 to 23 -（1969年）
- alive alive-O!（1969年）
- Fireworks（1970年）
- Feliz Navidad（1970年）
- Encore!（1971年）
- Ché Sarà（1971年）]
- That the Spirit Needs（1971年）
- Sings（1972年）
- Memphis Menu（1972年）
- Compartments（1973年）
- For My Love, Mother Music（1974年）
- And The Feeling’s Good（1974年）
- Just Wanna Rock and Roll（1975年）
- Angela（1976年）
- Sweet Soul Music（1977年）
- Jose Feliciano（1981年）
- Romance In The Night（1983年）
- I’m Never Gonna Change（1989年）
- Steppin’ Out（1990年）
- Present Tense（1996年）
- On Second Thought（1996年）
- Six-String Lady (the instrumental album)（2006年）
- Soundtrax of My Life（2007年）
- The Paris Concert（2008年）
- American Classics（2009年）ダウンロードのみ
- Djangoisms（2009年）ダウンロードのみ
- The Genius of José Feliciano, Vol.2（2011年）
- The King, Jose Feliciano tribute to Elvis Presley（2012年）
スペイン語アルバム[編集]
- 1966年 El Sentimiento La Voz y la Guitarra
- 1966年 La Copa Rota
- 1967年 Sombra
- 1967年 ¡El Fantástico!
- 1967年 Mas Éxitos de José
- 1968年 Felicidades Con Lo Mejor de José Feliciano
- 1968年 Sin Luz
- 1971年 En Mi Soledad – No Llores
- 1971年 José Feliciano Dos Cruces
- 1971年 José Feliciano January 71
- 1971年 José Feliciano Canta Otra
- 1982年 Escenas de Amor
- 1983年 Me Enamoré
- 1984年 Como Tú Quieres
- 1985年 Ya Soy Tuyo
- 1986年 Te Amaré
- 1987年 Tu Inmenso Amor
- 1990年 Niña
- 1992年 Latin Street ’92
- 1996年 Americano
- 1998年 Señor Bolero
- 2001年 Señor Bolero 2
- 2003年 Guitarra Mía Tribute
- 2005年 A México, Con Amor
- 2006年 Jose Feliciano y amigos
- 2007年 Señor Bachata
- 2008年 Con Mexico en el corazon
- 2009年 José Feliciano en vivo
日本公演[編集]
- 1月10日 東京厚生年金会館
- 1月21日 中野サンプラザ
- 1月23日 渋谷公会堂
- 9月3日,4日 Billboard Live Tokyo
- 11月11日,12日,13日 Blue Note Tokyo
- 7月16日,17日,18日 Blue Note Tokyo
1960s[edit]
In 1963, after some live performances in pubs and clubs around the USA and Canada, especially in Greenwich Village, New York, and Vancouver, BC, where he played at the same time as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, he was signed by Jack Somer, an executive at RCA Victor.[7] In 1964, he released his first single, “Everybody Do the Click” (which became a hit in the Philippines, at #2, staying 14 weeks in the TopTen Hit parade) and he was invited to the 1964 Newport Folk Festival.[8] In 1965 and 1966, he released his first albums: The Voice and Guitar of Jose Feliciano andA Bag Full of Soul, two folk-pop-soul albums that showcased his talent on radios across the USA, where he was described as a “10-finger wizard”.[citation needed]
In 1966, he went to Mar del Plata, Argentina, to perform at the Festival de Mar del Plata. There, he impressed RCA Victor officials, who asked him to stay and record an album in Spanish. They were unsure what they wanted to record so Feliciano suggested the bolero music of his parents. The result was two smash hits with the singles “Poquita Fe” (“Little Faith”, also entitled “Sin Fe”, or “Without Faith”), a song written by fellow Puerto Rican Bobby Capó, and “Usted” (the formal version of “you” in Spanish).
A year later, Feliciano was due to perform in the United Kingdom but the authorities would not allow his guide dog, Trudy, into the country unless she was quarantined for six months. The stringent quarantine measures of those days were intended to prevent the spread of rabies. Feliciano later wrote a song entitled, “No Dogs Allowed” (becoming a Netherlands Top 10 hit in 1969), which told the story of his first visit to London.[9]
During his British visit, on July 16, 1967, Feliciano gave a live performance on the pirate radio stations Radio 227 and Radio 355, on board the MV Laissez Faire off the British coast less than a month before the stations were due to be closed by the UK’s Marine Broadcasting Offences Act. He also guested on a popular British television show with Dusty Springfield and recorded a rare single for RCA in England called “My Foolish Heart / Only Once” which was played on London radio. Earlier, on June 4, 1967, in London’s Speakeasy Club, Jimi Hendrix came to the stage and complimented Feliciano on his extraordinary guitar work.
After two more successful albums, Feliciano, now a household name all over Latin America, moved to Los Angeles. He got together with RCA Victor producer Rick Jarrard who was, at the time, also producing Harry Nilsson and Jefferson Airplane. They recorded the Doors‘ song “Light My Fire” in a Latin style and released it as a single, and in the summer of 1968 it reached #3 on the US pop charts with over one million copies sold in the US market alone. The song became a #1 hit in many countries, including Canada, Brazil and the UK and was awarded a gold disc.[10] On the strength of this success, Feliciano won two 1968 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist of the Year and Best Pop Song of the Year, bringing him worldwide recognition as a pop star and stylistic leader because of his “crossover” from Latino music to English-language pop rock. He is widely recognized as the first virtuoso classical guitarist to bring nylon-string guitars into the pop rock scene.[citation needed]
On October 7, 1968, at the height of protests against the Vietnam War, Feliciano was invited by Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell to perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Tiger Stadium in Detroit during Game 5 pre-game ceremonies of the 1968 World Series between the Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals. His personalised, slow, Latin jazz performance[6] proved highly controversial. In an October 2006 NPR broadcast, he expressed pride at opening the door for later interpretations of the national anthem. His World Series rendition, which features him accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar,[6] was released as a single that charted for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #50. That recording of the National Anthem is now on permanent exhibit in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
In 1969, working with Quincy Jones on the Mackenna’s Gold movie soundtrack, he recorded popular theme song “Old Turkey Buzzard“. Also that year, he appeared on numerous US television shows, performing duets with Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Bing Crosby, Glen Campbell, Andy Williams, and Diana Ross.
1970s[edit]
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José Feliciano in 1970
In 1970, Feliciano wrote and released an album of Christmas music, Feliz Navidad. The title song has been covered by many artists, becoming a traditional part of the musical landscape around the world at Christmas time. Each year, during the Christmas season, “Feliz Navidad” returns to the airwaves as one of the most-played and most-downloaded songs of the season. “Feliz Navidad” is also recognized by ASCAP as one of the 25 all-time most-played Christmas songs in the world. It is in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In 1971, he traveled to Italy to participate in the Sanremo Music Festival, singing the song “Che Sarà” in Italian, earning second place in that contest along with a standing ovation by the Italian public. He later recorded the song, which became a success in Italy, and in much of Europe, including theEastern Bloc countries, as well as in Asia. Feliciano later recorded it in Spanish as “Qué Será”, which became a hit in Central and South America, and in English as “Shake a Hand,” which was a hit in Scandinavian countries.
He wrote and performed the theme song to the 1970s comedy series Chico and the Man, and played a guest role on that series as the cousin of Chico (Freddie Prinze), singer Pepe Fernando. In the 1970s, he acted and composed for television series and movies including McMillan & Wife, Kung Fu, and the soundtrack for the 1976 movie Aaron Loves Angela. He has also been a guest performer on many albums by other artists, including Bill Withers‘s +’Justments, John Lennon‘s Rock ‘n’ Roll, Joni Mitchell‘s Court and Spark, Michael Nesmith‘s Tantamount to Treason and has given concerts with Carlos Santana, Cat Stevens, and Paul Simon.
In 1975, on his last RCA album Just Wanna Rock’n’Roll Feliciano released his well known jazz-funk-Latin instrumental composition “Affirmation”, which was re-released one year later by jazz guitarist George Benson on his hit album Breezin’.
In early 1974, he played in Prague, Czechoslovakia, sharing the stage with Czech idol Karel Gott. Feliciano was one of the very few western pop stars who was able to straddle the cultural barrier between the West and the Eastern Bloc countries.
In 1979, he recorded a spontaneous version of his 1968 hit “Light My Fire”, as a duet with rhythm and blues/pop singer Minnie Riperton. The duet was included on Riperton’s final studio album for Capitol Records. Riperton died of cancer two months after its release. It has been said[by whom?] that the duet was unplanned, which is the reason Feliciano is not heard until the second half of the song. He and Riperton were friends and he just happened to be at the studio when it was being recorded and popped in.
1980s[edit]
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During the 1980s, after a brief attempt at an English album produced by Berry Gordy, (Feliciano was a guest on the famous 1983 NBC television show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever), record companies recognized his primary affinity for the Latin market, and he began recording an impressive number of hit records for that market, including the Motown albums Escenas de Amor and Me Enamoré, as well as others from RCA, EMI, and Capitol, garnering four more Grammy Awards for best Latin performer. He recorded a duet called “Por Ella” with the most popular Mexican singer at the time, José José, which became a Latin hit. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, José recorded duets with Natalie Cole (Everlasting), Gloria Estefan (Alma Caribena), jazz singer Diane Schuur (“By Design” and “The Wedding Song”) on her 1985 album Schuur Things, and with Paul Simon on a particular version of his album Songs from The Capeman.
Feliciano received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987, continuing as a very popular singer for the rest of the 1980s. He had his hands cast on the famous Madame TussaudsMuseum’s Wall of Fame and has a star on the Walk of Fame of his native Puerto Rico. He also had a hit in 1987 in Austria with the song “The Sound of Vienna”, which reached number 1 there for 4 weeks, and recorded with the famous Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The Orchestra also performed with him live on national television at Danube Park in Vienna before more than 60,000 people. Feliciano also released the cover version of Richard Marx‘s “Right Here Waiting” in early 1990.
1990s[edit]
In 1994, Feliciano recorded a dance record in English entitled “Goin’ Krazy” (MJM Records) under the pseudonym JR. Latino disk jockeys around the world supported the record, helping the 12-inch dance record chart on Billboard and earning him new and younger fans.[citation needed]
In 1995, Feliciano was honored by the City of New York, which renamed Public School 155 as the Jose Feliciano Performing Arts School. In 1996, he had a short cameo role in the film Fargowhere he performed as a lounge act that Steve Buscemi (as Carl Showalter) took an escort for an evening out.
Feliciano was also an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards’ judging panel to support independent artists.[11]
2000s[edit]
Feliciano performed the theme song “Behind the Mask” for the television series Queen of Swords in 2000. A promotional video sung in Spanish but never published can be found on YouTube.[12] The full English version, never published, sung by Feliciano and the composers Spencer Proffer and Steve Plunkett is also on YouTube.[13] He would be presented the 2000Grammy Legend Award at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, the same ceremony that saw Santana win 9 Grammys and Christina Aguilera become the second Hispanic to win Best New Artist.
In 2000 Guitarra Mía, a special tribute to Feliciano, was produced by the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and aired both in Puerto Rico and in US cities with large Puerto Rican populations. This television special (and its soundtrack) featured Feliciano and many Puerto Rican and international stars singing some of his most famous songs, along with his personal favorites from other artists. It was first aired in December 2000, just two days after his mother died unexpectedly from a heart attack. The special’s last scenes featured her giving her son a standing ovation, recorded for the occasion a month before.
On December 6, 2006, Feliciano’s new Spanish album, “José Feliciano y Amigos,” was released by Universal Records, featuring Feliciano in duets with other Latin American stars including Luis Fonsi, Lupillo Rivera, Luciano Pereyra, Rudy Pérez, Cristian Castro, Marc Anthony, Ramón Ayala, Alicia Villarreal, Ricardo Montaner, and Raúl di Blasio. A special edition was later released, featuring Ana Gabriel and Gloria Estefan.
In 2007, Feliciano released an album called “Soundtrax of My Life,” the first English-language album composed and written by him.
In 2009, after winning his eighth Grammy for the album Señor Bolero, he left Siente Music and released two new English-language albums for digital download, only available from his personal websites. One was dedicated to American Classics, including songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, and the other was an instrumental album in homage to jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardtwho inspired Feliciano, and features Feliciano’s song “Djangoisms”. A single from the Kumbia All Starz features him and the Tejano band Los Dinos, released April 28, 2010.
2010s[edit]
On May 10, 2010, Feliciano performed his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Comerica Park in Detroit. This was part of the remembrance of Detroit Tigers radio announcer Ernie Harwell, who had died the Tuesday before. He played it similarly to the way he had in 1968 with his acoustic guitar and his slow tempo-ed, Latin jazz style.
On December 15, 2010, Feliciano appeared as the featured guest on the 37th episode of Daryl Hall‘s Webbie-Award winning webcast Live From Daryl’s House. Feliciano and Hall took turns on several numbers, including Feliciano’s version of “Light My Fire.” On November 9, 2011, Feliciano received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
In January 2012, he was a guest in Memphis for the celebration of Elvis Presley‘s birthday, where he announced the release (on August 7, 2012) of his new album The King, a tribute to Elvis produced in collaboration with Elvis’ former manager, George Klein. In July 2012, he signs with managers MBM/Howard Perl Management and then on August 7, 2012, Feliciano released The King, a tribute to Elvis Presley. The record was executive-produced by Elvis’ former best friend George Klein and released by Johnny Phillips’ Select-O-Hits label.
On September 19, 2012, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, he was invited to sing “God Bless America” for the seventh-inning stretch of the New York Yankees game at Yankee Stadium. Additionally, less than one month later, on October 14, 2012, Feliciano returned to baseball’s post-season, and on national television, once again rendered his stylized version of the Star-Spangled Banner in San Francisco before the first game of the National League’s Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Family[edit]
Jose Feliciano met Susan Omillian, an art student, in Detroit, Michigan in August 1971. After becoming friends and dating for 11 years they married in 1982. They have three children: a daughter, Melissa, and two sons, Jonathan and Michael. Susan was raised in Detroit and met Ernie Harwell during the controversy over Feliciano’s rendition of the National Anthem in 1968. It was Harwell who later introduced her to Feliciano.[14]
Parody[edit]
In December 2009 a parody of “Feliz Navidad” entitled “The Illegal Alien Christmas Song” was created by radio producers Matt Fox and A. J. Rice and posted on the website for Human Events, a Washington-based conservative weekly publication. The parody, sung in English, played on the stereotype of Latino immigrants as heavy drinkers and that undocumented immigrants were going to “spread bubonic plague”.
Feliciano released a statement on December 23 on his official website:
“This song has always been a bridge to the cultures that are so dear to me, never as a vehicle for a political platform of racism and hate. It’s disgusting and my only wish that my song and I are distanced from the whole affair as soon as possible.”[15]
In a statement to the Associated Press the same day, Jed Babbin, Human Events’ site editor, apologized for “any offense that Mr. Feliciano may have taken from this parody” and removed it from the site.[16]
Discography[edit]
English[edit]
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- 1965 – The Voice and Guitar of José Feliciano
- 1966 – A Bag Full of Soul
- 1966 – Fantastic Feliciano
- 1968 – Feliciano!
- 1968 – Souled
- 1969 – Feliciano/10 to 23
- 1969 – Alive Alive O!
- 1970 – Fireworks
- 1970 – Feliz Navidad
- 1971 – Encore!
- 1971 – Che sarà
- 1971 – That the Spirit Needs
- 1971 – Another Record
- 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 – Affirmation
- 1975 – Just Wanna Rock’n’Roll
- 1976 – Angela
- 1977 – Sweet Soul Music
- 1981 – José Feliciano
- 1983 – Romance in the Night
- 1989 – I’m Never Gonna Change
- 1990 – Steppin’ Out (Optimism)
- 1994 – Goin’ Krazy (MJM) (12″ Dance Remix Single recorded under the pseudonym JR)
- 1996 – Present Tense
- 1996 – On Second Thought (32 Jazz)
- 2006 – Six-String Lady (the instrumental album)
- 2007 – The Genius of José Feliciano
- 2008 – The Soundtrax of My Life (Hip-O)
- 2009 – The Paris Concert (live)
- 2009 – American Classics (only for digital download)
- 2009 – Djangoisms (only for digital download)
- 2011 – The Genius of José Feliciano, Vol.2
- 2012 – The King, Jose Feliciano tribute to Elvis Presley
Spanish[edit]
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| Born | September 10, 1945 Lares, Puerto Rico |
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 Oral History, Jose Feliciano talks about his first successful album (his fourth). Interview date May 25, 2015, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library |
José Montserrate Feliciano García (born September 10, 1945), better known simply as José Feliciano [xoˈse feliˈsjano], is a Puerto Rican virtuoso guitarist, singer, and composer known for many international hits, including his rendition of The Doors‘ “Light My Fire” and the best-selling Christmas single, “Feliz Navidad“. His music is known for having a mix of styles, for example including bothFlamenco music and mellow easy listening influences in many songs.[1]
In the US, he received widespread popularity in the 1960s, particularly after his 1968 album, Feliciano!, came out and was a No. 2 hit.[1]He has released many albums over the years in both English and Spanish.
