Jose Feliciano

Sadly, the boy was born with serious health problems and passed away a few weeks after birth. She continued recording for many years, releasing "Last Night" in 2000, "Just Keep Thinking About You" in 2001, and "I Never Knew" in 2002. The woman gave birth to a baby boy. The song has become something of an anthem of female emancipation, and is still a staple of office parties and karaoke nights, not to mention an anthem in North American gay culture. She also sang on lesser-known disco songs like "Honey Bee" (1973), "Casanova Brown" (1975), and "I Am What I Am" (1983). In 2001, Feliciano admitted to having inpregnated a woman outside his marriage. The lyrics of "I Will Survive" are written from the point of view of a woman, recently dumped, telling her ex-lover that she can cope without him and doesn't want anything more to do with him. In 1995, Feliciano was honored by the government of New York, which re-named Public School 155 the Jose Feliciano Performing Arts School. Her first solo single was "She'll Be Sorry"/"Let Me Go Baby" (1965).

He had his hands cast on the famous Madame Tussaud's museum's Wall of Fame, and he has a star in the Walk of Fame of his natal Puerto Rico. Born in New Jersey, Gaynor was a singer with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz/pop band, in the 1960s. He received a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987, after continuing on being a very popular singer during the 1980s. singer best-known for the disco hit songs "I Will Survive" (1979) and "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1973). Feliciano holds the distinction of being one of the few singers to have enjoyed success both in Spanish music and in English rock and roll. Gloria Gaynor (real name Gloria Fowles, born September 7, 1949) is a U.S. Feliciano's Star-Spangled Banner took place 10 months before the now famous Jimi Hendrix rendition at Woodstock.

The rendition was released as a single showed up in the Billboard top 40. Others understood the emotions and sincerity of his performance, and he emerged as a counterculture hero. Some called his rendition unpatriotic and a disgrace; some called for his exportation. His highly personalized, slow, Latin-jazz performance proved highly controversial.

In 1968, at the height of protests against the Vietnam War, Feliciano was given the opportunity to sing the Star-Spangled Banner during the World Series. He immediately became a sensation all across North America and he sold millions of albums there with those two songs. Feliciano then composed Feliz Navidad (I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas!!) which has become a Christmas classic in the United States as well as in Latin-America, and his own version of The Doors' song Light My Fire. Then, he moved to Los Angeles, to pursue his dream of becoming a house hold name in the United States too.

After two more, successful albums, Feliciano had become a household name all over Latin America. The result was two smashing hits with the singles Poquita Fe (Little Faith) and Uste ( You, uste(d) being a more respectful way to say you in Spanish). They weren't sure what they wanted to record, but Feliciano suggested they record bolero music. There, he impressed RCA Victor officials, who told him to stay there to record an album in Spanish.

In 1966, he went to Mar Del Plata, to perform at the Festival de Mar Del Plata. He went to Detroit for that. That year also, he had his first professional, contracted performance. At 17, he quit school to play on clubs, because his family was going through a precarious economic situation.

To learn, he locked himself in his room for up to 14 hours a day to listen to 1950s rock albums. He could play various instruments (such as the accordion) by then but he wanted to learn to play the guitar. At age 9, he played on the Teatro Puerto Rico. At five, his family moved to Spanish Harlem, New York City.

He was first exposed to music at age 3. Feliciano overcame his handicap to score many international hits. The victim of congenital glaucoma, he was left permanently blind at birth. José Feliciano (born September 10, 1945 in Lares), is a Puerto Rican singer.