He mea mele kaulana ʻo Jose Feliciano, haku mele a mea hoʻokani pila mai Puerto Rico i kaulana i nā makahiki 1970-1990. Mahalo i nā pāʻani honua Light My Fire (bands Nā Kahu) a me ka mele Kalikimaka maikaʻi loa ʻo Feliz Navidad, ua loaʻa i ka mea hoʻokani ke kaulana.
Aia ka papa mele a ka mea pena i nā haku mele ma ka ʻōlelo Paniolo a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mea i loaʻa i ʻelua Grammy Awards no Best New Artist of 1968 a me Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance.
ʻO ke ola mua o Jose Feliciano
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo José Montserrat Feliciano Garcia ma Sepatemaba 10, 1945 ma Lares, Puerto Rico. He makapō hānau ka mea hoʻokani, ʻo ia ka hopena o kahi maʻi hoʻoilina - glaucoma.
Ma waho aʻe o ia, he 10 mau keiki hou aʻe ka ʻohana. I ka makahiki 5 o Jose, a me kona mau mākua, nā kaikunāne a me nā kaikuahine, ua neʻe ʻo ia i kahi o ka ʻāina ʻo New York - Harlem.
Mai ka wā kamaliʻi mai, hoʻomaka ʻo Feliciano e aʻo i ka pāʻani ʻana i nā mea kani like ʻole. Ua hoʻolohe ʻo ia i kahi helu nui o nā mele mele a hoʻāʻo e hana hou i ke kani.
Wahi a nā moʻolelo a ka mea pena ma ka nūpepa, "ua hoʻomaka kona aloha i ke mele i ka makahiki 3, i ka wā i hoʻokani ai kona ʻanakala i kahi mea kani, a ua hele pū ʻo José me ia ma kahi pahu pahū." ʻO ka hopena, ua mākaukau ka mea hoʻokani i ka concertina, bass, banjo, mandolin, guitar, piano a me nā mea kani ʻē aʻe.
I kona wā ʻōpio, ua ʻike ʻo Feliciano i kāna mea kani punahele, ʻo ke kīkā acoustic. Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo Jose ua loaʻa iā ia ke talena a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻomohala. I ka makahiki 16, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e loaʻa ke kālā mua no ka ʻohana, e pāʻani ana i ka folk, flamenco a me ke kīkā ma nā hale kofe o Greenwich Village.
I kekahi manawa, ua haʻalele ka makua kāne o ka mea hoʻokani me ka hana ʻole, no laila ua haʻalele ʻo Feliciano 17 makahiki i ke kula a hoʻomaka i ka hana manawa piha. Ua pāʻani ʻo ia i kāna gig ʻoihana mua ma 1963 ma ka Retort Cafe ma Detroit.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana mele a Jose Feliciano
I ka makahiki 1963, ua ʻike mua ʻia ka mea hoʻokani novice i nā cafe a me nā kaola. A ua kali kekahi mau malihini i nā hana. I kekahi ahiahi, hana ʻo Jose ma Gerde's Folk City, kahi i ʻike ai ʻo Jack Somer, ke poʻo o RCA Records, i kāna talena. Ua kono ʻo ia i ke kanaka ʻōpio e pūlima i kahi ʻaelike me ka lepili, a ua ʻae koke ʻo Feliciano.
ʻO nā hana mua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka lepili i ka makahiki 1964, he mau album ʻōlelo Pelekania: The Voice and Guitar and the single Everybody Do the Click. Ua kaulana lākou, ua hoʻokani ʻia lākou ma ka lekiō, akā ʻaʻole i hiki i nā hui ʻana i nā palapala kiʻi US. ʻOiai naʻe, nui nā mea hoʻohewa a me nā disc jockey i hāʻawi i nā loiloi maikaʻi a ʻike i ke kālena o ka mea pena.
Ma muli o ke kumu o Puerto Rican o ka mea mele, ua hoʻololi ʻo RCA Records i kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o nā album a me nā mele a Jose no kahi anaina ʻAmelika Latin. No laila, ua ʻike ʻia ka mea pena ma waena o ka poʻe hoʻolohe Hepanika. I ka makahiki 1966, ua hiki iā Feliciano ke hōʻuluʻulu i kahi keʻena me 100 tausani poʻe hoʻolohe ma Buenos Aires (Argentina).
ʻO ka kaulana o Jose Feliciano
I ka makahiki 1967, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea hoʻokani i kāna mana o ke mele Light My Fire mai ka hui kaulana loa ʻo The Doors. Ua lawe ka haku mele hou i ke kūlana 3 ma nā palapala mele pop US. Ua kūʻai ʻia aku ma mua o 1 miliona mau moʻolelo, a ua lilo kēia i mea kaulana i ka mea mele. A laila ua hoʻomaka ʻo Feliciano, me ke alakaʻi o ka lepili RCA, e hoʻololi i ke mele i nā mea hoʻolohe ʻōlelo Pelekania.
Mahalo i kahi mana hoʻomaikaʻi o Light My Fire, ua loaʻa i ka mea pena nā makana Grammy mua ʻelua. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i nā koho "Best New Artist of 1968" a me "Best Contemporary Vocal Performance". Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke mele i uhi ʻia ma ka album Feliciano! (1968), i lilo like me ka holomua. A mahalo i ka hōʻiliʻili, ua loaʻa i ka mea pena kiʻi kāna kiʻi gula mua.
I ka makahiki 1970, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Feliciano i ke mele ʻo Feliz Navidad, i lilo i mele Kalikimaka maoli. ʻAʻole nalowale ka haku mele i kona kaulana a hiki i kēia lā. Ma ka pō o ka Makahiki Hou a me ka Mele Kalikimaka, hiki ke lohe ʻia i nā pakuhi hou. Ma muli o ke kaulana nui a me ka ʻike, hoʻomaka ka mea hoʻokani e hele i nā huakaʻi ma ʻAmelika a me UK. I ka makahiki 1974 ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo José i ke kani kani no ka hōʻike televise ʻo Chico and the Man.
ʻO ka lanakila o Feliciano i kekahi manawa me nā hakakā. I ka wā o nā ʻaha mele ma ʻEnelani, ua uhaki ka mea hoʻokani makapō i nā kānāwai kuikahi holoholona o UK. ʻAʻole hiki i ka ʻīlio alakaʻi a Feliciano ke komo i ka ʻāina. He pilikia kēia no ka mea hoʻokani pila, ʻaʻole wale no kona makemake i ka ʻīlio e hoʻokele.
Ua lilo ka hoaaloha ʻehā i kona kōkua mau ma ke kahua. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēlā me kēia hana, alakaʻi ka ʻīlio i ka mea mele i waenakonu o ke kahua a hoʻi hou e kūlou iā ia i ka hopena. Ma muli o kēia hana, ʻaʻole i hoʻi ʻo José i ʻEnelani no kekahi mau makahiki.
I ka makahiki 1980 a me 1990, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Feliciano i nā mele i ka poʻe ʻōlelo Paniolo. I loko o kēia manawa, loaʻa i ka mea hoʻokani nā makana Grammy he nui i ka koho "Best Latin Pop Performance". Ma waena o nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa mua i ka Lifetime Achievement Award ma ka Latin Music Expo. A i kona hanohano, ua kapa hou lākou i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma Harlem, kahi āna i aʻo ai.
ʻO ka hoʻohewa ʻana iā Jose Feliciano no ka hīmeni ʻana i ke mele aupuni
I ka makahiki 1968, ua mālama ʻia ka World Series of Baseball ma Detroit. A kono ʻia ʻo Feliciano e hīmeni i ke mele aupuni "The Star-Spangled Banner". Ua hoʻokani ka mea pena i ka haku mele ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa, ʻokoʻa ka hana kuʻuna. ʻO ka hana i hana i ka nui o ka huhū ma waena o nā mea hoʻohewa a me nā mea pā. ʻO ka poʻe i hele mai ma ke kahua pāʻani, hoʻomāʻewaʻewa i ka mea pena. A ua kapa ka Detroit Free Press i ka hana "harrowing, soul-stirring, and controversial."
He nui nā ʻAmelika i ʻike i ka hana a Jose. Wahi a ka New York Times, ʻo ka wehewehe maʻamau ʻole he mea o ke ʻano:
“Ua hana ʻia ka hana a Feliciano i kahi mele mālie. Ua like ia me ka hui ʻana o ka ʻuhane a me ke ʻano hīmeni ʻōiwi. Ua hele pū ka mea pena iā ia iho ma ke kīkā.
ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo Feliciano ka mea mua i hoʻololi i ke mele, a ua hōʻeha i nā poʻe he nui. Ma hope o ka haʻiʻōlelo, ua loaʻa nā manaʻo mai ka poʻe ʻAmelika huhū ma ka nūpepa: "He ʻōpiopio wau e hoʻomaopopo i kēia, akā manaʻo wau he hewa ... He mea aloha ʻole." Ua kākau kekahi kamaʻāina hauʻoli: "He mea hilahila, he hōʻino ... e kākau wau i koʻu senator e pili ana i kēia."
Ua mihi ʻo Feliciano i kēia mea i hana ʻia: "Ua hana wau me ka manaʻo maikaʻi, a ua hana wau me ka ʻuhane a me ka manaʻo. Ma hope o kēlā hana, ho'ōki ka poʻe i ka hoʻolohe ʻana iaʻu ma ka lekiō. Manaʻo lākou he kūʻē nō hoʻi au. Mai ia manawa, ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa koʻu ola i ke mele... a ke hoʻāʻo nei au e hoʻi."
Ua nalowale ka hanohano o ka mea pena kiʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā hui mele like ʻole. Ua hoʻokō pū lākou i nā hoʻolālā kūʻai. Akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻāla hou i ka kaulana i waena o ka poʻe ʻōlelo Pelekania.
Parody o Feliz Navidad
I ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻokuʻu nā mea hana lekiō ʻo Matt Fox lāua ʻo AJ Rice i ka mele Kalikimaka Alien Alien ma nā hanana kanaka. He parody ʻo ia na Feliz Navidad. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā mele o ke mele ma luna o nā manaʻo stereotypical e pili ana i nā malihini mai ʻAmelika Latin. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia iā lākou he poʻe ʻona, ʻaihue a me ka poʻe ʻaihue, a me nā poʻe i loaʻa i nā maʻi weliweli. ʻO ka parody i hoʻouluulu i waena o nā mea hoʻohana a me ka media. Ua pane aku ʻo José Feliciano penei:
“Mahalo nui kēia mele iaʻu a ua lilo ia i alahaka ma waena o ʻelua moʻomeheu maoli. ʻAʻole makemake wau e hoʻohana ʻia ia i kaʻa no nā kahua politika a me ka ʻōlelo racist a inaina. He mea weliweli, makemake au e ho'ōki au a me kaʻu mele i ka pili ʻana i kēia me ka hikiwawe loa.
Eia nō naʻe, ma hope o ka manawa pōkole, ua wehe ʻia ke ala hōʻino mai ka pūnaewele Human Events. Ua kala aku ʻo Jed Babbin (hoʻoponopono pūnaewele) i ka mea mele a me kāna hui ma kahi ninaninau me The Associated Press.
ʻO ke ola pilikino
Ua male ʻelua ʻo José Feliciano. ʻO ka manawa mua ʻo ia i male ai i kahi wahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Jeanne. Eia naʻe, i ka makahiki 1978, ua hoʻoholo ka male e hemo. ʻEhā mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua mare ka mea pena kiʻi i ka lua o ka manawa i kāna hoaaloha lōʻihi ʻo Susan Omillian. Ua hui lāua ma 1971 ʻoiai ʻo ia e aʻo ana ma Detroit. He hoaaloha ka mea pena me kahi kaikamahine no 11 mau makahiki, a ma hope iho ua noi ʻo ia iā ia i ka makahiki 1982.
He mea nui ia i ka wā o kahi hana hoʻomāinoino ma Detroit, ua hui ʻo Susan i ka mea kākau haʻuki ʻo Ernie Harvell. Ma hope iki, hoʻolauna ʻo ia iā Feliciano. I kēia manawa he ʻekolu mau keiki - ke kaikamahine ʻo Melissa, a me nā keiki kāne ʻo Jonathan lāua ʻo Michael.
