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"Feliz Navidad" (Spanish: [feˈlis naβiˈða(ð)]; lit. transl. "Merry Christmas") is a Christmas song written and first recorded in 1970 by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter José Feliciano.
Dec 14, 2020 · It's been 50 years since José Feliciano came up with the seasonal earworm " Feliz Navidad." The song is just two phrases of holiday cheer, in Spanish and in English, repeated over and over...
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José Montserrate Feliciano García (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse feliˈsjano]; born September 10, 1945) is a Puerto Rican musician. He recorded many international hits, including his rendition of the Doors ' "Light My Fire" and his self-penned Christmas song "Feliz Navidad".
Feliciano's original recording is the title track of his 1970 album. Other artists that have covered the tune include Boney M, Michael Bublé featuring Thalía and Celine Dion. It has also been performed on Glee.
Dec 25, 2021 · It was also recognized by ASCAP as one of the most played and recorded songs of all time around the world. But it took some twenty years for the song to reach and chart in America. It hit No. 18...
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Dec 16, 2015 · But it did make Feliciano realize the kind of pushback multicultural artists could face—a lesson he applied two years later when he wrote the now widely beloved Christmas song “Feliz Navidad.”
Dec 22, 2021 · José Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" is known globally as a chipper ode to cross-cultural well-wishes — a hit that spans Christmas and New Year's, English and Spanish. So it may come as a surprise that the tune came out of a sense of loneliness and distance.
