Feliciano!
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Feliciano! is a 1968 album by Puerto Rican guitarist José Feliciano. All the songs are acoustic versions of various artists such as The Mamas & the Papas, The Doors, Gerry & the Pacemakers, The Beatles, Jorge Ben Jor, Lou Johnson and others.
It has been the most successful album of his career in the USA. It reached no. 2 and stayed for 59 weeks in the album charts (no. 25 end-of-year charts 1968 and no. 66 end-of-year 1969). It was no. 3 on the R&B charts in 1968 and no. 3 on the Jazz charts as well, and it went up to no. 1 in Canada and to no. 6 in the UK; it was nominated for a Grammy in 1969 as "Best Album of the Year" and producer Rick Jarrard received a nomination as best producer of the year, but Jose Feliciano actually won two Grammys as "Best New artist" and for "Best pop male song of the year" with the song "Light My Fire".
The cover of the album shows a drawing by George Bartell of the blind artist with his guitar.
Track listing
- "California Dreamin"' (John Phillips, Michelle Phillips)
- "Light My Fire" (Robbie Krieger, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore)
- "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Gerry Marsden)
- "In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "And I Love Her" (Lennon, McCartney)
- "Nena Na Na" (Jorge Ben)
- "Always Something There to Remind Me" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
- "Just a Little Bit of Rain" (Fred Neil)
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
- "Here, There and Everywhere" (Lennon, McCartney)
- "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton)
Personnel and note
- José Feliciano - guitar, vocals, arrangements
- Ray Brown - double bass
- Milt Holland - percussion
- Jim Horn - alto flute, recorder
- George Tipton - orchestration, string & woodwind arrangements
- Perry Botkin Jr - arrangements
- Rick Jarrard - producer
- Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, California on November 21, 1967 and January 5 & 6, 1968
