Jose Feliciano

USA

Born: 10 September 1945

Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Vocal, Pop/Rock, Latin, Country, Folk, International

Styles: Soft Rock, Folk-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Latin Pop, Latin America, Latin America

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One of the most prominent Latin-born performers of the pop era, singer/guitarist Jose Feliciano was born September 10, 1945, in Lares, Puerto Rico; the victim of congenital glaucoma, he was left permanently blind at birth. Five years later, he and his family moved to New York City's Spanish Harlem area; there Feliciano began learning the accordion, later taking up the guitar and making his first public appearance at the Bronx's El Teatro Puerto Rico at the age of nine. While in high school he became a fixture of the Greenwich Village coffeehous...

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