UJose Feliciano ungumculi odumile, umbhali wamaculo kanye nesigingci wasePuerto Rico owayedumile ngeminyaka yawo-1970s-1990s. Sibonga amahithi amazwe ngamazwe Light My Fire (amabhendi The Doors) kanye nengoma kaKhisimusi ethengiswa kakhulu u-Feliz Navidad, umculi wathola ukuthandwa okukhulu.
I-repertoire yomculi ihlanganisa izingoma ngeSpanishi nesiNgisi. Uphinde abe ngumamukeli wemiklomelo emibili ye-Grammy ye-Best New Artist ka-1968 kanye ne-Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance.
Impilo yokuqala kaJose Feliciano
UJosé Montserrat Feliciano Garcia wazalwa ngo-September 10, 1945 eLares, ePuerto Rico. Umenzi unobumpumputhe azalwa nabo, okuwumphumela wesifo sofuzo - i-glaucoma.
Ngaphezu kwakhe, umndeni wawunezingane ezingu-10 ezengeziwe. Lapho u-Jose eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala, kanye nabazali bakhe, abafowabo nodadewabo, wathuthela endaweni enyakatho yeNew York - Harlem.
Kusukela esemncane, uFeliciano waqala ukufunda ukudlala izinsimbi zomculo ezihlukahlukene. Walalela inani elibalulekile lamarekhodi omculo futhi wazama ukuphinda iculo.
Ngokusho komculi emaphephandabeni, "uthando lwakhe lomculo lwaqala eneminyaka engu-3 ubudala, lapho umalume wakhe edlala insimbi yomculo, futhi uJosé wahamba naye nge-cracker tin." Ngenxa yalokho, umculi wakwazi ukucula ikhonsathi, ibhesi, i-banjo, i-mandolin, isiginci, upiyano nezinye izinsimbi zekhibhodi.
Lapho esanda kweva eshumini nambili, uFeliciano wathola insimbi yakhe ayithandayo, isiginci esinomsindo. UJose waqonda ukuthi unikezwe ithalente futhi waqala ukulithuthukisa. Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, waqala ukutholela umndeni imali yokuqala, edlala abantu, i-flamenco nesiginci ezindlini zekhofi zaseGreenwich Village.
Ngesinye isikhathi, uyise womculi washiywa engasebenzi, ngakho uFeliciano oneminyaka engu-17 wayeka isikole waqala ukwenza umsebenzi ogcwele. Udlale igigi yakhe yokuqala yobungcweti ngo-1963 eRetort Cafe eDetroit.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaJose Feliciano
Ngo-1963, umculi we-novice wayesevele eqashelwe kumathilomu nemigoqo. Futhi ezinye izivakashi zaze zalinda ukubukiswa. Ngobunye ubusuku, uJose wadlala eGerde's Folk City, lapho uJack Somer, inhloko yeRCA Records, aqaphela ithalente lakhe. Wacela le nsizwa ukuba isayine isivumelwano nelebula, futhi uFeliciano wavuma ngokushesha.
Imisebenzi yokuqala eyakhishwa kulebula ngo-1964 kwakungama-albhamu esiNgisi: Izwi neGuita kanye neyodwa ethi Everybody Do the Click. Baduma, baze badlalwa nasemsakazweni, kodwa ukuhlanganiswa akuzange kufinyelele kumashadi ase-US. Naphezu kwalokhu, abagxeki abaningi kanye nama-disc jockeys banikeze ukubuyekezwa okuhle futhi baqaphela ithalente lomculi.
Ngenxa yemvelaphi yomculi wasePuerto Rican, i-RCA Records iguqule ingxenye ebalulekile yama-albhamu kaJose nezingoma ezingashadile zezithameli zaseLatin America. Ngenxa yalokho, umdwebi uthole ukuqashelwa phakathi kwabalaleli base-Hispanic. Kakade ngo-1966, uFeliciano wakwazi ukuhlanganisa ihholo elinezilaleli eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-100 eBuenos Aires (Argentina).
Ukuduma kuka-Jose Feliciano
Ngo-1967, umculi wakhulula inguqulo yakhe yengoma ethi Light My Fire eqenjini elidume kakhulu elithi The Doors. Ukuqamba okusha kuthathe indawo yesithathu kumashadi omculo we-pop wase-US. Kwathengiswa amarekhodi angaphezu kwesigidi, futhi lokhu kwenza umculi waba usaziwayo ngokushesha. Khona-ke uFeliciano, kanye nobuholi belebula le-RCA, baqala ukujwayela umculo wabalaleli abakhuluma isiNgisi.
Ngenxa yenguqulo ethuthukisiwe ye-Light My Fire, iciko lithole izindondo ezimbili zokuqala ze-Grammy. Waklonyeliswa ngezindondo ezithi “Best New Artist of 1968” kanye “neBest Contemporary Vocal Performance”. Ingoma ehlanganisiwe ifakwe ku-albhamu ethi Feliciano! (1968), okwaba yimpumelelo ngokulinganayo. Futhi ngenxa yeqoqo, umculi wathola i-Golden Disc yakhe yokuqala.
Ngo-1970, uFeliciano waqopha ingoma ethi Feliz Navidad, eyaba yingoma yangempela kaKhisimusi. Ukwakheka akulahli ukuthandwa kwayo nanamuhla. Ngosuku olwandulela uNcibijane noKhisimusi, ingazwakala kumashadi anamuhla. Ngenxa yokuthandwa okukhulu nokuqashelwa, umculi waqala ukuhamba eMelika nase-UK. Ngo-1974 uJosé waqopha iculo lomdlalo wethelevishini i-Chico and the Man.
Ngezinye izikhathi impumelelo kaFeliciano yayihambisana nezingxabano. Phakathi namakhonsathi eNgilandi, umculi oyimpumputhe wephula imithetho yaseBrithani yokuhlukanisa abantu ngezilwane ezifuywayo. Inja kaFeliciano eqondisayo ayikwazanga ukungena ezweni. Lokhu kube yinkinga kulo mculi, hhayi nje ngoba ubedinga inja ukuze akwazi ukuhamba.
Lo mngani onemilenze emine ube ngumsizi wakhe njalo esiteji. Ekuqaleni komdlalo ngamunye, inja yayiholela umculi phakathi nendawo futhi ibuye izomkhothamela ekugcineni. Ngenxa yalesi senzakalo, uJosé akazange abuyele eNgilandi iminyaka eminingana.
Phakathi neminyaka yawo-1980 no-1990, u-Feliciano wathengisa umculo ikakhulukazi izethameli ezikhuluma iSpanishi. Ngalesi sikhathi, umculi wathola imiklomelo eminingi ye-Grammy ekuqokweni kwe-"Best Latin Pop Performance". Phakathi kokunye okuhlukile, ube ngumamukeli wokuqala we-Lifetime Achievement Award ku-Latin Music Expo. Futhi ngokuhlonishwa kwakhe, baqamba kabusha isikole samabanga aphezulu eHarlem, lapho afunda khona.
Ukugxekwa kukaJose Feliciano ngokucula iculo lesizwe
Ngo-1968, iWorld Series of Baseball yabanjelwa eDetroit. Futhi uFeliciano wamenywa ukuba acule iculo lesizwe elithi "The Star-Spangled Banner". Umdwebi wenze ukuqamba ngendlela engavamile, ehlukile kweyendabuko. Ukusebenza kubangele inani elikhulu lentukuthelo phakathi kwabagxeki nabalandeli. Abebekhona enkundleni bakhwele badilika kumculi. Futhi i-Detroit Free Press ibize ukusebenza ngokuthi "okuhlukumezayo, okushukumisa umphefumulo, nokuphikisana."
Abaningi baseMelika bathola ukusebenza kuka-Jose kucasula. Ngokusho kwe-New York Times, ukuhumusha okungajwayelekile kwakuyindaba yesitayela:
“Ukusebenza kukaFeliciano kwenziwe ngesigqi esihamba kancane. Kufana nenhlanganisela yomphefumulo kanye nezitayela zokucula zabantu. Lo mculi ubeziphelezela eshaya isiginci.
Iqiniso wukuthi uFeliciano nguyena owashintsha iculo kuqala, lalimaza abantu abaningi. Ngemva kwenkulumo, kwaba nokuphawula kwabantu baseMelika ababenganelisekile emaphephandabeni: "Ngimncane ngokwanele ukuqonda lokhu, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi akulungile ... Kwakungathandi izwe." Esinye isakhamuzi esijabule sabhala: "Kwakuyichilo, ukuthuka ... ngizobhalela uSenator wami ngalokhu."
UFeliciano wazisola ngalesi sigameko: “Ngakwenza ngezinjongo ezinhle, futhi ngakwenza ngomphefumulo nangozwela. Ngemva kwalokho, abantu bayeka ukungilalela emsakazweni. Babecabanga ukuthi nami ngiyaziphikisa. Kusukela lapho, impilo yami ayizange ibe mnandi kangako emculweni...futhi ngizama ukubuya."
Iciko selilahlekelwe yinkazimulo yalo yakudala e-United States. Usebenzisane nezinkampani ezahlukene zokuqopha. Bendawonye basebenzise amasu okumaketha. Kodwa abakwazanga ukuvuselela ukuthandwa phakathi kwezilaleli ezikhuluma isiNgisi.
I-Parody kaFeliz Navidad
Ngo-2009, abakhiqizi bomsakazo u-Matt Fox kanye no-AJ Rice bakhipha Ingoma KaKhisimusi Engekho emthethweni Ye-Alien Emicimbini Yomuntu. Wayeyi-parody kaFeliz Navidad. Amagama engoma ayesekelwe emibonweni engajwayelekile mayelana nabokufika abavela eLatin America. Wababonisa njengezidakwa, amasela namaqili, kanye nabantu abaphethwe izifo eziyingozi. Lo mdlalo udale isiphithiphithi phakathi kwabasebenzisi kanye nabezindaba. Impendulo ivela ku- José Feliciano:
“Le ngoma ngiyithanda kakhulu futhi ibilokhu ixhumanisa amasiko amabili omdabu. Angifuni ukuthi isetshenziswe njengenqola yezinkundla zepolitiki nezinkulumo ezinobandlululo nenzondo. Kubi, bengifuna mina nengoma yami siyeke ukuhlobana nalokhu ngokushesha.
Noma kunjalo, ngemva kwesikhathi esifushane, ithrekhi eyihlazo yasuswa kuwebhusayithi Yezehlakalo Zabantu. U-Jed Babbin (umhleli wesayithi) uxolisile kumculi nethimba lakhe engxoxweni ne-Associated Press.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu
UJosé Feliciano washada kabili. Okokuqala washada nowesifazane okuthiwa uJeanne. Nokho, ngo-1978, lo mbhangqwana wanquma ukudivosa. Eminyakeni emine kamuva, umculi washada okwesibili nentombi yakhe yesikhathi eside uSusan Omillian. Bahlangana ngo-1971 esafunda eDetroit. Lo mculi wayengumngane nentombazane iminyaka engu-11, okwathi ngemva kwalokho wamcela umshado ngo-1982.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ngesikhathi sokudlala okuyihlazo eDetroit, uSusan wahlangana nentatheli yezemidlalo u-Ernie Harvell. Ngemva kwesikhashana, wamethula kuFeliciano. Manje lo mbhangqwana unezingane ezintathu - indodakazi uMelissa, kanye namadodana uJonathani noMichael.
