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50 years of 'Feliz Navidad': Fun facts about José Feliciano's holiday hit, livestream concert
José Feliciano celebrates 50 years of 'Feliz Navidad'
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José Feliciano wrote the song to unite people with its holiday cheer and its bilingual lyrics — both in Spanish and English.
Fifty years later, “Feliz Navidad” remains as popular as ever.
It’s appeared in movies and TV shows. It’s been covered by musical artists as diverse as Celine Dion, Kacey Musgraves and BTS.
And it’s been heard on the radio by an estimated 3.8 billion people, according to Billboard — where “Feliz Navidad” remains one of the top 10 best-performing songs on its Holiday 100 chart.
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José Feliciano celebrates 50 years of 'Feliz Navidad'
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José Feliciano wrote the song to unite people with its holiday cheer and its bilingual lyrics — both in Spanish and English.
Fifty years later, “Feliz Navidad” remains as popular as ever.
It’s appeared in movies and TV shows. It’s been covered by musical artists as diverse as Celine Dion, Kacey Musgraves and BTS.
And it’s been heard on the radio by an estimated 3.8 billion people, according to Billboard — where “Feliz Navidad” remains one of the top 10 best-performing songs on its Holiday 100 chart.
NorwayJapanUnited-statesNew-zealandIndiaIsraelWashingtonFloridaSouth-africaPuerto-ricoCanadaLehigh-acresTickets: $13 Each holiday season the beloved favorite returns for new generations of fans. According to ASCAP, it is one of the 25 most-played Christmas songs in the world. In 2010, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Feliciano credits the song’s success to its simplicity and joyous upbeat rhythm. It was a technique he says he learned early on by observing the success of singer Perry Como, who had a 1957 hit with “Catch a Falling Star.”
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, un servicio presentado por AARP Chicago. “That song was very simple and a big hit at the time,” Feliciano says. “I think the reason ‘Feliz Navidad’ has done so well is because anybody can whistle the tune, and if it’s that catchy it can be a hit and have a long life.”
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FILE - Musician Jose Feliciano performs during the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize tribute concert on March 13, 2019, in Washington. Feliciano is celebrating 50 years of his bilingual Christmas classic “Feliz Navidad" (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It has been, believe it or not, 50 years since Jose Feliciano turned the Spanish holiday greeting “Feliz Navidad” into a worldwide smash -- and a perennial favorite of the season. The singer-songwriter, now 75, celebrates with the “Feliza Navidad 50th (FN50) Anniversary Livestream concert, taking place at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, via FelizNavidad50th.com. The show will be hosted by Rudy Perez and feature guest appearances by Andres Cepeda, Austin Jenckes, Haley Reinhart and others, while a pre-show will be hosted by Styx’s Lawrence Gowan. Tickets start at $13
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