Feliciano!


Feliciano! is a 1968 album by the Puerto Rican guitarist José Feliciano. All of the tracks are acoustic cover versions of songs popularized by other artists, including The Mamas & the Papas, The Doors, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Beatles, Jorge Ben Jor, and Lou Johnson.
Feliciano! has been the most successful album of his career in the US, spending 59 weeks on the Billboard Top LP chart, peaking at number 2 ; it also reached number 3 on the R&B charts in 1968 and number 3 on the Jazz charts. The album performed well outside the US, reaching number 1 in Canada and number 6 in the UK.
Feliciano! was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1969 Grammy Awards, and Jose Feliciano won Best New Artist. He also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the song "Light My Fire" from the album. The album's producer Rick Jarrard also received a nomination for Producer of the Year.
The album cover shows a drawing by George Bartell of Feliciano with his guitar.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "California Dreamin – 4:06
  2. "Light My Fire" – 3:30
  3. "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" – 2:50
  4. "In My Life" – 3:22
  5. "And I Love Her" – 3:58
Side two
  1. "Nena Na Na" – 2:30
  2. "Always Something There to Remind Me" – 2:58
  3. "Just a Little Bit of Rain" – 2:45
  4. "Sunny" – 3:28
  5. "Here, There and Everywhere" – 2:03
  6. "The Last Thing on My Mind" – 4:51

Personnel

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