Julie Felix
Julie Felix ( born June 14, 1938 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American folk rock singer.
Life
Julie Felix was born in California; she has Mexican and Native American ancestors. From her father she inherited the talent for playing the guitar. In the early 1960s, after a journey hitchhiking through Europe, Felix remains in the UK, where she receives a recording contract with Decca Records in 1964. On their singles and LPs she sings, among other cover versions of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie - songs. Concerts and television appearances, she gained so much popularity that they have Britain's First Lady of Folk is described by the London Times as. Many compare it with Joan Baez. From 1966 she is a regular on the popular BBC TV show The Frost Report by David Frost; it is in this year 's first " pop singer " is allowed to sing during celebrations of the 900 th anniversary, in Westminster Abbey. After the change of Decca Records Fontana to their LP Changes placed in the British album charts.
1967 Brian Epstein committed to collective live gigs with Georgie Fame; the show Fame & Felix at London's Saville Theatre is extended by one week to another. As a supporting act occurs while a newcomer to the name Cat Stevens. In the same year Felix is seen on May 1 on German television in Beat-Club, in September 1968, she appears at the International Essen Song days.
From 1968 to 1970 she has her own BBC television shows ( Once More With Felix ), in which she presented guests such as Jimmy Page, Dusty Springfield, Richard Harris or Leonard Cohen. In 1969 she is one of the artists at the Isle of Wight Festival. A year later, they released a single on the first artist Mickie Mosts RAK label, If I Could (El Condor Pasa ) (catalog number RAK 101), which rises in the top 20 in the singles charts. On their first LP for RAK, Clotho 's Web, playing well-known musicians such as John Paul Jones, Danny Thompson and Cozy Powell. Their second RAK single, the Hot Chocolate song Heaven Is Here placed in the UK's top 30
Even after her big time she regularly publishes phonograms; in Norway, where she moves in the late 1970s, and Sweden celebrates another hit parade success. After a long stay in her California home in the 1980s, during which she makes no further recordings, it takes the end of the decade at a peace march through South America part, they inspire new songs. She pulls back to Hertfordshire, England where she still lives, and is involved in various human rights groups. In addition, they are also in the 2000s still concerts again. On June 14, 2008 in Gateshead held a concert on her 70th birthday.