Feliz Navidad (song)

"Feliz Navidad"
"Feliz Navidad"
Single by José Feliciano
from the album Feliz Navidad
B-side	"The Little Drummer Boy"
Released	November 9, 1970
Recorded	June 13, 1970 and August 5, 1970
Genre	Latin pop; Christmas;
Length	3:00
Label	RCA Victor Records
Songwriter(s)	José Feliciano
Producer(s)	Rick Jarrard
José Feliciano singles chronology
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"Feliz Navidad" (Spanish: [feˈlis naβiˈða(ð)]; lit. transl. "Merry Christmas") is a Christmas song written and first recorded in 1970 by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter José Feliciano.^[1]^[2] With its simple, heartfelt lyrics - the traditional Spanish Christmas/New Year greeting "Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad" ("Merry Christmas, a prosperous year and happiness"), followed by text in English words "I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart" - it has become a Christmas classic and has gained popularity around the world.

In 2010, the 1970 recording of "Feliz Navidad" on RCA Victor Records by José Feliciano was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.^[3]

^ "Jose Feliciano". Josefeliciano.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019. Two years later [in 1970, after the success of the album "Feliciano!" in 1968], in the midst of recording a Christmas album, it was [producer Rick] Jarrard who told Fèliciano they needed a new song and encouraged Feliciano as he virtually improvised the enduring classic "Feliz Navidad".
^ "Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano - Song Info - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD". www.grammy.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.

[1] "Jose Feliciano". Josefeliciano.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019. Two years later [in 1970, after the success of the album "Feliciano!" in 1968], in the midst of recording a Christmas album, it was [producer Rick] Jarrard who told Fèliciano they needed a new song and encouraged Feliciano as he virtually improvised the enduring classic "Feliz Navidad".

[2] "Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano - Song Info - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[3] "GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD". www.grammy.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.

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