Julie Felix

Julie Felix

Julie Felix performing for Dutch television in 1967
Background information
Born (1938-06-14) 14 June 1938
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Genres Folk music, folk rock
Occupation(s) Singer, guitarist, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1963–present
Labels Decca, Fontana, RAK, EMI, Remarkable (own label)

Julie Ann Felix (born 14 June 1938, Santa Barbara, California)[1] is an American born, British-based folk recording artist who achieved success in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She continues to perform and releases albums on her own record label.

Career

She graduated in 1956 from high school in Westchester, Los Angeles, California. The same year that she arrived in the United Kingdom, she became the first solo folk performer signed to a major British record label, when she gained a recording contract with Decca Records.[2] Within a decade she had a well-established career. In 1965 she was reportedly the first folksinger to fill the Royal Albert Hall, and was described by The Times as "Britain's First Lady of Folk".[2]

In 1966 Felix became the resident singer on the BBC television programme The Frost Report, presented by David Frost. She hosted her own shows for the BBC from 1968 to 1970, including the series Once More With Felix (the first episode was transmitted on 9 December 1967). Among those featured on her show were The Kinks, Leonard Cohen and Led Zeppelin's lead guitarist, Jimmy Page, who played the "White Summer" and "Black Mountain Side" guitar solo pieces. On 1 May 1967 she appeared on the German TV show Beat-Club; in September 1968 at the International Essen Song Days. She performed at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969.[2]

She had two UK Singles Chart hits in 1970. The first was with the song entitled "If I Could (El Cóndor Pasa)", while the second, marginally less successful, was called "Heaven is Here". 1990 saw the release of a new album, Bright Shadows.[2]

On 24 March 2008 she appeared on a BBC Four programme in which stars of The Frost Report gathered for a night celebrating 40 years since Frost Over England; Felix sang "Blowin' in the Wind". She has appeared at the Wynd Theatre, Melrose, Scottish Borders, on an annual basis over the past few years.[3]

She now lives in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England, and is still recording and performing, appearing on stage on her 70th birthday in 2008.[4]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

References

  1. ↑ NME.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Biography by Bruce Eder". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Who's been (Melrose Wynd Theatre), scottish-borders.com; accessed 25 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Official website for Julie Felix
  5. 1 2 3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 197. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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