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Teen-aged José Feliciano makes his first television appearance in 1962 on the variety show Amateur Hour. His jazz band Modern Sound Trio featured -- in addition to José -- fellow teens Bliss Rodriguez on piano and Bobby Grogen on drums. All of the band members were blind. For more about this chapter in José's life visit http://www.josefeliciano.com/?page=band

For a glimpse of how his fame and talents progressed later in the same decade, I've tagged on a couple of other performances: a version of Malaguena and a duet with Bing Crosby. For a sampling of José performing hard rock, check out his 1985 rendition of the Jimi Hendrix classic Purple Haze at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHNCIc86ZVA