- Julie Felix
Julie Felix (born
14 June 1938 , Santa Barbara,California ), is afolk rock recording artist, who was produced byMickie Most on hisRAK Records label.She graduated in 1956 from the original
high school inWestchester, Los Angeles, California . In 1966 Felix became the residentsinger on the popularBBC TV programme "The Frost Report ", presented byDavid Frost . She hosted from 1968 to 1970 her own TV shows on the BBC, including the series "Once More With Felix" (the first episode was transmitted on9 December 1968 ). Among those featured on her show wereLeonard Cohen andLed Zeppelin 'slead guitar ist,Jimmy Page , who played the "White Summer " and "Black Mountain Side "guitar solo pieces. On1 May 1967 she appeared on the German TV showBeat-Club ; in September 1968 at the International Essen Song Days.She had two
UK singles chart hits in 1970. The first was with thesong entitled "If I Could (El Cóndor Pasa)", whilst the second, marginally less successful, was called "Heaven Is Here".She toured
New Zealand in 1973. On Date|2008-03-24, she appeared on aBBC Four program 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 now lives in
Hertfordshire ,England .External links
* [http://www.juliefelix.com/ Official web site]
*youtube|ocq_noEO2uU|Introducing Leonard Cohen on her TV show
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5255510095015635445&q=Jimmy+Page Link to Jimmy Page's performance on the Julie Felix show]
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