Julie Felix
JULIE FELIX CELEBRATES 50 YEARS IN MUSIC
‘Music under the Stars’ plays host to folk and protest singer Julie Felix, on Saturday, July 5 – in a year that marks her 50th in music.
Julie’s contribution to music and the protest movement is widely respected – particularly by her fellow musicians. Says Steve Harley, star of Cockney Rebel: “Julie cares passionately about this world and its future. And she cares deeply about music and its healing powers.
“There are those amongst us who just have to play and sing, to whom there can be no question of quitting; to whom their work is not a job but a calling. Julie Felix is one of those people.”
Julie came over to the UK from California in 1964 and was the first solo folk performer signed to a major British record label when she agreed a contract with Decca.
Two years later she became the resident singer on ‘The Frost Report’ presented by Sir David Frost and from 1968 to 1971 hosted her own TV shows on the BBC including ‘Once More with Felix’.
During this period she introduced the then unknown Leonard Cohen to European audiences and her show also featured Spike Milligan, Dusty Springfield, The Four Tops, Tim Buckley, The Kinks, The Bee Gees and many more.
Says Julie: “It’s hard to know where the time has gone but I have had a wonderful half century of warm memories and making music around the world.
I’ve also tried to raise the profile of issues close to my heart and will continue to deliver messages through my music.”
In the sixties, she performed for Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, as well as the King of Norway, and Jomo Kenyatta, on his release from prison.
She recorded with the late Mickie Most and has collaborated musically with John Paul Jones, Cozy Powell, and Kiki Dee. In 1969 she was one of the artists on stage at the first Isle of Wight Festival and she returned to appear there again two years ago.
During her career Julie has sung out for many causes. She has visited the Middle East as a humanitarian ambassador for Christian Aid; campaigned for Latin American refugees and founded ‘Guitars Against Landmines’.
She has always passionately embraced the cause of peace, and has sung songs of protest and inspiration to rallies and audiences around the world including a Central American peace march in the eighties.
Last year she sang at an event at the House of Lords to raise money for hospitals in Palestine for the International Medical Education Trust (IMET) and also celebrated her 75th birthday with a concert at the Leicester Square Theatre.
‘Music under the Stars’ plays host to folk and protest singer Julie Felix, on Saturday, July 5 – in a year that marks her 50th in music.
Julie’s contribution to music and the protest movement is widely respected – particularly by her fellow musicians. Says Steve Harley, star of Cockney Rebel: “Julie cares passionately about this world and its future. And she cares deeply about music and its healing powers.
“There are those amongst us who just have to play and sing, to whom there can be no question of quitting; to whom their work is not a job but a calling. Julie Felix is one of those people.”
Julie came over to the UK from California in 1964 and was the first solo folk performer signed to a major British record label when she agreed a contract with Decca.
Two years later she became the resident singer on ‘The Frost Report’ presented by Sir David Frost and from 1968 to 1971 hosted her own TV shows on the BBC including ‘Once More with Felix’.
During this period she introduced the then unknown Leonard Cohen to European audiences and her show also featured Spike Milligan, Dusty Springfield, The Four Tops, Tim Buckley, The Kinks, The Bee Gees and many more.
Says Julie: “It’s hard to know where the time has gone but I have had a wonderful half century of warm memories and making music around the world.
I’ve also tried to raise the profile of issues close to my heart and will continue to deliver messages through my music.”
In the sixties, she performed for Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, as well as the King of Norway, and Jomo Kenyatta, on his release from prison.
She recorded with the late Mickie Most and has collaborated musically with John Paul Jones, Cozy Powell, and Kiki Dee. In 1969 she was one of the artists on stage at the first Isle of Wight Festival and she returned to appear there again two years ago.
During her career Julie has sung out for many causes. She has visited the Middle East as a humanitarian ambassador for Christian Aid; campaigned for Latin American refugees and founded ‘Guitars Against Landmines’.
She has always passionately embraced the cause of peace, and has sung songs of protest and inspiration to rallies and audiences around the world including a Central American peace march in the eighties.
Last year she sang at an event at the House of Lords to raise money for hospitals in Palestine for the International Medical Education Trust (IMET) and also celebrated her 75th birthday with a concert at the Leicester Square Theatre.