What is Cheo Feliciano?
'''Cheo Feliciano''' (José Luis Feliciano Vega, July 3, 1935 – April 17, 2014) was a [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] composer and singer. He was mostly involved with [[salsa]] and [[Cuban music]]. He was born in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]], [[Puerto Rico]]. Feliciano died in [[Cupey, Puerto Rico|Cupey]], [[Puerto Rico]], in a car accident. He was 78 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/falleceelcantantejosecheofeliciano-1755091.html|title=Fallece el cantante José Cheo Feliciano|newspaper=El Nuevo Día|author=Rosario, Frances|date=April 17, 2014|access-date=April 17, 2014|archive-date=May 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506012138/http://www.elnuevodia.com/falleceelcantantejosecheofeliciano-1755091.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/17/showbiz/cheo-feliciano-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Notice of death of Cheo Feliciano], cnn.com; accessed April 17, 2014.</ref> At the peak of his career in the 1960s he recorded nine albums with the Joe Cuba Sextet, and in the 1970s he recorded 15 albums for [[Fania Records]], then the leading salsa music record company.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/archives/Interview18 |title=Interview with ''Descarga'' |access-date=2014-06-10 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222040954/http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/archives/Interview18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Feliciano, Cheo}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:Puerto Rican musicians]] [[Category:Puerto Rican singers]] [[Category:Puerto Rican composers]] [[Category:People from Ponce, Puerto Rico]]