Birth Name: | Félix Meléndez León |
Birth Date: | June 13, 1939 |
Birth Place: | Cidra, Puerto Rico |
Genre: | Bolero |
Occupations: | singer, actor and composer |
Felito Félix (born June 13, 1939) is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and song composer whose musical career has lasted for 69 years.[1] [2] He has recorded 67 albums.[3] In addition, he is the composer of the municipal hymn of his hometown, Cidra, Puerto Rico.[4]
Felito Félix is a native of Cidra, Puerto Rico.
In 1976, Félix debuted as an actor, along with Spanish teen musical group La Pandilla in a movie named "La Pandilla en Apuros", an Alfred D. Herger production which was filmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Félix had been semi-retired from his career as a musician after his wife was diagnosed with cancer; after her passing, he made a musical comeback.[5]
Felito Félix was married for 50 years to Delia Rosa Garces, who died in a hospital after a long battle with cancer. Félix spent a long time by her side at the hospital before she died.[3]