José Feliciano performs at age 17

Teenaged 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 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 Malaguen br, br,