Feliciano Tavares

Rock Singer

Birthday October 29, 1920

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Rhode Island

DEATH DATE Dec 17, 2008 (88)

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About

American-born singer and performer of Cape Verdean music who was the patriarch of the musical Tavares family.

Before Fame

He taught himself guitar by listening to Cape Verdean music on the radio.

Trivia

His sister was also a Cape Verdean music singer; they were both inducted into the Cape Verdean Museum Hall of Fame.

Family Life

His five sons performed as the Tavares Brothers and won a Grammy Award.

Associated With

The jazz musician Horace Silver also came from a Cape Verdean family.