Once More with Felix

Julie Felix
Julie Felix performing for Dutch television in 1967
Background information
Born	(1938-06-14) 14 June 1938 (age 79) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Genres	Folk music, folk rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, guitarist, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1963–present
Labels	Decca, Fontana, RAK, EMI, Remarkable (own label)

Julie Ann Felix (born 14 June 1938, Santa Barbara, California) is an American born, British-based folk recording artist who achieved success in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She continues to perform and releases albums on her own record label.

She graduated in 1956 from high school in Westchester, Los Angeles, California. The same year that she arrived in the United Kingdom, she became the first solo folk performer signed to a major British record label, when she gained a recording contract with Decca Records. Within a decade she had a well-established career. In 1965 she was reportedly the first folksinger to fill the Royal Albert Hall, and was described by The Times as "Britain's First Lady of Folk".

In 1966 Felix became the resident singer on the BBC television programme The Frost Report, presented by David Frost. She hosted her own shows for the BBC from 1968 to 1970, including the series Once More With Felix (the first episode was transmitted on 9 December 1967). Among those featured on her show were The Kinks, Leonard Cohen and Led Zeppelin's lead guitarist, Jimmy Page, who played the "White Summer" and "Black Mountain Side" guitar solo pieces. On 1 May 1967 she appeared on the German TV show Beat-Club; in September 1968 at the . She performed at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969.