Julian Hernandez (born June 6, 1954, Bronx, New York) is a Puerto Rican American songwriter, composer, guitarist and singer.
Julian Hernandez has worked with many famous artists throughout his career. He wrote and was a backing vocalist for Lil' Suzy's "Take Me In Your Arms". It sold over 600,000 copies as a single and reached number 48 on the Billboard Chart. He has written music for and sang in such movies as Grandview USA, The Survivalist and True Love. His voice can be heard on both radio and TV ads for American Airlines, Pontiac, Ford, Burger King and Foodtown, to name a few.
In 2002, Julian was a “New York Idol” finalist on WPLJ’s Scott & Todd’s Big Show, reaching over 3 million listeners.
In addition to Ben E. King, Julian has recorded with such artists as The Delphonics, Shannon (Let the Music Play – reached double platinum), Ray, Goodman & Brown, The Stylistics (14 songs) and on the Christina Aguilera album “Just Be Free”.
Julian is the recipient of many awards, including those from The American Song Festival, Music City Song Festival, Billboard Song and the John Lennon Songwriting Event.