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La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, also known as "La Bomba". The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a Top 40 hit in the U.S. charts.
- Ritchie Valens
A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock...
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La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical drama film written...
- Ritchie Valens
"La Bamba" is a traditional Mexican folk song that became a hit for the young rocker Ritchie Valens after he died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959 along with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. The song is very popular with Mariachi bands and is often played at weddings.
Aug 21, 2023 · Twenty-eight years after Valens’s death, a biopic, La Bamba, was made about his life, featuring a soundtrack entirely recorded by Los Lobos, a rock band from East LA. Their cover of “La...
Jul 24, 1987 · La Bamba: Directed by Luis Valdez. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña. Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
Dec 29, 2023 · It’s hard to think of American rock’n’roller Ritchie Valens without remembering the tragic early death that befell him. He was taken at just 17 in the 1959 plane crash that also took Buddy ...
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