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The life of rock & roll legend Richie Valens bursts across the screen in this celebrated, music-filled movie with star-making performances by Lou Diamond Phillips as Richie and Esai Morales as his...
Dec 24, 2008 · The late, great Ritchie Valens. This is his version of the timeless classic, La Bamba. The other versions on Youtube, claiming to be Ritchie Valens are the Los Lobos cover from the movie of the...
Sep 12, 2010 · Los Lobos - La Bamba (Original Videoclip) djmambito2. 43.2K subscribers. Subscribed. 154K. 26M views 13 years ago. Los Lobos - La Bamba (HQ,16:9) Latin-Rock&Roll,Chicano,Soundtrack: "La...
La Bamba is the original motion picture soundtrack album to the 1987 American biographical film of the same name and was released on June 30, 1987 on Warner Bros. Records. The album contained...
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"La Bamba" is a classic example of the son jarocho musical style, which originated in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and combines Spanish, indigenous, and African musical elements. The song is typically played on one or two arpa jarochas (harps) along with guitar relatives the jarana jarocha and the requinto jarocho. Lyrics to the song vary greatly...
"La Bamba" has its origin in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The oldest recorded version known is that of Alvaro Hernández Ortiz, who recorded the song with the name of "El Jarocho". His recording was released by Victor Records in Mexico in 1938 or 1939, and was reissued on a 1997 compilation by Yazoo Records, The Secret Museum of Mankind Vol. 4. Ac...
Ritchie Valens learned the song in his youth, from his cousin Dickie Cota. In 1958 he recorded a rock and roll flavored version of "La Bamba", together with session musicians Buddy Clark (string bass); Ernie Freeman (piano); Carol Kaye (acoustic rhythm guitar); René Hall (Danelectro six-string baritone guitar); and Earl Palmer (drums and claves). I...
The music video directed by Sherman Halsey won the 1988 MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film; it also featured Lou Diamond Phillips, the actor who played Valens in the 1987 film of the same name. The song was also the fourth wholly non-English language song to top the BillboardHot 100.
In 1960, Harry Belafonte's live version of the song was released on his album Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall. His previously recorded but unreleased studio version from 1958 was included in a 2...In 1963, Trini Lopez released the song at the a-side of a single as La Bamba part I with on the b side La Bamba part II. A second single in 1963 contains La Bamba with b-side Granada. The song is a...In 1965, Dusty Springfield recorded the song for her second album, Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty. It was also included on You Don't Have To Say You Love Mein 1966, which was more or less an American...In 1985, Canadian children's singer Charlotte Diamond included her version of the song on her Juno Award-winning debut album 10 Carrot Diamond. Diamond's version is perhaps best known for appearing...The story of rocker Ritchie Valens - an LA teenager whose rising musical star was hitched to a fateful winter 1959 tour with Buddy Holly. Winning soundtrack by Los Lobos. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
La Bamba. The story of rocker Ritchie Valens - an LA teenager whose rising musical star was hitched to a fateful winter 1959 tour with Buddy Holly. Winning soundtrack by Los Lobos. IMDb 6.9 1 h 48 min 1987.
