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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelIMT, Wax TIME
UPC8436542014649
eBay Product ID (ePID)5046048563
Product Key Features
Release Year2014
FormatRecord
GenreOldies
ArtistValens, Ritchie
Release TitleRitchie Valens
Dimensions
Item Height0.18 in
Item Weight0.62 lb
Item Length12.29 in
Item Width12.27 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks16
Country/Region of ManufactureSpain
Tracks1.1 That S My Little Suzie 1.2 In a Turkish Town 1.3 Come on, Let S Go 1.4 Donna 1.5 Bony-Moronie 1.6 Ooh My Head 1.7 Cry, Cry, Cry 1.8 Hurry Up 1.9 La Bamba 1.10 Bluebirds Over the Mountain 1.11 Hi-Tone 1.12 Framed 1.13 We Belong Together 1.14 Dooby-Dooby-Wah 1.15 Little Girl 1.16 Rock Little Darling (Demo)
Number of Discs1
NotesIncludes 4 bonus tracks! During the course of his brief life, the legendary Ritchie Valens fused numerous musical genres together to form his own remarkable style. He left a lasting impact on rock & roll with his classic rocker "La Bamba" - a highenergy reworking of an old Mexican wedding song that Valens learned from his cousin. Ritchie put a rock & roll spin on this spirited folk tune, juicing it up with garage-rock riffing and a raw, enthusiastic solo. In essence, he invented Latino rock with this two-minute rock & roll classic. It's driving simplicity foreshadowed garage-rock, frat-rock and punk-rock. Ironically, "La Bamba" was the B-side of "Donna", a dedication to Valens' girlfriend that rose to number 2 on Billboard's singles chart. "La Bamba" also charted, but only climbed as high as number 22. This double-sided smash marks one of the greatest rock & roll singles of the Fifties.