La Bamba (song)

"La bamba" is a song by American singer Ritchie Valens from 1958. It is released as a single by Valens and others.

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[hide] *1 Background
 * 2 chart positions
 * 3 Trini Lopez
 * 4 Los Lobos

==Background[ Edit] == The single of Ritchie Valens consists of the title track and the romantic ballad Donna as the b-side. It was the second single from the singer. The title track is a Spanish-language uptempo rock and rollsong the text of which derived from an eponymous song from the Mexican folklore. After the release reached Valens ' interpretation of the song in 1958 the 22nd position in the u.s. charts. It was then the only non-English song included in the list drawn up by Rolling Stone of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in which it is at number 345. ==Chart Positions[ Edit] == ===Radio 2 Top 2000[ Edit] ===

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 * - len="113" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="26" style="vertical-align:top;"|La bamba
 * - len="238" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="200" style="vertical-align:top;"|Single from:
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 * align="center" colspan="3" len="322" style="vertical-align:top;"|From the album:
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 * lang="en" len="11" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Released
 * colspan="2" len="200" style="vertical-align:top;"|1963
 * - len="257" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * lang="en" len="12" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Type of carrier
 * colspan="2" len="186" style="vertical-align:top;"|Vinyl single
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 * len="215" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Genre
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="818" style="vertical-align:top;"|Rock and roll, Tex-Mex, Chicano rock, Latin rock
 * - len="419" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="171" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Tag
 * colspan="2" len="189" style="vertical-align:top;"|Reprise Records
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 * len="176" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Writer (s)
 * colspan="2" len="186" style="vertical-align:top;"|Ritchie Valens
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 * align="center" colspan="3" len="184" style="vertical-align:top;"|Trini Lopez
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==Trini Lopez[ Edit] == In 1963 brought the American singer of Mexican descent are Trini Lopez version of the song "La bamba" out. It reached number two in the Netherlands a tenth place intime for Teenagers Top 10. ===Chart Positions<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====
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==Los Lobos<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1987, covered the American band Los Lobos "La bamba" for the film of the same name about the life of Ritchie Valens. They reached the first position with their implementation in both the United States and in the United Kingdom. The band took a video clip for their execution on those images of the entire band and the protagonist of the film Lou Diamond Phil lips and that was awarded with the prize of the MTV Video Music Awards for "Best Video from a Film". ===Chart Positions<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Dutch Top 40<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Dutch Single Top 100<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Flemish Radio 2 Top 30<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====