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"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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La bamba
Single from:

Ritchie Valens

(Cover on en.wikipedia.org)
B-side (s) Donna
Released 18 October1958
Type of carrier Vinyl single
Recording 1958
Genre Rock and rollTex-MexChicano rockLatin rock
Duration 02: 06
Writer (s) Ritchie Valens
Producer (s) Bob Keane
Position (s) in the charts
Ritchie Valens
1958

Come on, let's go

1958

La bamba

1959

Fast freight/Big baby blues

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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][]

Number (s) with markings

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
La bamba 1059 - 1881 - 1763 - - - - - - - - - -

La bamba
Single from:

Trini Lopez

From the album:

Trini Lopez at PJ's

Released 1963
Type of carrier Vinyl single
Genre Rock and rollTex-MexChicano rockLatin rock
Tag Reprise Records
Writer (s) Ritchie Valens
Trini Lopez
1963

If I had a hammer

1963

La bamba

1963

This land is your land

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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[Edit][]

Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]

Number (s) with markings

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
La bamba 1699 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

La bamba
Single from:

Los Lobos

From the album:

La bamba-Original motion picture soundtrack

(Cover on en.wikipedia.org)
B-side (s) Lani
Released 20 July1987
Type of carrier Vinyl single
Recording 1987
Genre Rock and rollTex-MexChicano rockLatin rock
Duration 2: 54
Tag Warner Bros. Records
Writer (s) Ritchie Valens
Producer (s) Mitchell Froom
Position (s) in the charts
Los Lobos
1985

Will the wolf survive

1987

La bamba

1987

Come on let's go

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Los Lobos[Edit][]

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[Edit][]

Dutch Top 40[Edit][]

Chart positions: 08-08-1987-17-10-1987
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Position: 22 13 6 4 2 2 2 4 7 12 22 from

Dutch Single Top 100[Edit][]

Chart positions: 25-07-1987 up to and including 07-11-1987
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Position: 70 53 19 12 4 2 2 2 4 9 10 19 28 36 60 100 from

Flemish Radio 2 Top 30[Edit][]

Chart positions: 22-08-1987 to 24-10-1987
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Position: 12 5 3 2 2 3 8 8 11 24 from

Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]

Number (s) with markings

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
La bamba - 994 - 1267 - 1815 1954 1958 - - - - - - -
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