La Bamba

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Written by: William Clauson
Produced by: Bob Keane
Released: Oct. '58 on Del-Fi
Charts: 15 weeks
Top spot: No. 22

Valens' version of Mexican folk song "La Bamba" was just a B side to his hit "Donna." Then the seventeen-year-old died in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. Right before his fatal tour, he bought his mother a house.

Appears on: The Ritchie Valens Story (Rhino)

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