Ritchie Valens

A sample from recording studio sessions of Ritchie Valens 1958 big hit "La Bamba"; where we can hear some conversation.

This is from "The Lost Tapes" cd.

The first takes were in slower tempo (at 1:42 we can clearly notice it).

At 3:23 begins "take 5" and doesn´t have the famous solo guitar yet.

"La Bamba" is ranked number 345 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (it´s the only song on the list not sung in English). According to history, this is the lineup:

Buddy Clark: string bass

Carol Kaye: rhythm guitar

Earl Palmer: drums

Ernie Freeman: piano

Rene Hall: Danelectro guitar

Ritchie Valens: vocals, guitar

Comments

8 years ago

Tonithenightowl

From what I gather from the movie this recording session was a nightmare for Richie.

8 years ago

alexaddicted2

what you are hearing is rock and roll history in it's rawest form, excellent !!

8 years ago

Alfonso Hernandez

I can acutely sing this in koneke vamanos sing for life and happiness

8 years ago

Regina Ferreira

Pedro Leonardo, filho do cantor Leonardo tirando uma de Ritchie Valens...

8 years ago

ratchaphong phoksupat

เป็นเพลงสากลที่ยอดเยี่ยม very wonderful good songs

9 years ago

lorenzo magazzeni

Elvis avoided travelling on the plane as much as he could.Unfortunately - being as ignorant as a goat and I suppose nearly illiterate - he thought that he could get away with popping pills and having peanut butter, bacon sandwiches as the main diet. In the last years, Elvis who really looked great yeas before, "a prince" become a grotesque, obese person, gasping for air, sweating... RIP, I still think he was a good person and a generous soul. However, what I will never forgive him for is going to Nixon, dressed like a clown and offering himself to be a snitch for the - you know.

9 years ago

Paulinho Maquiné

Muito bom Ritchie Valens...

9 years ago

Samuel Hodges

"It rocks like a blast, man! Put me out there, you dig. Like, I totally break out the steps on that beat, man! Ayriiiiiiiiivi, La Bamba!

9 years ago

W103WWRW

If we could go back in time we would keep them all off that plane...

9 years ago

Helder Matos

muito bom

9 years ago

Jose Rangel

wow. thanks for sharing this

9 years ago

Francois Ientile

Quel dommage de mourir si jeune!!! c'etait le bon temps ces années la!!!

9 years ago

Mike Hagman

Legendär,Musik die es leider nicht mehr gibt!!

9 years ago

isaak maciel

Estou ouvindo Ritchie, é um sonho.

9 years ago

bill cosby

nigga u at least 30

9 years ago

Elmer Arroyo

I think he 16

9 years ago

Elmer Arroyo

I Wish he Was alive still

9 years ago

travel theworld

Richie Valens (Mexican-American) adapted the song "La Bamba" into a rock&roll style from the Mexican folk song "La Bamba" which was already being played in Veracruz, Mexico long before he came out with this version. Awesome!

9 years ago

joe dunleavy

Real practice, Cool. Shoud 've been the starter of the original.

9 years ago

Mendoza Rogge

Where would be Ritchie if he wouldn't have die in that accident?! I think he would have been the major Latin-Star in the World, Easily!¡Viva Latinoamérica!