Valens, Ritchie: Ritchie Valens

Title: Ritchie Valens
Artist: Valens, Ritchie
Label: Wax Time
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 8436542014649
Genre: Oldies

Includes 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.

Tracks:
1.1 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)