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The song was notably covered by Los Lobos for the soundtrack to the 1987 film La Bamba which portrayed the life story of Ritchie Valens. In one scene, Valens is shown singing it to his girlfriend Donna Ludwig on the telephone and in another scene Valens is shown recording the song in the recording studio, and in a third scene he is shown performing the song on American Bandstand.
"Donna", a parody of doo-wop songs [2] (see also "Donna" by Ritchie Valens), was originally written as a potential B-side to the song "Waterfall". The song features sharp contrasts between falsetto in the chorus (Creme) and deep monotone vocals (Godley) in the verse. The melody line is similar to the Beatles song "Oh! Darling". [3] [4]
Ritchie Valens is the debut album by American musician Ritchie Valens, released by Del-Fi Records on January 12, 1959. [1] It is his only studio album entirely composed of master tracks recorded at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles. The album peaked at #23 on the US Billboard album chart.
Valens was born as Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, [3] a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.The son of Joseph Steven Valenzuela (1896–1952) and Concepción "Concha" Reyes (1915–1987), he had two half-brothers, Robert "Bob" Morales (1937–2018) and Mario Ramirez, and two younger sisters, Connie and Irma.
Coining the term "the day the music died" after the 1959 passing of singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper, the song reflects on the influence American singers and songwriters ...
Ritchie Valens...His Greatest Hits Volume 2 is the second greatest hits compilation by Ritchie Valens. This follow-up to the Ritchie Valens Memorial Album/His Greatest Hits includes twelve tracks from the three original albums. Three tracks were previously issued on the first greatest hits package: "Donna", "La Bamba" and "Cry, Cry, Cry".
It should only contain pages that are Ritchie Valens songs or lists of Ritchie Valens songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Ritchie Valens songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Valens' first single for the label was "Come On Let's Go", which was a hit. His next single, " Donna "/" La Bamba ", was an even bigger hit, and brought national notoriety to the label. Johnny Crawford , the co-star of the television series The Rifleman , was the Del-Fi artist who recorded the most hit singles.