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"Donna" is a song written by Ritchie Valens, [1] featuring a I IV V chord progression. The song was released in 1958 on Del-Fi Records . [ 2 ] Written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig, it was Valens' highest-charting single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year.
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...
"Come On, Let's Go" is a song written and originally recorded by Ritchie Valens in 1958. It was the first of four charting singles from his self-titled debut album , and reached number 42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in May 1958.
Ritchie Valens learned the song in his youth, from his cousin Dickie Cota. [16] In 1958 he recorded a rock and roll flavored version of "La Bamba", [ 17 ] together with session musicians Buddy Clark (string bass); Ernie Freeman (piano); Carol Kaye (acoustic rhythm guitar); René Hall ( Danelectro six-string baritone guitar); and Earl Palmer ...
Ritchie Valens is the debut album by American musician Ritchie Valens, released by Del-Fi Records on February 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.
Guitar Ritchie Valens: 1958 La Bamba #22 Danelectro, arranger Ritchie Valens 1958 Donna #2 Lead guitar & solo, arranger Ritchie Valens 1958 Come On, Let's Go: Guitar, arranger Chan Romero [9] 1959 Hippy Hippy Shake: Danelectro bass guitar: Sam Cooke [8] 1957 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons #17 Arranger, guitar Sam Cooke 1957 Desire Me #47 ...
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.
Del-Fi Records was an American record label based in Hollywood, California, was founded 1958 and owned by Bob Keane.The label's first single released was "Caravan" by Henri Rose released in 1958, but the label was most famous for signing Ritchie Valens.