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  2. La Bamba (song) - Wikipedia

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    La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, also known as "La Bomba". [1] The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens , a Top 40 hit on the U.S. charts.

  3. Ritchie Valens - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of Latin songs on the Billboard Hot 100 - Wikipedia

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    Ritchie Valens' version of "La Bamba" became the first Latin song to enter the Hot 100 after its debut in 1959, [6] [7] [8] "Guantanamera" by the Sandpipers became the first one to reach the top 10 in 1966. [9] [10] Los Lobos' version of "La Bamba" became the first one to reach the number 1 spot in 1987.

  5. Lou Diamond Phillips - Wikipedia

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    Stand and Deliver was filmed before La Bamba, but it was released a year later. Lou Diamond Phillips in 1987, the year that the film "La Bamba" was released. In 1988 Phillips co-starred with Emilio Estevez and Kiefer Sutherland in the Western film Young Guns, in which he plays José Chávez y Chávez, a historical Old West outlaw.

  6. La Bomba (Azul Azul song) - Wikipedia

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    "La Bomba" is the debut single released by Bolivian band Azul Azul. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Top Latin Songs and Billboard Tropical Songs charts.

  7. La Bamba - Wikipedia

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    La Bamba may refer to: La Bamba, a 1987 film based on the life of Ritchie Valens "La Bamba" (song), a folk song best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie ...

  8. 'La Bamba' is getting a remake. Luis Valdez isn't sure why - AOL

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    Nearly 40 years after its theatrical release, 'La Bamba' is being remade, but the film's original director and writer questions why rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens' life is being told, again.

  9. Tito Larriva - Wikipedia

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    In 1979 Larriva formed Fatima Records, a DIY record label, with Chicano printmaker Richard Duardo and music promoter Yolanda Ferrer to release the Plugz' single "Achin'"/"La Bamba." The label would issue a few other releases, including the Plugz' second album Better Luck (1981) and "Attitudes" (1980), the debut EP by East Los Angeles punk band ...