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Sep 16, 2024 · Remember how I mentioned that "La Bamba" never reached higher than #22 on the Billboard charts? After the film’s release, "La Bamba" and Valens were nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year. Additionally, Ritchie received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990, making him the first Latino artist to do so.
Sep 2, 2024 · La Bamba tells the story of Ritchie Valens, a rock’n’roll star who died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly. The film’s writer and director, Luis Valdez, explains why he chose to take part in ...
5 days ago · La Bamba. Another entry based on the life of a Latino musical icon, La Bamba follows the life and career of Ritchie Valens, who helped pioneer the Spanish-speaking rock and roll genre. The film’s title was taken from Valens’ most famous song, a rock and roll version of a traditional Mexican folk song by the same name.
3 days ago · Santana again paid tribute to his early rock roots by doing the film score to La Bamba, which was based on the life of rock and roll legend Ritchie Valens and starred Lou Diamond Phillips. The band Santana returned in 1985 with a new album, Beyond Appearances, and two years later with Freedom. Freedom is the fifteenth studio album by Santana ...
Sep 18, 2024 · His story is told in the film La Bamba (1987), in which he was played by Lou Diamond Phillips. In 2001 Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2018 the U.S. Library of Congress added “La Bamba” to the National Recording Registry, a list of audio recordings deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Sep 20, 2024 · You grow up knowing these movies so well that they become a part of who you are. One of the first films that I can remember watching thanks to my dad’s love of oldies music was the 1987 film, “La Bamba.” This film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as the unforgettable Ritchie Valens.
Sep 17, 2024 · "The brief but incandescent life of rock-and-roll trailblazer Ritchie Valens is immortalized in this enthralling biopic from another Mexican American icon, Luis Valdez, the father of Chicano cinema. With sweetness and swagger, Lou Diamond Phillips embodies the 1950s California teenager who, forged by his fiercely supportive mother and rebellious brother, rises from his farm-working roots to chart-topping fame in the early days of rock, until one fateful night that haunts music history ...
