Ritchie Valens - Live Rare Footages

[scotty19561]

I heard the band stand taps got lost or destroyed.

[youtuuberoxx]

3:02 haha looks like underage Richie is drinking a beer!

[karinaport]

These people are doing the twist at 2:22??How come??Buddy died February 3,1959,Hank Ballard originally wrote and recorded The Twist in '59 and Chubby Checker didn't explode the dance till 1960,so anybody could explain this??

[TheBluesman194919]

Upon his return to Los Angeles, Valens filmed an appearance in Alan Freed's movie Go Johnny Go!. In the film, he appears in a diner, miming his song "Ooh! My Head", using a Gretsch 6120 guitar, the same model Eddie Cochran owned. Still, it is not Eddie´s guitar. In between the live appearances, Ritchie returned to Gold Star several times, recording the tracks that would comprise his two albums.

[Bopalena]

You'll notice Ritchie is playing Eddie Cochran's guitar in the "Ooh My Head" footage. COOOOOOL!!!

[Italktopopsicles]

Was there footage of his apperance on American Bandstand? I mean, if there was, you'd think somebody would want to keep pretty special care of it seeing as there's not a whole lot of footage of Ritchie floating around.

[Yeppy97]

@Italktopopsicles Yeah his career didn't even last a year only 8 months which really does suck and the Winter Dance Party i think was one of his first tours and also his last as for footage i think that's the reason he was barely becoming famous but I would like to see more footage of him allot of documentaries just play the same footage over and over but i think there are pictures.

[Italktopopsicles]

@Yeppy97 Yeah, I know. I wish we could've had him longer. But the reason documentaries play the same footage over and over again is because there is just so little of it. Only a few videos of Ritchie exist.

[thEannoyingE]

Some of this is taken from the VH1 documentary The Day The Music Died.

[thEannoyingE]

This footage is not very rare actually, it's from a movie that Ritchie got a cameo to sing in.

[jaspfs1]

my favorite part starts at second :33...Ritchie had SWAG!!!!

[cookie2690]

That's wrong, the movie was Go, Johnny, Go. These J words. lol. Jimmy Clanton was the star of the movie.

[cookie2690]

The name of the movie was Go, Jimmy, Go. From 1959.

[antonio3324]

That was actually a movie. I don't remember the title. But I remember watching it not that long ago. It was a re-run . On satellite TV.

[dannyboyyy1000]

Question: Did those camcorders back in the 50's have a colored picture? I see that those archive footages of Ritchie playing with his guitar, and settling with his family were in color. Not to mention, but the colored picture looks pretty good. Well, um, wait, when he was being recorded at his house and with his family, was the camera picture in black and white from the beginning. It's just the modern day technology managed to colorize these archive footages from the 50's???

[toasteroven427]

@dannyboyyy1000

No, they used actual film back then. You'd load film into your movie camera and shoot your home movies, then mail it off or take it to a local dealer to have it developed. You could buy black & white or colored film. But by the '50s, black & white film had become almost obsolete, because Kodak made color film very affordable with their film brand Kodachrome. Since it's a home movie, it's almost certainly 8mm film. It's ok, common misconception.

[scoobydoabccba123]

puttogetherafulluninteruptedve­rsionofthefactsthenputthevideo­onthenetsopeoplecansee RICHIE

[TheKingCameron]

he said she too cute to be a man over seventeen lol

[vauxhall908]

from go johnny go

[JHedrick72]

i think america has lost the best taste in music i grew up in the 80's loved it but back in the day before i was born all the way up till jim croce and back was music real music that is. i like alot of now and today but replace this and ill kiss your ass. str8 up!

[monedachina1]

El mejor video de ritchie valens

Gracias!!!

[cosgrove2able]

NOW this is wot i call music the 50s. even though i was not a fan of ritchie he had one hell of a a gorgeous voice. Rest in peace ritchie, buddy and the big bopper and not forgetting the pilot. May God Have Mercy on their souls.

[Vintageart1994]

Great video clips.

Thank you for posting. :) 

[Pequinito]

Awesome footage! Favorited.