Yes it is, its on the scene where Bob and his mum are hugging because they found out about Ritchie's death. And then at the end of the song Bob screams " RIIIIIIIIITTTTTCCCCHHHHHIIIEEEEE"
"sleepwalk" was omitted from the soundtrack album.....yet it was on the flim.
Some songs like The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" were omitted from the release. Other omitted songs were "Oh Boy", "Rip It Up", "The Paddi Wack Song" (written by Valens), and "Sleep Walk".
Jeff Buckley was long dead when the secretary died on The West Wing but that was used. Sleepwalker is an appropriate song in timbre and title to be used for Richie. His music will walk this earth long after his eternal sleep
haha do you even know what a soundtrack is? Its the music used in the MOVIE! The Movie was made in 1987 and it was called "LA BAMBA" - It was a movie about Richie's life..
"Sleep Walk" entered Billboard's 'Top 40' on August 17, 1959. It rose to the number-one position for two weeks in September 21, 1959. late Ritchie Valen died on Feb 1959......and the music was played during his funreal in the movie on feb '59? The flim made a big mistake ...reason they didnt put this music on the orginal soundtrack of "The Bamba"
neverthless it was a great scene on the movie with this music
They used it during a "scene" as background music in the movie. I don't think it was actually PART of the movie tht was in actual fact used for his funeral. You know what i mean?
rest in peace moms.. now youre in a better place where there in no pain... nothing but happiness all around.. you.. even though we miss you.. but I guess God decided to take you with him,, and I know youre looking down at me from the heaven up above
I love This song. Even Though its very depressing. Love the Movie best movie ever made. and the Music is Perfect. RIP Ritchie Valens. Thanks to Lou Diamond Phillps Played Ritchie Perfectly
Hard to believe this was made a long time ago. This is melodic and beautiful. It's also the saddest part of the movie La Bamba after Valens' plane goes down along with the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly.
I always wondered what the name of this song was! I've heard it many times before & never knew. I've seen the movie "La Bamba" also & heard the song in that movie. Beautiful song!
Im not sure wat your trying to say but not everybody sees life as a great and lvong way other have to work hard sweat die to get wat they want to change or anything.I know how it feels to strugel in life in tough and hard times.Thinking BOut MY Life makes me Cry.thinking bout others how there life is makes me cry im tired of life. not to be ended but of death....
I Just Got It Off Of My I-tunes Program From Sum Dudes Named Santo and Johnny... Album Is Called Canadian American Story.... N' It Sounds Exactly Da Same....
I danced to this song, completely lost and sway by the tingling sounds. :)
sheislove23 1 day ago
i play this song with all my heart
hazzysoccer19 4 days ago
Ahh Thissz Sonqq Isz Amaaazinqq ! :) But Itssz Sad Causee It Was Played At A Funeral .... :/
LowriderSD619 2 weeks ago
AWESOME SONG,FINALLY FOUND IT!
bigcoy75 3 weeks ago
ritchie valens is the reason i even began to LISTEN to music
MrJrcool1234 1 month ago
this is my funeral song for sure TWT
MrJrcool1234 1 month ago
4 people must have hit the dislike button by mistake because they were sleepwalking!
Ninootz 1 month ago
finally i found this song! it was played at my uncle's funeral
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RICHIEEEEE! :'('''''''
You'll understand if you watched the Movie.
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mrjoker483 2 months ago
I play this when getting up to make coffee in da morning
ABRONXTALE9 3 months ago
Los Lobos is the band covering this IIRC
trailrunner78 3 months ago
It's Santo & Johnny for heaven's sake!
EmeraldFlowsion62 4 months ago
love this one.;)
Marquito76r 4 months ago
beautiful!
matricha69 4 months ago
HEART WRENCHING, AMAZING
PATBATify 4 months ago
This is fucking beautiful.
murdersermon 4 months ago
Every time I hear this on the radio, I have an overwhelming compulsion to yell out, "RRRIIITTTCCCHHHIIIEEE!!!" at the end of the song.
MervynCruddy 4 months ago 3
Sweet blue screen :)
ralffran 5 months ago
not my ritchie bob
spliff911 8 months ago
I don't have words!
This stunns and touches you. And if you understand the spirit of the 50's and Ritchie Valenzuela, you get mind pulled with emotion. Just listen.
Jerkwaad 10 months ago 3
I always play this on my guitar with my dad and Grand Uncle backing me up, just to put my nephew to sleep....
oriPngRep15 10 months ago 3
@oriPngRep15 You got an old family :)
SolidSnakeBossMGO 6 months ago
It's so sweet song. I love that!
KamykTS 11 months ago
como ritchie valens ninguno
exelentes rolas
arizailuna 11 months ago
RICHI
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
:(
paul66627 1 year ago
Has anyone the notes or tabs for me? Because I like this song very much! I want to play it myself on my guitar.
silovevd 1 year ago
viva ritchie valens ninguno como el
guapobenxxx 1 year ago
viva ritchie valens
guapobenxxx 1 year ago
io la baile el dia d mi boda komo olvidarla kuando eramos novios el m desia k era la k ibamos a bailar i asi fue TE AMO MARTIN
makavely187 1 year ago
nice tune man i use to alway listen to this havent hurd for like 4 months now
LazarOMoFoz 1 year ago
Heartbreaking melody!!!!!
07badger 1 year ago 2
noooo mi richieeeeee,
DONJOSERABI 2 years ago
it remindsme those times... when i was in love of that person...my first love... i dont stop hearing this melodical song when i was broken....... u_u
ChoKo0ChoKo0 2 years ago
so cool and mellow and laid back, yet it still has a lot of flavour. Great tune to just sit back and listen to and chill.
I love this.
ScottyShowman 2 years ago
RITCHIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WalkenTheWalk 2 years ago
reminds me of Steven King books...
Svilennv 2 years ago 2
Or the movie adaptation of his sleepwalker book.
candiddidnac 2 years ago
yea, exactly and "Hearts in Atlantis"
Svilennv 2 years ago
great tune......funeral!
Marquito76r 2 years ago
Santo & Johnny are the guys who did this song. google Santo & Johnny and see. :)
VirtuaCory 2 years ago
i want this song to be playing on my funeral day. so calm makes me wonder why we ever changed. nirvana is reached by this song.
robinmontano 2 years ago
This version is much better than the original.
lobitochulo 2 years ago
mmmmmm.....
stickynyki 2 years ago
wedding or funeral? hmmmm......fune
dsimon251291 2 years ago
i want this song played when i die
pal2056 2 years ago 5
i want to dance to this on my wedding day.
187sadist 2 years ago 3
my name is richie valenzuela its cool
rvalenzuela29 2 years ago
GREAT ASS OLDIE R.I.P. RICHIE VALEN
angeladolfomontoya 2 years ago 3
RITCHIEEEEEE!!!!!!
micsael 2 years ago 49
i cant help but to say that everytime the song is over. even though i know it fucks up the whole mood from the song.... oh well
RITCHIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(runs up the hill)
ez863epb 2 years ago 9
Hahaha, RRIIITTCHHIEEEE!!!!!
RuthlessCriminal408 2 years ago
@micsael
xDDDDDD Jajaja
Rastamandy 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!
187376 2 years ago 3
i want this to be played at my funeral.
187sadist 2 years ago 47
@187sadist fuck that funeral shit....dick. hahaha
llevijr 1 year ago
@llevijr you sir are a fucking dumb ass. and im a female...YOU DICK
187sadist 1 year ago
@187sadist play it at your funeral, and ill pop more caps in yo ass while you dead in your casket....yeah dasright...
llevijr 1 year ago
@187sadist I know what you mean!! Don`t worry!! :)
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deagla2 1 year ago
@187sadist hell yeah dude! ive been saying that also!
iwannafuku126 4 months ago
genius
Matlike1 2 years ago
ohne scheiss, very nice...
doubleOOskiLLs 2 years ago
Im sure loads of guitar people have copied sleep walk any of you herd joe satriani version is it a let down or do the original good
satriani280 2 years ago
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his version is sort of ok but it sounds like a christmas tune
johnmccool21 2 years ago
theirs another version? who sings it?
Asalgado1309 2 years ago
amos garret
stickynyki 2 years ago
aii pero q bonita knciioN,,, saludos a mexico!
haide00 2 years ago 3
Dios!!! con ese tema quiero morir :)
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radamecholo13 2 years ago
This song isn't on the La Bamba soundtrack.
petsounds75 2 years ago
Yes it is, its on the scene where Bob and his mum are hugging because they found out about Ritchie's death. And then at the end of the song Bob screams " RIIIIIIIIITTTTTCCCCHHHHHIIIEEEEE"
princeofpointless 2 years ago 7
"sleepwalk" was omitted from the soundtrack album.....yet it was on the flim.
Some songs like The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" were omitted from the release. Other omitted songs were "Oh Boy", "Rip It Up", "The Paddi Wack Song" (written by Valens), and "Sleep Walk".
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supremes1964 2 years ago
HA HA i love that part me and my friends imatate that part all the time
monkeypaw09 2 years ago
I love this instrumental. Makes me think of another era, when life was simpler.
bellefemme87 2 years ago 4
this song will also be put in my funeral
madbionicleboy 2 years ago 2
This song will also be played at my funeral when I passed away.
amador1983 2 years ago
Beautiful
stormtroopernl 3 years ago
Jeff Buckley was long dead when the secretary died on The West Wing but that was used. Sleepwalker is an appropriate song in timbre and title to be used for Richie. His music will walk this earth long after his eternal sleep
leisterviola 3 years ago
"Sleepwalk" wasnt release until july, 1959.....months after Ritchie Valens death. How can it be on the soundtrack?
santo n johnny #1 sept 1959
supremes1964 3 years ago
haha do you even know what a soundtrack is? Its the music used in the MOVIE! The Movie was made in 1987 and it was called "LA BAMBA" - It was a movie about Richie's life..
incurab1e 2 years ago
"Sleep Walk" entered Billboard's 'Top 40' on August 17, 1959. It rose to the number-one position for two weeks in September 21, 1959. late Ritchie Valen died on Feb 1959......and the music was played during his funreal in the movie on feb '59? The flim made a big mistake ...reason they didnt put this music on the orginal soundtrack of "The Bamba"
neverthless it was a great scene on the movie with this music
supremes1964 2 years ago 2
They used it during a "scene" as background music in the movie. I don't think it was actually PART of the movie tht was in actual fact used for his funeral. You know what i mean?
incurab1e 2 years ago
I WANT THIS SONG PLAYED AT MY FUNERAL :(
ChicaJalpense 3 years ago
this isnt even richie valens
framerandyyahoo 3 years ago
I want this song played at my funeral too. Very sad and great song :D
ChicaJalpense 3 years ago
rest in peace moms.. now youre in a better place where there in no pain... nothing but happiness all around.. you.. even though we miss you.. but I guess God decided to take you with him,, and I know youre looking down at me from the heaven up above
rosynumber1 3 years ago
RITCHIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
sisknot666 3 years ago 2
lol
illuminadi 2 years ago
oohh u got me,ha
xdaggersx 3 years ago
im dead and this played at my funeral :]
Zach15665 3 years ago
lets see who dies first.
xdaggersx 3 years ago
my funeral song!
xdaggersx 3 years ago
mine to...seriously!
dgutrz1 3 years ago
I cry everytime, and feel all your comments, well most of them that reflect upon the somberness of these events and the perfect choice of music.
Jmath446 3 years ago
When Bobs on the bridge and he shouts "Ritchie!!" it sends a shiver down my spine and fills my eyes with tears.
baldyholly79 3 years ago
It's so great :) ...Yet so sad :C .
BobTheHumanBeing 3 years ago
I love This song. Even Though its very depressing. Love the Movie best movie ever made. and the Music is Perfect. RIP Ritchie Valens. Thanks to Lou Diamond Phillps Played Ritchie Perfectly
Chamuco42 3 years ago
Hard to believe this was made a long time ago. This is melodic and beautiful. It's also the saddest part of the movie La Bamba after Valens' plane goes down along with the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly.
bluehavencd 3 years ago
I gotta learn how to play this this song:)
janin101 3 years ago
Its actually a hard ass song , and these older songs were so basic!!!
im having such difficulty!!
My most favorite song in the whole world right now, its sooo beautifully sad!
bigrussthefuss 3 years ago
like this song takes me back to when i was 5yrs oldwhen life was gr8t b4 i grew up :)
gibbydf 3 years ago
best song in the world!
ogdeathgodInc 3 years ago
RRRIIIIICHIEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA
JinKazama13 3 years ago
its a steel guitar
madtired 3 years ago
esto es lo q me hace llorar!!!! carajoooo bien bien de verdad!!!!
noXjanp 3 years ago
this song is so sad to me because i always thought of it as the swan song to the period known as the 50's
Arek12687 3 years ago
this is pretty sad sound bill cosby and i most not cry
lilycruzperez 3 years ago
beautiful song.
rick4691 3 years ago
What a beautiful piece.
Melt away!
VideoViewings 3 years ago
I always wondered what the name of this song was! I've heard it many times before & never knew. I've seen the movie "La Bamba" also & heard the song in that movie. Beautiful song!
Thegrinch17 3 years ago
Beautiful song, fun movie! Thanks for post
ty Paul for share
DejaVuSu 3 years ago
Great tune...a real haunting 50's sound.
Sandra X
1280379 3 years ago
truly!
bigrussthefuss 3 years ago
I love this tune!!
istgone 3 years ago
Very pretty! thanks for posting 5*****'s. Thank you Paul for sending.Shirley
broncose1 3 years ago
yep this is a really good song glad to hear it again, its been so long since I heard it.
eflat377 3 years ago
So beautiful... mav7054, thank you so much for posting this!!! And many thanks to Paul for sharing thic classic one =) 5*****
Mondayevil 3 years ago
This is so beautiful. !!! xxxxx
BecciBarham1993 3 years ago
Oh this is lovely! 5* thanks for posting this wonderful song! Thank you Paul for sharing with me!
HUGS
XX Kay
fieryangel123 3 years ago
reminds me of me back in the 50's drinking some moonshine!!!!!!!!!!
RyderLee123 3 years ago
fucken luv it
uzirider751 3 years ago
reminds me of my youth...Time wasted away...
jmvguy 3 years ago 2
sniffff
luasino 3 years ago
this song is very sad.
andrewgladue780 3 years ago
rrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man this song makes me cry.
lakersrock1212 3 years ago
I love this song soooooooo much it makes me cry
Rose0886 3 years ago
Wow! Beautiful!
jasonov7 3 years ago
THIS SONG MAKES ME CRY....
labootsie 3 years ago
Que buen musico era
mariaconisabel 3 years ago
great1 what more can be said.
danielmills3 3 years ago
Im not sure wat your trying to say but not everybody sees life as a great and lvong way other have to work hard sweat die to get wat they want to change or anything.I know how it feels to strugel in life in tough and hard times.Thinking BOut MY Life makes me Cry.thinking bout others how there life is makes me cry im tired of life. not to be ended but of death....
hightone4ever 3 years ago
well some have it easier then others, its just the hand you were dealt my friend, to danielmills3 "sleepwalker" sums his life up.
maybe one day your life wont be so tough, but for now hang in there buddy, you have a purpose!
-R
bigrussthefuss 3 years ago
this song always makes me sad
Dawgster67 3 years ago
life is a Bitch.so wat you do.you fu*k it.if he didnt die we would of never heard of him
hightone4ever 3 years ago
this song wasnt richie valens anyway it was santo and johnny.
danielmills3 3 years ago
i disagree with this, he was phenominal for a 16 year old, imagine if he would have lived, he would have been bigger then elvis probably!
bigrussthefuss 3 years ago 3
Actually, he was 17 when he died but still he was awesome.
He was so talented and the biggest rock n roll heart in history.
RIP Richard Steven Valenzuela 1941-1959
cocobrival 3 years ago
una genialidad
master piece
evasionplan 3 years ago 2
Makes me think so much about life man i love it i love it why ritchie why you man damn man i love your music so much man!!!
realhiphop973 3 years ago
wow..... gets me everytime
shanco1869 3 years ago 2
this song makes me cry =[
LamasdeseadaBS 3 years ago
Este es mi favorita musica. This song pulls my string of my heart.
Maxemois 3 years ago 2
reminds me of my life?
SirgijoeRR 3 years ago 2
una gran cancion y que decir de la pelicula una gran historia
chabelarga 4 years ago 2
amazing :(
SpychowoMost 4 years ago 3
We buried my grandma to this song but still great!
NumbaOneGunner 4 years ago 8
Iam sad that ritchie valens is gone
gfhdhdbcvf 4 years ago 2
RITCHIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
109acepilot 4 years ago 10
yah +2 for someone crying out for their brother......
oakfox1981 4 years ago 5
I love dis jam :(
Salay20 4 years ago 3
Views: 7,777 lucky number? anyway great song
siwuszek 4 years ago 3
best vid. on youtube!
LUAP021 4 years ago 3
IAM SAD
gfhdhdbcvf 4 years ago 2
Great song, nice vid.
proverbs2131 4 years ago 6
i love this song its so like '50's malt shop
camcam200008 4 years ago 5
long live the innocent 50s-60s i wasn't born but i heard it was good man i missed out
mandoggydogg 4 years ago 4
I have this movie and I just can't stop watching it
Rastatoken 4 years ago 3
te dedico esta cancion con todo mi corazon ..de jail para lily .te quiero
ruchs10 4 years ago 3
when i heard this i thought of a good friend of mine that they found dead it made me realize of what i lost whoever posted this thanks
punkfan91 4 years ago 4
I Just Got It Off Of My I-tunes Program From Sum Dudes Named Santo and Johnny... Album Is Called Canadian American Story.... N' It Sounds Exactly Da Same....
*s!tic*
Sitic7 4 years ago 4
Yeah, the Ritchie Valens funeral scene....Where is this version of the song from, anyone know? It's not on the soundtrack CD, I know, I have it.....
trailrunner78 4 years ago 4