Ritchie Valens-Donna

[47yesican]

I was Twelve when He was killed. I heard of his death on my "transistor" radio.

My Good friend was Donna-all of Us sat around the TV to here "Jerry Dumphy"

Local CBS Ca. anchor man, Tell the Sad News-on My parents Black & White TV.

My God, we were Kids, & so Horribly Upset, Crying...

[1969ANACLETO]

Bons tempos! música linda.

[dorereloko81]

I LIKE!

[fobakawa]

This was the first record that I ever bought. I was a small child and I remember still how much I loved to hear it on the radio. I love it just as much today! Thanks for uploading this.

[kingbrandon60]

GO TO MY PROFILE TO SEE MY VERSION OF THIS SONG. IT WAS DEDICATED ESPECIALLY TO ME

[nativeawesome]

like if the Misfits brought you here

[miclotehandon]

la bamba homiez good movie

[timothyh71]

Seriously 59 people are fing STUPID!!!

[jimbowie09]

Born Richard Steven Valenzuela. Falling out of the sky in that crappy old airplane must have been a real bummer. He had a fear of flight after an accident where 2 light planes collided above the jr. high school playground had left some friends dead and injured on a day when he had missed school to attend his grandfather's funeral. The 50's peace & love? Korean War, atmospheric hydrogen bomb tests race by China, Russia & the US? What am I leaving out?

[muse727272]

I cant see the dislike bar.

[tjlm72]

Now who..just who the heck...would dislike this guy.!

[1967gtx1967]

what a great song. always loved it . rest in peace ritchie knowing you made one of the greatest songs of all time .

[cruz4025]

straight up

[InchesTv]

This is such a wonderful song thank you so much Mr Valens for all your musical talent!

Inches"

[reloaddan]

R.I.P.

[vkdee44]

Sweet song.

[cirobrio]

bella



[M76M55M4M33M77M]

OH BONNIE OH BONNIE OH BONNIE I HAD A GIRL AND BONNIE WAS HER NAME

[tino755]

R.I.P. RITCHIE VALENS

[NicePlaylist]

" yoo hoo" - Bob

[smfan2000]

@NicePlaylist haha love that movie!

[thecolaratlady]

He truly, with all his heart and soul loved Donna, her father is a disgusting pig (even more so then miss piggy)

[yahtrick151]

he has got himself a nigga nose! Hell of a voice though! stay away from my daughter!

[SuperJsongs]

Yes I will.

[jbrian80]

58 had a girl named Donna and dumped their sorry ass.

[nortefasho]

i will neva get ova, how great this song is!

[Bubblingbrew]

Han ser ut som Johan Glans =o

[msdonnah1]

I was named Donna by my Mom & Dad. I really miss my Dad so very much !!!! Get well Mom soon & get home !!!!!!!!!!!

[trilby80]

What ever happened to Donna?

[RyanMoskow15]

Comment on Bruno Mars? FLAGGED!

[angelsbeatlesfan]

@RyanMoskow15 But Bruno Mars is actually an amazing singer/songwriter/performer. He is an authentic musician

[TheKingCameron]

i like pom

thumbs up if you read that wrong (anyways to not be a spammer Ritchie valens your awesome)

[billeybop]

A velvet voice. Thanks

[mauiwauidank]

17 when de died

[nativewuksachi]

RIITTCCCCHHHHHHHIIIEE!

[JPerryMable]

Close your eyes and you're almost back there dancing!

[pikkiecrous]

I was ending high school. Now I am a pensioner. Music still beautiful as always.

[bobspez]

@pikkiecrous Rock and Roll will never die!

[thecolaratlady]

I was 15 when i met my husband, we started dating serious when i was 17, he was 19,, we got married 2 months after i turned 18..here we are i'm 44, he's 46, we are still together :) if i were Donna, would have went home from school, punched dear ol racist dad soo hard in the moutj, it would have needed to be wired

[Stevetheperformer]

@thecolaratlady Heh?!

[thecolaratlady]

@Stevetheperformer Obviously i have to explain...Donna's father was very racist, he did not want her around Ritchie.She was in school when the news broke about his death. THATS why i said what i did..got it now?

[Stevetheperformer]

@thecolaratlady ok- I get it

[FitZfulltiltband]

Great song. I remember it well. I was lucky to be a teenager in the 60s, "sandwiched" between the 50s and 70s music. Such good times and this music brings it all back.

[silvericeman92]

@FitZfulltiltband yes you were lucky not like me getting stuck with the likes from cRAP and Beiber

[FitZfulltiltband]

I was 13 or 14 when I first heard this song. The 50s and 60s music is what I grew up with and still love today. Thanks Richie, Buddy, the Temps and all of Motown.

[loser2356]

Everytime i hear these kinda of music it makes me wanna be born in the 60s.. because it had to be the best time :) it makes me cry that these songs are so touching. i wish maybe these kinds of music could come alive and make it real :D

[Vegaslvr59]

My name is Donna too and I was born in 1959. I love it and those that don't appreciate this kind of music need to get a life. This is music...Rap is not.

[locueloyo]

Nice song as a lot of oldies

[MegaWayne49]

First love.

[jesterSyndrome]

making love to my wife donna....powerful thrusts

[mista808]

Donna is an ugly old ladies name

[xoxoCHEERATLxoxo96]

i would die if a guy sang this to me...especially since my name is donna.

[SuperRobbie1976]

58 people have no Donna in there lives.

[lmfaoatthat]

fucking perfection ....fucking amazing rip you motherfucking legend! fuck you beiber with that big ass greasy ass bellpepper ass mullet this is music you son of a bitch .. fucking "baby" and "one time" that is pussy ass shit you nasty motherfucker ! rip ritchie !! <3

[TheSomethingIsh]

@lmfaoatthat

Watch your language dude :)

[John8b6]

RIP Ritchie :(

[grindsmygearsAU]

All it took was a flip of a coin to lose one of the greatest voices in history.

[wertpollwert]

@grindsmygearsAU

yeah, Buddy Holly

[haroof]

@grindsmygearsAU Far from one of the greatest voices in history but a very unique voice and he left too soon. Would have accomplished so much more.

[philip21786]

My name isn't Donna or Richie.

[hurleyOC]

Richie Valenzuela is the soul reason i love Rock 'n' Roll to date.

Gracias, R.I.P Richie Valenzuela

[junkyarddog1981]

My mom went to school with a girl named Donna, and she swore up and down that this song was written about her lol

[fatustwatus]

listning too this music takes me back to a child hood my mam and dad sitting there who are no longer here i love it

[deanmartinfan65]

love all this stuff, im 46 and cant get enough of it.

[webfootgal59]

Wow! that's about all I have to say! Those that appreciate an era of innocence, and peace and love, you all get it. To all others, I'm sorry you don't.....

[Finobini]

@webfootgal59 Innocence? Peace? Love? The U.S.just fought two wars, (WWII Korea) with a third on the way. (Vietnam) It was a time where free speech and freedom of press were severely diminished. (McCarthy) Those that know innocence was lost a long time ago, you get it. To all others, I'm sorry you don't...

[thebadguyhall]

@webfootgal59 I'm not going to lie but, your comment just made me feel better.

[GnosticDevice]

@webfootgal59 You mean an era when record companies completely controlled what music would be published and released to the public? An era that feature song after song following an even more basic pattern than pop music? A time after the most brutal of wars, the formation and escalation of the cold war and a society that still used laws to hold back minorities? The 1950s was not all peace, love and innocence. Just your white suburban childhood or your grandparents memories are.

[smclarty11]

@GnosticDevice You can't change the past... so why not just enjoy it where you can.

[michaeldj5]

@webfootgal59 Maybe those people of that era gave lip-service to innocence, peace and love...but people were just as twisted and perverted then as they have ever been.

[righthesong]

Too bad people have to write swear words in a place that was designed for music comments on songs and artists. I feel like I'm on a war battleground instead.

[larry666ize]

loved a girl named donna and her twin debbie in 67 they were on FIRE

[donnaguy1983]

<3 xx

[TheBrando382]

he looks older than 17

[loungerenownrecords]

Greaaat song!!! What song is better,this song or Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba?"

[thecolaratlady]

@loungerenownrecords each are superior in their own ways, cant say which is better, 1 song was about his love Donna, another was a popular mexican song which his manager didnt want him to record in spanish but he did it anyway and it became a big hit.

[SUPERSLURPZ]

I like a girl named Donna..

[bigloveforbrunomars]

i prefer bruno mars cover <3

[linibono]

I cried everytime I heard this song as a little girl...and it still has the same affect on me :(

[LcdoSoto]

Ricardo Valenzuela = Richie Valens so you racist fucks could listen to his song thinking he was white... Ricky Martin = Enrique Martinez... same shit... thank God the US has changed... yeah right...still full of racist fucks...

[bfbjr]

@LcdoSoto Same thing happened to Italians then too. Dean Martin = Dino Crocetti, Tony Bennett = Antonio Bennedetto etc. At one point in the movie with Lou Diamond Phillips, Donna's father even asked if Ritchie was "Eye-talian".

[shelton705]

@LcdoSoto

"Racist fucks" are in every country, not just the US.

[Tenma96]

@LcdoSoto It's also funny how, songs that are in languages other than English, rarely get popular internationally... That's why everyone has to sing in English, even if it's not their language xD

[dunsweepin]

just brill,donna is now working at tesco in chesterfield x

[pbuotte]

How can you dislike this? Essential 50s ballad!!!

[lexiloop1]

Why do people feel the need to bring up justin bieber?He is no where in this video,why is he in any of the comments?I don't care if it's good or bad STFU.I love this song!

[wolfmanrick]

always a icon.,ay you rock on in heaven

[robertomartinez77]

i love this sonj

[babyimawantyou]

Where The Fuck Is The Heart In Music These Days



[MrBonejainglers]

100 percent authenticity

[NewsFromMrM1]

this music is 100x better then the music nowadays..

[ChevyGearheads]

Ritchie valens was just cool !

[carlaluvsyuhh]

i jst luv dis sonq sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooooooo much

[LordKalbert]

So I take it Lou Diamond Phillips sung in La Bamba?

[lii2007]

amo demais essa musica!!



[MrYonathan91]

A mexican american gem...Yes! i had a girl and donna was her name. :'(

[MrTejano44]

@MrYonathan91 , So true ! 100 % .

[atli1000]

I see a lot of this on oldies sites. The children living in moms basement with nothing better to do than trash real music. You know they like this better than the crap being put out today or they would be listening to it.

[thecolaratlady]

Donna should have went home, punched dear ol racist dad right in the mouth, never spoke to him again. I know i woulda

[911insidejo8]

@thecolaratlady ...It was a different time. You could use a hateful word like "nigger" or whatever and that was common place and no-one flinched. Now you can't even talk about someone using the word (or even type a comment like this) without being tagged a racist. A good thing on the one hand; however, the pendulum has now swung a little too far the other way.

[dean24uk]

@911insidejo8 what goes around comes around :)

[thecolaratlady]

@dean24uk hahaha! right! why i said what i did

[dean24uk]

@thecolaratlady yes i know, i just have a way with saying as much as i can in as little words possible :)

[aldocayeros]

@dean24uk estamustcaviviraporsiempre

[Phodius]

Born "Ricardo Valensuela", his rocket-ride to stardom was cut woefully short...and we are the worse for it.

[hotmn4u]

tomany women in this world to getupsetover one

[mcloed100]

his name was "Richard Steven Valenzuela" and he was one of best!

[Hoopermazing]

Donna is fucking another dude, probably licking his balls as I type this. Either track her down and slaughter her, or get over it. Take your pick.

[paul72kate]

@Hoopermazing - Is this appropriate speech here? This is a good song, surely we don't have to be subjected to remarks like this in order to listen to it?

[Hoopermazing]

@paul72kate Awww... Did I offend Paulie's itty-bitty sensibilities? Walk it off, asshole.

[paul72kate]

@Hoopermazing - That's not nice. Am I to understand that we can't be friends now? But I stand by my comments - surely this isn't the forum for filthy language and insults.

[tomdylan69]

@Hoopermazing Dude. Shut up.

[Hoopermazing]

@tomdylan69 Eat shit and die, you worthless skid mark of a human being.

[tomdylan69]

@Hoopermazing Nice. Now go out and use that language to start a gang or buy some lollipops or whatever the kids are doing these days.

[MrYonathan91]

@Hoopermazing You're a dick...you are probably jealous you can't play music like this...You're probably a gay hair metal fuck.

[Hoopermazing]

@MrYonathan91 Go fuck yourself, you erroneously presumptuous cocksucker. I'm a multi-instrumentalist, and metal, hair or otherwise, doesn't figure in my weltanschauung.

[TheSomethingIsh]

@Hoopermazing

Well, thats just rude, i wont say fuck you or anything, but you just dissed ritchie and donna, both of them, go to hell...now you reply to me with some kind of insult, have fun my small dick friend.

[CHn11000]

LUCKY DONNA AWESOME SONG

[boriissexy77]

My name is Donna <3 lol

[nortefasho]

@boriissexy77 well then i dedicate this song to you. :)

[boriissexy77]

@nortefasho awww you're just to sweet! thank you!!!!

[thekiss84]

@boriissexy77 my name is richie jajaja

[boriissexy77]

@thekiss84 nice!!! :D

[DeniZg200]

@boriissexy77 NO! your name is Boris! :D

[boriissexy77]

@DeniZg200 ofcourse its a screen name :D not my real name lol deniz! ;]

[DeniZg200]

@boriissexy77 You could put female name...LOL...btw, my real name is Deni...

[leo14992]

thumbs up if you FELL ASLEEP!!!

[sabrina60ful]

I'M sorry Justin Bieber it's only for young. It's O.K

[Squeaky4CC]

wow whats justin bieber got anything to do with this gy. anyoway off to watch blue moon in the related section

[PartyGirl9639]

I KNOW A DONNA ;)!

[sabrina60ful]

Beautiful memories. Thank you for the partage.

[xoxoCHEERATLxoxo96]

my name is donna :) <3

[Metafilics]

I need a Chevrolet Two-Ten and 50's back :(

[catsmeow41]

All these songs bring back so many memories of the neighborhood I grew up those were the real good days, no danger, no worries, just plain everyone getting along and looking out for each other, where are those days???????

[catfishhunter502]

Love him!

[MsDW57]

Donna was my best friend for 32 years, and passed away suddenly 2 years ago. I miss her more then life. When I listen to this old music, I can remember when we went out cruzin, and picking up guys from the "Big Pit" hamburger place. I love to remember my best friend, but I just here come the tears again...

[gulfgate713]

@MsDW57 u knew donna??? the real donna frm this song??? ritchie valens girfriend?? :)

[seonfox]

@MsDW57 aww :( someday you will see her again

[LIUKANG02]

weve all had donnas havent ive had one never been the same

[sexyman1024]

i thought since this was ritchie valens, i wouldn't run into shitty justin beiber comments... i was wrong -.-

[wertpollwert]

@sexyman1024

u contradicted yourself by mentioning him.

[MultiFroggies]

@sexyman1024 now you do it yourself too. if people just stop talking about it it would have not been so freaking everywhere

[ushouldcloneurself]

@sexyman1024 ya accept by saying that you just ruined it dumb ass.

[sexyman1024]

@ushouldcloneurself watch out, we got a bad ass over here.

[TheBrando382]

@sexyman1024 fagget

[sexyman1024]

@TheBrando382 yeah you are

[Loco1164]

@TheBrando382 lets see you do better faggot this man is in history are you or will you wow what a stupid fuck

[TheBrando382]

@Loco1164 what are you even talking about? i dont even know why are you so angry. i think you are the stupid fuck, you will not make history neither so you better shut the fuck up, asshole

[righthesong]

@sexyman1024 Dear sexyman. Its funny that Justin Beibers name came up which is totally irrelevant to this page or the song Donna! lol

[sexyman1024]

@righthesong you people don't get it, do you? there was a faggot that commented "give us back ritchie valens, and we'll give you justin bieber in return." i thought that was super gay for him to say, so i commented what i commented. get it now?

[myonlysunshine52]

I remember my brother dancing to this with his Donna back in the 50's..This was their song..They married and had a family..She passed away in 2006. My brother goes into a silent retreat when he hears this great song.."Now that you're gone".,has a different meaning to him now

[Myytmovies]

@tthomaselli2 buddy, bopper, tupac, biggie, joplin, jackson, elvis, orbison, hendrix, cobain, harrison, lennon, etc

[tthomaselli2]

@Myytmovies

You name 'em, Brother...

[HitchHikersBlues]

I hope i meet a hot bird called Donna one day...

We'll drink wine and listen to great music, all day and all night... ; )

(ATTENTION ALL DONNAS !!!)

[wirelessking1746]

donna is hot 

[Meep4beaker]

55 people hearts were broken by someone named Donna

[dannydemunk97]

I'm totally in love with this song!

I've listened it more than thirty times in not even 12 hours!

[RuiZ2448]

how can people dislike this?

[tribalerosry]

chingon k era mexikanoooo0

[dannydemunk97]

He sings so beautiful,he makes me cry :'(

It makes me so sad that I'm born 60 years to late!

[wavygr]

I believe it wasnt the plane the crash was caused by pilot error.

[goldttx337]

@wavygr i believe as well !!!!!!!!!!

[animallover70]

@wavygr But wasn't there a big blizzard? Maybe the plane stalled because something froze? ( I really don't know anything about planes, :p) I just wish Ritchie would come back. :( Holly and JP too.

[juan58102]

@JayZ1996xD Yes, yes... yes!

[DrSurprise]

why did this guy have to die in the plane crash? Why couldn't it have been Justin Bieber? Too bad those videos that said Bieber died in a plane crash were not true

[Russ442100]

@DrSurprise

fuckin hell what it must feel like to wish someone dead .. i feel so sorry for you

[seonfox]

@DrSurprise what is wrong with you? seriously? people are insane. I am 25 and no fan of Justin Bieber but he's just a kid.. and he CAN sing.. and he does charity work! People are cruel and just plain weird!

[DrSurprise]

@seonfox

Richie Vallens was also a kid so your analogy hardly applies

[bppettie]

Great video; great artist; I still miss them all (Ritchie, Buddy, JP)... and I am now 72. bpp

[suzieshackles]

@JayZ1996xD hahhahahhahaah

[minomema]

Richard Steven Valenzuela Love his music! This is one of the first song i learn to play wiw my gitarr! // Love from Sweden

[felipe3942]

@minomema well, actually his name wasn´t richard, but Ricardo

[debbiedamooseful]

@minomema Hey Sweden!  Welcome to the US! I think if a person doesn't love Richard Steven Valenzuela, they're dumb! Oh, and my Mom's name is Donna and my brother is Steven!

[IXIGaryIXI]

@JayZ1996xD ok ok...we'll through in Rebecca Black as well!

[InteractiveMail]

@Playstation3Gamer10 Can someone explain 1 fever, 1coin flip, and 1 pair of dirty clothes?

[Andulik1980]

@InteractiveMail @InteractiveMail When they made the tour(their last one) it was very cold outside.Big Bopper catched a cold on the road(they were traveling with the a bus so imagine how cold was in there).When the bus broke Buddy decided to rent a little airplane(cause he had his clothes dirty,outside was freazing and the bus wasn't working).