Ritchie Valens - La Bamba (original sessions)

A sample from recording sessions of Ritchie Valens 1958 big hit "La Bamba". This is from "The Lost Tapes" cd and doesn´t have the famous solo guitar.

"La Bamba" is ranked number 345 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (it´s the only song on the list not sung in English). According to history, this is the lineup:

Buddy Clark: string bass
Carol Kaye: rhythm guitar
Earl Palmer: drums
Ernie Freeman: piano
Rene Hall: Danelectro guitar
Ritchie Valens: vocals, guitar

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• La Bamba Donna Ritchie Valens

[XFS540]

He looks nothing close to 17.

[ElchicoRICO30]

Justin Beaber paso por aqui 5 veces!!!!

[IMinencraft]

Wheres the distortion!? Oh right this is when music was simple! XD

[Frankeinstein127]

@Daddybopper better than gold

[73luvi]

excelente material

[9avedon]

How ? can anybody dislike this,this is the creative process in action.

[Daddybopper]

This is gold!

[ChannelNotFound]

@XFS540 yeah he looks old in cover pics but when you look at pics from live performances you can tell hes 17.

[LuciusEsox1]

He was 17.... :( ,,,, war takes more of this age

[guitartito1]

se queda colgado.

[cowboyup993]

@XFS540 yeah, I knew he died young but I thought he was mid 20's. I just saw it was 17 yesterday.

[laiosto]

@XFS540 more like 37