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Hey, this kid was only 17! What a talent!
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Я рыба,я рыба-I am fish in russia
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I wish to go back in the time when the music was like water you can drink the sound
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As I see it, Ritchie Valens was a bit ahead of his times, but he did open the door for Carlos Santana to make Latin/rock fusion music happen!!!
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just love it
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Ricardo Valenzuela wou;ld have been huge and he was a true genius for doing a Rock N' Roll version of this Mexican Marimba classic!
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@miranda2621 Awesome comment and yes he was the very first Mexican American rOCK N' Roller and thsi song is virtually the very first Rock N' Espaniol song ever recorded!!. :)
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@lthce hahaha tak pravda, ya riba ya riba.
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I wish he would've been filmed singing live.
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love this singer and this was his song! He was a shooting star and we didn't get to see him long. Thanks for the memory!
This Mexican American teenager introduced an old Mexican classic to white American teenagers and they loved it! Wow !
miranda2621 3 months ago 64
I'm not sure that, had he lived, Ritchie would have been a substantial star like Chuck and Elvis and Buddy but I remember when this came out it was the hottest sound around. He weas essentially a young rocker like many others whose stars shone brightly for a while and then faded - but who knows - he could have had staying power and gone on rocking into old age like Jerry Lee. When he died it was like losing a close friend.
zthetha 3 months ago 38