Eight months is a tremendously slim timespan to build a legacy. Yet that's all the time Ritchie Valens had to create his classic recordings, which remain revered around the world. Valens made his first sides for Del-Fi label producer Bob Keane in May of 1958, and on February 3, 1959, he was killed in the tragic plane crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. In that all-too-brief period, Ritchie scored three indelible hits-his debut single Come On, Let's Go and a blockbuster double-sided single pairing Donna and La Bamba. The teenager certainly knew how to rock, and his Bear Family disc does precisely that as Valens storms through his aforementioned hits and a plethora of other spicy gems: Hurry Up, Ooh! My Head, Rockin' All Night, Dooby Dooby Wah, various alternate takes, and plenty more. As a special bonus, we've included both sides of Donna Ludwig's rare tribute single to her departed boyfriend, touchingly closing the CD.
Tracklist:
La Bamba
Ooh! My Head
Hurry Up
Let's Rock and Roll
Fast Freight
Framed
Come on Let's Go
Little Girl
Bony Moronie 1
Big Baby Blues 1
Cry, Cry, Cry (Bob Keane Home Recording #1) 1
Cry, Cry, Cry (Bob Keane Home Recording #2) 1
Cry, Cry, Cry (With the Claves) 1
Cry, Cry, Cry 1
Bluebirds Over the Mountain 1
Rockin' All Night 1
Dooby Dooby Wah (Bob Keane Home Recording) 1
Dooby Dooby Wah 1
Dooby Dooby Wah (Take 7 - Outtake) 2
From Beyond 2
Hi-Tone 2
The Paddi-Wack Song 2
Rock Lil' Darlin' 2
Malaguena 2
That's My Little Suzie (Demo, Bob Keane Home Recording) 2
That's My Little Suzie 2
That's My Little Suzie (Gold Star Studio Outtake) 2
Rhythm Song 2
In a Turkish Town 3
Ritchie Valens Commercial (Donna) 3
Donna 3
Stay Beside Me 3
We Belong Together 3
Plane Crash Report, Feb 3, 1959 3
Lost Without You 3
Now That You're Gone
UPC: 5397102175251 Label: Bear Family Release Date: 3.8.19 Format: CD
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