Ritchie Valens - La Bamba (1958) | The 1950s/Early 1960s Music & Memories

On this date in 1987, LOS LOBOS released the single LA BAMBA (Jun 20, 1987) Thirty-seven years ago today, Los Angeles rock band Los Lobos achieved their first and only #1 hit on the UK Singles Chart with their cover of the Mexican folk song “La Bamba.” Originally a traditional son jarocho tune from Veracruz, “La Bamba” was first popularized in the late 1950s by Ritchie Valens, the Mexican-American rock 'n' roll pioneer who famously lost his life in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly an

On this date in 1987, LOS LOBOS released the single LA BAMBA (Jun 20, 1987) Thirty-seven years ago today, Los Angeles rock band Los Lobos achieved their first and only #1 hit on the UK Singles Chart with their cover of the Mexican folk song “La Bamba.” Originally a traditional son jarocho tune from Veracruz, “La Bamba” was first popularized in the late 1950s by Ritchie Valens, the Mexican-American rock 'n' roll pioneer who famously lost his life in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly an