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Valens's version is ranked number 345 on Rolling Stone magazine′s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. "La Bamba" has been covered by numerous artists, notably by Los Lobos whose version was the title track of the 1987 film La Bamba, a bio-pic about Valens; their version ...
[disputed – discuss] Valens learned the lyrics phonetically to record "La Bamba" in Spanish. In 2019, the Valens version of "La Bamba" was selected by the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry as "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". [27] [28] Valens was nominated for a Grammy Award ...
[9] [10] Los Lobos' version of "La Bamba" became the first one to reach the number 1 spot in 1987. In June 2017, following the number one peak of " Despacito " in the Hot 100, Philip Bump of The Washington Post related the increasing success of Spanish-language songs in the United States since 2004 with the growth of its Spanish-speaking ...
Accompanied by her band, Clarkson kicked off the tune, perfectly nailing the Spanish pronunciation. “Para bailar La Bamba/ Para bailar La Bamba/ Se necesita una poca de gracia,” the Grammy ...
In 1986, "La Bamba" featured as the background music to a British TV ad for the Vauxhall Nova motor car. In fall, 1987, the Grateful Dead incorporated "La Bamba" within their version of "Good Lovin'" during several concerts. In 1988, Latin superstar Selena released the song on her album entitled Preciosa.
A Spanish language up-tempo dance song, [10] [11] "La Bomba", along with "Por Arriba, Por Abajo" and "Lola, Lola" combines salsa music with elements of rumba, jazz, and rock. [12] Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News described "La Bomba" as " samba -flavored", a statement which The Dallas Morning News editor Mario Tarradell echoed.
Nearly 40 years after its theatrical release, 'La Bamba' is being remade, but the film's original director and writer questions why rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens' life is being told, again.
In 2000, Argentine project King Africa released in many countries his version of "La Bomba" as a single. Their cover version was then re-issued in 2001 in more countries, including Switzerland, then re-issued again in 2003 in France. Throughout these re-issues, the King Africa version was a top-10 hit in France, Switzerland, Belgium (Flanders ...