La Bamba (album)

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La Bamba
Soundtrack from Los Lobos

Publication
(s)

June 30, 1987

admission

1987

Format (s)

LP, CD, cassette

Genre (s)

Rock and roll

Title (number)

12

running time

30:53

production

Steve Berlin

chronology
How Will the Wolf Survive?
1984 		La Bamba By the Light of the Moon
1987
Single release
1987 La Bamba / Charlena

La Bamba is the soundtrack to the 1987 film of the same name by Luis Valdez about the short career of rock 'n' roll singer Ritchie Valens . The majority of the pieces were recorded by the American band Los Lobos . The album reached the top of the American charts.

Music genre

Since the album is the soundtrack to a biographical film about rock 'n' roll singer Ritchie Valens, song selection is stuck in rock 'n' roll of the 1950s. Other stylistic classifications such as Tex-Mex or Latin are also due to the main character of the film, who came from the Californian Chicano community.

History of origin

Los Lobos had already released two critically acclaimed but not very successful albums by the time they were signed to record the soundtrack. Eight of the twelve songs were recorded by Los Lobos. There were also titles by Howard Huntsbury , Marshall Crenshaw , Brian Setzer and Bo Diddley . Other songs that appeared in the film but did not find their way onto the soundtrack were Rip It Up , Oh Boy , The Paddi Wack Song , Sleepwalk , Pajaro Loco , Abuelitos Cortos , Ready Teddy , I Got a Gal Named Sue (That's My Little Suzie) , Don't You Just Know It , For Your Precious Love , Bakersfield Shuffle , Blue Tango , Cancion Mixteca , Armida , Corrido del Compadre , Chantilly Lace , Betty Jean Tweedlee Dee , Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Over the Mountain, Across the Sea .

Track list

  1. Los Lobos: La Bamba (Traditional, Arrangement: Ritchie Valens ) - 2:54
  2. Los Lobos: Come On, Let's Go! ( Ritchie Valens ) - 1:58
  3. Los Lobos: Ooh! My Head ( Ritchie Valens ) - 1:43
  4. Los Lobos: We Belong Together ( Hy Weiss , Robert Carr , Johnny Mitchell ) - 1:58
  5. Los Lobos: Framed ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller ) - 2:33
  6. Los Lobos: Donna ( Ritchie Valens ) - 2:19
  7. Howard Huntsberry: Lonely Teardrops ( Berry Gordy , Tyran Carlo , Gwen Gordy ) - 3:27
  8. Marshall Crenshaw: Crying Waiting Hoping ( Garry Tallent , Marshall Crenshaw ) - 2:20
  9. Brian Setzer: Summertime Blues ( Eddie Cochran , Jerry Capehart ) - 2:40
  10. Bo Diddley: Who Do You Love ( Bo Diddley ) - 3:00
  11. Los Lobos: Charlena ( Manuel Chavez , Herman Chaney ) - 2:45
  12. Los Lobos: Goodnight My Love ( George Motola , John Marascalco ) - 3:16

Publications and chart successes

The soundtrack was released in 1987 when the film was released on Slash Records and Warner Bros. Several re-releases followed, including issues for the UK market on London Records . The album reached number one on the American Billboard 200 charts and sold over two million times. The album was the biggest success of the band Los Lobos, other records were praised, but sold modestly.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d William Ruhlmann: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. La Bamba. In: Allmusic. Retrieved August 3, 2013 .
  2. ↑ La Bamba (1987). Soundtracks. In: IMDb. Retrieved August 3, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. La Bamba. Releases. In: Allmusic. Retrieved August 3, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. La Bamba. Awards. In: Allmusic. Retrieved August 3, 2013 .