La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical drama film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film follows the life and short-lived musical career of American...

La Bamba may refer to: La Bamba (film), a 1987 film based on the life of Ritchie Valens "La Bamba" (song), a folk song best known from a 1958 adaptation...

"La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, also known as "La Bomba". The song is best known from...

La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 1987 American biographical film of the same name, released on June 30, 1987...

months after his breakthrough. Valens had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. Valens transformed the...

La Curandera, a song by the band Clutch off their 2004 album Blast Tyrant. It features a fictional trial of a curandera for curing a demon. La Bamba (film)...

was an American actress. Her film credits include Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Batteries Not Included, La Bamba (both 1987), Jacob's Ladder (1990)...

screenwriter, film director and actor. Regarded as the father of Chicano film and playwriting, Valdez is best known for his play Zoot Suit, his movie La Bamba, and...

He is best known for his work as musical director of the films Zoot Suit (1981) and La Bamba (1987). Daniel Valdez was born to Francisco and Armida Valdez...

Super Blues collaboration album. He recorded it again in 1987 for the La Bamba film soundtrack. Willie Dixon produced the song and Los Lobos provided the...

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Orchestra. In 1987, he made a cameo appearance as Eddie Cochran in the film La Bamba. Setzer was born April 1959 in Massapequa, New York. He started on the...

Off the Boat, Hell's Kitchen and Freedom: A History of US as well as in films like D2: The Mighty Ducks, Frosted Pink, and the Disney Channel original...

recognition for numerous supporting roles in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD...

is an American actor. He has had notable roles in the films Bad Boys with Sean Penn and La Bamba with Lou Diamond Phillips. His television roles include...

breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba (1987). For Stand and Deliver (1988), Phillips was nominated for a Golden...

released around the same time as Los Lobos' rendition, which supported the film La Bamba (1987). Abraham recollected how A.B. was unable to rival Hollywood,...

drive" than La Bamba. More negative response, however, came from critic Richard Harrington of The Washington Post, who wrote: The filming is often flat...

the film; songs that appear in the film but not in the soundtrack are "La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by Jerry Lee Lewis,...

Dujardin as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117 Pierre Niney as Serge / OSS 1001 Fatou N'Diaye as Zéphyrine Bamba Natacha Lindinger as Micheline Pierson...

On August 26, 2024, it was announced that a remake of the 1987 movie La Bamba, which was based on the life and career of musician Ritchie Valens, was...

Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise Luis Valdez: I Am Joaquín, Zoot Suit, La Bamba W. S. Van Dyke: The Thin Man, Naughty Marietta, The Prisoner of Zenda (uncredited)...

Dave, Kevin, Bambas, and Guy Singer. While scouting the bank, Dave runs into gangster Lew Vogel, for whom he made pornographic films. The gang rents...

and Brian Setzer, the last of whom recorded his version for the 1987 film La Bamba, in which he portrayed Cochran. The song is about the struggle between...

Pender – trumpet Rick Gazda – trumpet Stan Harrison – tenor sax Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg – trombone Eddie Manion – baritone sax Arno Hecht – alto sax...

Jon Heder as Dennis Matt Battaglia as Mike Susan Diol as Gaby Bambadjan Bamba as Tony Patrick Bristow as Klaus Sandra Nelson as Isabella Carol Locatell...

Los Angeles music scene by including their version of "La Bamba" on "We're Desperate: The L.A. Scene (1976-79)." The Plugz released two albums, Electrify...

AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 18 December 2023. "La Bamba (1987)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2024-11-14. Portals: Film 1980s...

overview of the events of 2014 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths....

song was notably covered by Los Lobos for the soundtrack to the 1987 film La Bamba which portrayed the life story of Ritchie Valens. In one scene, Valens...