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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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Y La Bamba is an American indie alternative/experimental band led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Luz Elena Mendoza. She is a first generation Mexican...
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months after his breakthrough. Valens had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. Valens transformed the...
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La Bamba West, Inc., doing business as La Bamba Mexican Restaurant and La Bamba Burritos, is a fast casual restaurant chain that was started in 1987 and...
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Luis Valdez (section La Bamba)
and playwriting, Valdez is best known for his play Zoot Suit, his movie La Bamba, and his creation of El Teatro Campesino. A pioneer in the Chicano Movement...
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Bamba may refer to: Bamba (actress), Philippine actress Amadou Bamba, Muslim religious leader and founder of Mouridism Anderson Bamba, Brazilian footballer...
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Ritchie Valens single released, was the A side of the influential song "La Bamba". This single was only one of four, along with the previous single ("Come...
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Jonathan Fousseni Bamba (born 26 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Celta. Born...
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José Rivera (playwright) (section La Bamba remake)
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...
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The band rose to international stardom in 1987, when their version of "La Bamba" peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, and also topped the charts...
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Mohamed Fakaba Bamba (born May 12, 1998) is an American-Ivorian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball...
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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...
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audience that the band had recently enthralled. Among the album's singles, "La Bamba" represented Selena's initial appearance on a national music chart, reaching...
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Elizabeth Peña (category Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni)
included Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Batteries Not Included, La Bamba (both 1987), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Rush Hour (1998), The Incredibles (2004)...
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Esai Morales (category Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni)
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 the PBS 2002 drama...
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La Bambas was an influential Sri Lankan music group, composed of Priya Peiris, Rolinson Ferdinando, Brian Fernando, Erinton Perera and Lasla Fernando...
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disc. He also performed his own version of the traditional Mexican song "La Bamba" on the album; his recording of the tune was later reissued as a single...
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Summertime Blues (redirect from La Fille de l'été dernier)
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...
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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. His brother...
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Afro-Mexicans (section La Bamba)
known as son jarocho and best known through the popularity of the hit "La Bamba" shows a mixture of Andalusian, Canary Islander and African influence....
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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...
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in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD Blue, Memento, and Bad Boys and...
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Negrito 1959 La Canción De Orfeo / Adieu Tristesse / La Bamba / Macongo 1959 La Bamba 1960 Chansons populaires d'Amérique du Sud 1960 La Petenera / Piedra...
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A&M AMX 11,218 ("Guantanamera", "What Makes You Dream, Pretty Girl", "La Bamba", "La Mer (Beyond the Sea)"), 1966 A&M AMX 11,231 ("Louie Louie", "Things...
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as far back as Ritchie Valens' 1958 version of the Mexican folk song "La Bamba", which set in motion a wave of influential garage rock bands including...
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Cochran's hits. Sheeley was depicted by Rosanna Locke in the 1987 film La Bamba. Sheeley, Sharon (2010). Summertime Blues. Ravenhawk Books. ISBN 978-1-893660-18-2...
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Souleymane "Sol" Bamba (13 January 1985 – 31 August 2024) was a professional football player and manager. As a player, he was a centre-back. Born in France...
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