"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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Elizabeth Peña (category Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni)
include 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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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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Ahmadu Bamba Mbacke (Arabic: أحمدو بامبا مباك, 1853–1927) also known to followers as the Servant of the Messenger (Arabic: خادِم الرسول, romanized: Khādim...
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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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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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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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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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The game predominantly features Latin music including "Mambo No. 5", "La Bamba" and "El Bimbo", the song that served as the basis for "El Ritmo Tropical"...
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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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The Miami Horns (redirect from La Bamba's Mambomen)
that name. On occasions they have also been billed as The Jukes' Horns, La Bamba's Mambomen, The U.S. Horns, The J.A.M. Horns, The Tunnel Of Love Horns,...
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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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rather than use Valens' own recordings. They performed the title track "La Bamba", which became a worldwide success, topping the charts in the United States...
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