La Bamba facts
While investigating facts about La Bamba, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Musician Ritchie Valens died in a plane crash at age of 17. He recorded his hit "La Bamba" when he was 16.
Ritchie Valens spoke very little Spanish, and learned the lyrics phonetically to record "La Bamba"
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 5 of the best facts about La Bamba I managed to collect.
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I learned "La Bamba" was arranged for a Bollywood film, with new lyrics written in Hindi, in 1991.
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For the move La Bamba, Lou Diamond Phillips (who played Richie Valens) originally auditioned to play Bob, and Esai Morales (who played Bob) originally auditioned to play Richie Valens.
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The first line of "La Bamba" apparently is NOT "la la la la la bamba"
