Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Diana Ramirez/De Los; Photos by Columbia Pictures and Merrick Morton) Almost 40 years after its release, “La Bamba,” the beloved ...

A new musical based on the life and music of 1950s rocker Ritchie Valens is in development, producer Brad Garfield has announced. Tony Taccone, a Broadway veteran who recently concluded his tenure as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to Lou Diamond Phillips, no one foresaw “industry-shifting box-office hit” while making La Bamba, the 1987 favorite ...

Ritchie Valens, the teenager hailed as the first Hispanic rock star, is perhaps best remembered for the enduring Spanish rock song “La Bamba.” Alongside immortal rockers Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper ...

For the first time in nearly 40 years, never-before-seen images documenting the making of “La Bamba” will be released, giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the production of one of the most notable ...

A stage musical about pioneering Chicano rock & roller Ritchie Valens is in the works, with Los Lobos’ Louie Pérez and David Hidalgo on board to provide original music alongside Valens’ hits. Come On, ...

To dance the Bamba, one needs a bit of grace. That is an English translation of one of the lyrics from “La Bamba.” It was a Mexican folk song Richard Steven Valenzuela learned from his cousin. By 1958 ...

There are four words the Golden Knights don’t want to hear during their upcoming NHL playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers. “Play ‘La Bamba,’ baby!” The Mexican folk song “La Bamba,” first made ...

Almost 40 years after its release, “La Bamba,” the beloved biopic of singer Ritchie Valens, is getting a remake. And Luis Valdez, the original director and writer, wants people to know: "This was not ...