50+ Music<p>"La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/folkSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folkSong</span></a>, originally from the state of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Veracruz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veracruz</span></a>, also known as "La Bomba". The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RitchieValens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RitchieValens</span></a>, a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/top40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>top40</span></a> hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RollingStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RollingStone</span></a> magazine's list of "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime</span></a>", and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LaBamba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaBamba</span></a>" has been <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/covered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covered</span></a> by numerous other artists. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAWPrCUQQ0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=nLAWPrCUQQ0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>