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Ritchie Valens is a American singer-songwriter and guitarist which was active from June 1958 to February 1959. He is best known for his signature songs such as "La Bamba", "Donna", and "We Belong Together". All of songs which was taken from his self-titled album (1959).

Ritchie Valens (1959)
Ritchie Valens is the first album, posthumously released by Del-Fi Records in March 1959, one month after his death in a plane crash. It is his only studio album entirely composed of master tracks recorded at Gold Star Studios. The album peaked at #23 on the Billboard album chart. Six of twelve tracks which was recorded by American-Mexican Latin rock band Los Lobos for the soundtrack film La Bamba.

"Donna"
"Donna" is track #4 on this album. It was written by himself. While the song originally recorded by Valens, most succesful for this covers was English singer-songwriter Cliff Richard and American-Mexican Latin rock band Los Lobos. One of three Valens' signature songs originally recorded by himself. The other being such as "La Bamba" and "We Belong Together" is a cover. "La Bamba" originally is unknown, but adapted by himself fot his album Ritchie Valens. "La Bamba" was covered by American-Mexican Latin rock band Los Lobos for the soundtrack film of the same name (1987). "We Belong Together" originally recorded by R&B duo Robert & Johnny, several moment later Valens covered this song for his album. "Donna" peaked at #2 on the Pop Chart. The song is a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig.

"La Bamba"
"La Bamba" is track #7 on Ritchie Valens' album Ritchie Valens. While the song originally is a Mexican folk song, it was adapted by Valens for his album. The Ritchie Valens version of the song is ranked #354 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is the only song on the list sung in a language other than English. The Los Lobos version is similar to the Ritchie Valens version. The Los Lobos version featured coda (about 40 seconds before the song ended). It is can be found on the soundtrack film of the same name titled La Bamba (1987). The original Ritchie Valens recording peaked at #22 on the US Pop Chart, while the most succesful version of Los Lobos recording topped on the US Pop Chart.

"We Belong Together"
"We Belong Together" is track #11 on Ritchie Valens' album Ritchie Valens. It was written by Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell, and Hy Weiss. Robert & Johnny were an American doo-wop duo from The Bronx, composed of Robert Carr and Johnny Mitchell. Best known for the song "We Belong Together", a rhythm and blues ballad released in 1958. Several month later, Ritchie Valens covered this song for his album in 1959. On 3 February, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with the pilot Roger Peterson. Other cover version of "We Belong Together" than Ritchie Valens was The Belmonts (1960), Jimmy Velvit (1961), Jimmy Velvet (1962), and Peaches & Herb.