The Best of Ritchie Valens

~ Release by Ritchie Valens (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1Come on Let's Go
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
recording of:
Come On, Let’s Go
lyricist and composer:
Ritchie Valens
publisher:
Tro-Essex Music Ltd.
4.252:05
2La Bamba
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Del-Fi Records Inc. (in 1958)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1958 (recordings) (number: 19), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 142) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 346)
recording of:
La bamba (additional lyrics by Ritchie Valens) (on 1958-11-17)
additional lyricist:
Ritchie Valens
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ritchie Valens
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Longitude Music and M.P.A. (M.P.A.)
version of:
La bamba
4.752:08
3Donna
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Del-Fi Records Inc. (in 1958)
recording of:
Donna
lyricist and composer:
Ritchie Valens
publisher:
Aberbach Musikverlag (German publisher) and Carlin Music Corporation
4.82:31
4Bluebirds Over the Mountain
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
cover recording of:
Bluebirds Over the Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Ersel Hickey
recording of:
Bluebirds Over the Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Ersel Hickey
31:46
5Fast Freight
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
recording of:
Fast Freight
lyricist and composer:
Ritchie Valens
42:00
6Cry, Cry, Cry2:15
7That's My Little Suzie
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
recording of:
That’s My Little Suzie
writer:
Robert V. Kuhn and Ritchie Valens
1:53
8Stay Beside Me52:22
9Big Baby Blues
1:56
10Little Girl
42:22
11Hurry Up
recording of:
Hurry Up
lyricist and composer:
Sharon Sheeley
41:52
12Bony Moronie
recording of:
Boney Maroney
lyricist and composer:
Lawrence E. Williams (1950s rocker)
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Venice Music
2:48
13We Belong Together
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
cover recording of:
We Belong Together
writer:
Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell and Hy Weiss
publisher:
Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
recording of:
We Belong Together
writer:
Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell and Hy Weiss
publisher:
Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
51:57
14Malaguena
2:56
15Framed2:12
16In a Turkish Town
recording of:
In a Turkish Town
lyricist and composer:
Ritchie Valens
2:17
17Dooby Dooby Wah1:56
18Oooh! My Head
recording engineer:
Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer)
producer:
Bob Keane
recording of:
Ooh! My Head
lyricist and composer:
Ritchie Valens
publisher:
Burlington Music Ltd.
41:49