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Come on Let´s Go 1958 (Del-Fi/Pye)
Donna / La Bamba 1958
Fats Freight / Big baby Blues 1959
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Ritchie Valens 1958
Ritchie 1959
In Concert At Pacoima Jr. High (1960)
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Ritchie Valens Discography
All recordings are listed by label, number, song or EP/LP/CD title(s) and contents, date released or appeared on BillBoard, and country of release. The author wishes to acknowledge Ragnar Ebsen and Gerd Muesfeldt for their assistance in compiling this discography.
Singles (45`s and/or 78`s)
Label No. Title/Contents Date Country
Del-Fi 4106 Come On Let`s Go/Framed 9/13/58 USA
Pye-Int. 7N 25000* Come On Let`s Go/Dooby Dooby Wah 11/58 UK
Metronome B 1332 Come On Let`s Go/Dooby Dooby Wah 1959 West Germany/ Denmark
Del-Fi 4110 Donna/ La Bamba 11/17/58 USA
London HL 8803 Donna/ La Bamba 2/59 UK
Del-Fi 4111** Fast Freight/ Big Baby Blues 12/58 USA
Polydor NH 66910 Donna/ La Bamba 5/59 West Germany
* This was the first Valens release in great Britain and also th efirst recording of the Pye International series. ** This instrumental was initially released under the name "Arvee Allens". It was released in early 1959 inder Valens` own name.
LP`s (33`s)
Albums with their contents from the United State, Canada, and United Kingdom; also various other European and Australian releases, including bootlegs.
2/12/59 USA Ritchie Valens (Del-Fi 1202) That`s My Little Suzie; In A Turkish Town; Coma On Let`s Go; Donna; Boney-Maronie; Ooh, My Head; La Bamba; Bluebirds Over The Mountain; Hi-Tone; Framed; We Belong Together; Dooby-Dooby Wah.
10/59 (USA) *(UK) 10/61 Ritchie (Del-Fi 1206)/(London HA 2390)* Stay Beside Me; Cry, Cry, Cry; Big Baby Blues; The Paddiwack Song; My Darling Is Gone; Hurry Up; Little Girl; Now You`re Gone; Fast Freight; Ritchie`s Blues; Rockin All Night.
12/31/60 (USA) Ritchie Valens In Concert At Pacoima Junior High (Del-Fi 1214)* Come On Let`s Go (different version); From Beyond; Donna; Summertime Blues; La Bamba; Rhythm Song; Guitar Instrumental; Malaguena; Rock Lil` Darlin`; Let`s Rock & Roll.
4/20/63 (USA) *(UK) 2/65 Ritchie Valens` Greatest Hits (Del-Fi 1225) (London HA 8196)* (The UK release was also reissued in February, 1967, on President PTL 1001) Donna; La Bamba; Come On Let`s Go; We Belong Together; Bluebirds Over The Mountain; In A Turkish Town; Stay Beside Me; Cry, Cry, Cry; Hurry Up; Rockin` All Night; From Beyond; Malaguena.
Early 1964 (USA) Ritchie Valens, His Greatest Hits, Vol II (Del-Fi 1247) La Bamba; Donna; Cry, Cry, Cry; Rockin` All Night; Now You`re Gone; Let`s Rock & Roll; That`s My Little Suzie; Framed; Dooby-Dooby Wah; Ooh, My Head; Rock Lil` Darlin`; Bonie Maronie.
*There are also two bootlegs of this LP; an Australian release (Prims PRLP 1214). Date unknown, and a German release from Hamburg, West Germany (D-Del-Fi 1214), release date 2/77. The West German release has a different cover, a promotional sot taken of Ritchie from the Movie "Go Johnny Go".
Late 60`s (?) The Original Ritchie Valens (Guest Star G1469)(Stereo) Donna; Little Girl; Now You`re Gone; Fast Freight; Ritchie`s Blues; Rockin` All Night; Rock Lil` Donna; Hurry Up; Hi-Tone; We Belong Together; (cut-off). (This is a very poor pressing. My guess is that this release may be a bootleg.)
Late 60`s (?) The Original La Bamba (Guest Star G1484) (Stereo) Come On Let`s Go; That`s My Little Suzie; In A Turkish Town; Ooh, My Head; Dooby-Dooby Wah; Cry, Cry, Cry; Big Baby blues; Paddiwack Song; My Darling Is Gone.
Mid 60`s (?)(USA) Ritchie Valens and Jerry Cole (Crown 336) Little Girl; Cry, Cry, Cry; Paddiwack Song; Hurry Up; That`s My Little Suzie. Other tracks by Jerry Cole. (Poor quality recording and pressing)
Early 70`s (?) (USA) Ritchie Valens` Greatest Hits (MGM GAS 117) Reissue of the Del-Fi 1225 contents.
1973 (Holland) We Still Remember (T.O.M. 536)(bootleg) Contains Rock Little Donna; the demo of That`s My Little Suzie; Let`s Rock & Roll; songs of other artists.
1974 (UK) Rock Lil` Darlin` (Joy 254) Framed; Come On Let`s Go; That`s My Little Suzie; Rock Lil` Darlin`; Rockin` All Night; Boney-Maronie; Dooby-Dooby Wah; Now You`re Gone; Cry, Cry, Cry; Ooh, My Head.
1970`s (?) (W. Germany) Ritchie Valens (D Ariola-Eurodisc 91378)* Donna; We Belong Together; From Beyond; Stay Beside Me; Bluebirds Over The Mt.; In A Turkish town; Malaguena; La Bamba; Come On Let`s Go; Rockin` All Night; Cry, Cry, Cry; Hurry Up.
*Although this record is reputedly from West Germany, the information on the label is written in both French and Italian!
7/79 (UK) Ritchie Valens (London/Decca HAR 8535) La Bamba; Bluebirds Over The Mt.; Stay Beside Me; Big Baby blues; Cry, Cry, Cry; Ritchie`s Blues; Now You`re Gone; Hurry Up; Paddiwack Song; Come On Let`s Go; Ooh, My Head; Donna; Fast Freight; Little Girl; My Darling Is Gone; We Belong Together; That`s My Little Suzie; Rockin` All Night.
1979 (Australia) Same title, songs and record no. as above, but Australian pressing.
Late 70`s (?)(USA) Greatest Hits (Mirwood-numbers and contents unknown) May be a bootleg.
Late 70`s (?)(USA) Radio transcriptions (Ritchie Valens), Part I (RT 1) Radio transcriptions (Ritchie Valens), Part II (RT 2) Little is known by the author about these transcriptions. However, they may have been recorded especially for Army overseas radio.
7/81 (USA) The History Of Ritchie Valens (Rhino 2798) This three LP boxed set is the reproduction of the original three Del-Fi releases especially arranged by manager Bob Keane. The contents also contain a booklet on Valens` life.
7/81 (USA) The Best Of Ritchie Valens (Rhino 200) La Bamba; Bluebirds Over The Mt.; In a Turkish Town; Ooh, My Head; Paddiwack Song; Stay Beside Me; Malaguena; Come On Let`s Go; Donna; Fast Freight; We Belong Together; That`s My Little Suzie; Hurry Up; Little Girl.
1981 (West Germany) The Best Of Ritchie Valens (Line series LLP5132 AS)(in collaboration with Bob Keane and Rhino Records) La Bamba; Bluebirds Over The Mt.; We Belong Together; Ooh. My Head; Oaddiwack Song; Stay Beside Me; In A Turkish town; Come On Let`` Go; Donna; That`s My Little Suzie; Rockin` All Night; Rock Lil` Darlin`; Cry,Cry,Cry; Fast Freight; Hurry Up; Little Girl.
1981 (West Germany) I remember Ritchie Valens-His Greatest Hits (Strand 6.24884) Contents same as Del-Fi 1225, minus From Beyond.
1981 (West Germany) Ritchie Valens (Line LLP 5135 AS)(in collaboration with Bob Keane and Rhino Records) Contents same as Del-Fi 1206.
1981 (West Germany) Ritchie Valens In Concert At Pacoima Junior High (Line LLP 5143 AS) (in collaboration with Bob Keane and Rhino Records) Contents same as in Del-Fi 1214)
1981 (?)(Canada) Ritchie Valens (Phonodisc-Canada) This Canadian release is probably in collaboration with Bob Keane and Rhino Records, though it is not definitely known. Contents same as Del-Fi 1201. Also, there is a strong possibility that the other two original releases, plus "The Best Of…" album have been released in Canada under Phonodisc.
1982 (West Germany) The Story Of Rock & Roll-Ritchie Valens (President 27 683 XAT) May be a reissue of earlier President recording.
1982 (UK) Those Oldies But Goodies From Del-Fi (Ace CH 63) Contains Come On Let`s Go; Ooh, My Head; and Fast Freight, along with cuts from Chan Romero, the Carlos Brothers, Bill Lewis, the Defenders, and the Addrissi Brothers.
1983 (USA) The History Of Latino Rock, Vol I (Rhino RNLP 061) Contains La Bamba and Donna, along with cuts from various other Latino artists.
12" Extended Play (33)
Label No. Title/Contents Date Country
Del-Fi/Rhino 907 La Bamba/Come On Let`s Go/ We Belong Together 7/81 USA
Tribute Records (45`s) (Recordings that mention Ritchie Valens in tribute.)
Label No. Title/Contents Date Country
UALP 9959* Three Stars (Eddie Cochran) 2/3/59 USA
Crest 1057 Three Stars (Tommy Dee) 2/3/59 USA
King 5192** Three Stars (Ruby Wright) 2/59 USA
Parlophone R-4556 4556 Three Stars (Ruby Wright) 1959 UK
Skoop 1050 Buddy, Big Bopper and Ritchie(Loretta Thompson) 3/30/59 USA
Energy 105 Gone Too Soon (Chuck Travis) 1959 USA
D 1052 Gold Records In The Snow (Bennie Barnes) 4/6/59 USA
Ace 558 The Great Tragedy (Hershel Almond) 1959 USA
Cub 926 Three Young Men (Lee Davis) 1959 USA
Beat 1008 Three Friends 1959 USA
Kapp 524 Teenage Heaven (Johnny Cymball) 5/63 USA
Trend 106 The Stage 1960`s USA
Negrem 26206 The Story of Buddy Holly (Familee) 1978 Holland
This recording was originally meant to be released as a 45 single in February 1959. However, therewere technical problems that delayed the release of the song which did not appear until later on an LP. Long after Cochran`s death in 1960. ** Also available in stereo on King 45-S5192.
Recordings that are a tribute to Ritchie specifically:
Label No. Title/Contents Date Country
D 1047 Ballad of Donna and Peggy Sue 3/59 USA
Pop 1103
Now That You`re Gone/Lost Without You (Donna Ludwig)
1959 USA
Unart 29081 A Letter To Donna (Kittens) 1959 USA
Miscellaneous Recordings**
Label No. Title/Contents Date Country
Vogue/Coral PRU24047 Bridge of Sighs/Scene of the Crime(Ritchie Valens) n.d.
France
Festival (EP
???
B`Wana Nina/16 Candles + 2 unknown pieces (Valens) n.d.
Australia
*D 1047 has been counterfeited.
**There is a question as to whether these recordings exist. However, there is no proof to the contrary. There also supposedly exists a twelve minute studio version of "Ooh, My Head" (5/58), a second version of "Let`s Rock & Roll", and some recordings of Ritchie in concert in Honolulu. The author personally knows of an extended version of the Pacoima Junior High School concert, owned by Gail Smith and recordings of the Silhouettes, owned by William Jones; also, there are some recordings of Ritchie in concert in Honolulu and a concert at San Fernando High School. To date, none of these recordings has been discovered and/or made available.
Addendum In October 1986, Rhino Records re-released its "Best of Ritchie Valens" album (Rhino 200) as part of its Golden Archive Series (RNLP 70178). In early 1987, the original three Del-Fi albums (1201, 1206, 1214) were also re-released by Rhino. In addition, Bob Keane has released on Del-Fi a 12" EP dance single (DF 1287) titled "La Bamba `87" which contains four new mixes of the song using the original vocal track and adding female back-up vocals, synthesizers, and other electronic effects.
The above discography was taken from "Ritchie Valens: The First Latino Rocker" by Beverly Mendheim, Bilingual Press, Hispanic Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287; 1987.

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