'La Bamba' has been ranked by Ultimate Classic Rock as the best rock movie of 1987, praised for its emotional storytelling and chart-topping soundtrack. The biopic follows the rise and untimely death ...

Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 movie, “La Bamba,” that finally put the Southern California teen’s story ahead of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the two older singers who died in ...

A powerful true story about a teenage rock star whose meteoric rise and tragic end helped shape music history.

This essay is adapted from Merrick Morton’s “La Bamba: A Visual History,” published by Hat & Beard Press. “Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!” read the handbill. The ...