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Who sang La Bamba?

Release date: 30/6/1987

Duration: 02:54

Los Lobos released the song La Bamba. Date of release: 30/6/1987.

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La Bamba is a popular Mexican song about dancing.

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Los Lobos - Short Biography

- Los Lobos is an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California.
- Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul and traditional music.
- Their version of Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987.
- Los Lobos songs have been recorded by Elvis Costello, Waylon Jennings, Frankie Yankovic and Robert Plant.
- In 2015 and 2018, Los Lobos was named and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame, respectively. They are also known for performing the theme song for Handy Manny.

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- The bamba is a traditional Mexican tune, originating from the state of Veracruz
- The corresponding musical genre is son jarocho
- The song is inspired by a ditty created by a vagabond jarana player nicknamed "El Guaruso
- The ditty was created in the hacienda of doña Beatriz del Real located in Malibrán in May 1683
- The song was created at the end of the XVII century
- Initially, the song mocks the belated and useless efforts of the Viceroy of Mexico to defend the citizens of the port of Veracruz from pirates

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