Ritchie Valens will be introduced to a new generation of viewers. It was announced today that a team of filmmakers are remaking "La Bamba," the award-winning biopic that explored the life of the rock ...

Almost 40 years after its release, “La Bamba,” the beloved biopic of singer Ritchie Valens, is getting a remake. And Luis Valdez, the original director and writer, wants people to know: “This was not ...

Lou Diamond Phillips can still vividly recall the one moment filming “La Bamba” that forever changed his life. The biopic, released in 1987, tells the story of singer Ritchie Valens who died in a ...

SAN ANTONIO — Search the internet for video evidence of Ritchie Valens’s iconic-but-all-too-brief career as a Latino rock pioneer, and you’d find yourself searching for hours. In fact, there’s only ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ritchie Valens died in a 1959 plane crash that also claimed the lives of Buddy Holly and J.P. Richardson. A remake of 'La Bamba' ...

The 1987 musical biopic La Bamba chronicled the life and career of Mexican-American rock pioneer Ritchie Valens. Now, according to Variety, a remake of the film is in the works. Lou Diamond Phillips ...