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Genre: Soundtrack
Release Date: 02/05/1992
Run Time: 30:53

After two critically acclaimed but only moderately selling albums, los Lobos were hired to record songs for the film biography of Hispanic '50s rocker Ritchie Valens, resulting in this soundtrack album, which, in addition to eight los Lobos recordings, features tracks by Marshall Crenshaw, Brian Setzer, and others. Los Lobos' remake of the title song topped the charts, as did this album, which went on to sell two million copies. The result has been something of a career dilemma for the band, who went back to being a critically acclaimed, modest seller afterward.

~William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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Willie Dixon - Producer
Marshall Crenshaw - Performer
Marshall Crenshaw - ?
Stray Cats - Performer
Howard Huntsberry - Performer
Howard Huntsberry - ?
Brian Setzer - Performer
Brian Setzer - ?
Alex Acuña - Percussion
Steve Berlin - Harmonica
Steve Berlin - Percussion
Steve Berlin - Saxophone
Steve Berlin - Producer
Bo Diddley - Performer
Bo Diddley - ?
Mitchell Froom - Producer
Don Gehman - Producer
David Hidalgo - Bass
David Hidalgo - Guitar
David Hidalgo - Guitar (Steel)
David Hidalgo - Vocals
Los Lobos - Main Performer
Los Lobos - Performer
Los Lobos - ?
Conrad Lozano - Bass
Conrad Lozano - Guitar
Conrad Lozano - Vocals
Oscar Roasa - Banjo
Oscar Roasa - Guitar
Oscar Roasa - Mandolin
Oscar Roasa - Vocals
Garry Tallent - Producer
Louie Pérez - Guitar
Louie Pérez - Drums
Don Davis - Producer

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Release Date: 02/05/1992
Genre: mst
Run Time: 30:53