Rapper FIRST reaction to Ritchie Valens - We Belong Together & DANCING to LA BAMBA!

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Rapper FIRST reaction to Ritchie Valens - We Belong Together & DANCING to LA BAMBA!
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[@heartwork8318]

So classic and what a voice! He didn’t make it to the 27 club, he was only 17 😢 loved seeing you have so much fun to La Bamba🤣❤️‍🔥✌🏻🫶🏻

[@richdiddens4059]

He just looked about 10 years older.

[@theAkildare]

Buddy Holy was 23 and Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr. „The Big Bopper“ was 29 :(

[@KrazyKat007]

Ritchie Valens was still a teenager in high school when he died. He was 17.

[@MarySiddell]

RIP Richie! The Day The Music Died. La Bamba was his roots and no one wanted him to record it. Turned out to be his biggest hit.

[@notagainok]

And I’m 75 years old and I didn’t know videos like yours existed. I’ve been watching a bunch of your videos and enjoying the daylights out of them.

[@amorellosue]

He was 17 seventeen when he passed in a plane crash. Also on the plane was Buddy Holley and the Big Bopper. The song American pie was based on this tragedy.

[@Jcornman24]

"The day the Music died"

[@amorellosue]

1959

[@connielyons562]

American Pie was the name of the plane that They All perished in.

[@jordanbluemondragon8197]

​@@connielyons562 I thought it's "Beechcraft bonanza"?

[@connielyons562]

​@@jordanbluemondragon8197Berchcraft Bonanza was the Make and Model of aircraft.

[@cliff481]

He died in the same plane crash as The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly which spawned the song American Pie by Don Mclean (1971) which in turn spawned the song Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack (1972), (original not the beatbox version) which describes the experience of watching Don Mclean sing American Pie. It's all connected. Thanks for another great reaction.

[@joshuaromero7387]

LA BAMBA MOVIE PLEASE !!!!!! MUST YOU TRY THAT BROTHER that's a HISTORY OF A GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC

[@sharoncarlisle9453]

I was gonna recommend the movie too. Lou Diamond Phillips is great in it.

[@Cbella82]

One of my favourite movies of all time ❤❤😭😭💔💔

[@LoisChisholm]

If you get a chance, watch the movie "La Bamba" where a very young Lou Diamon Philips plays Ritchie Valens and you'll hear most of Ritchie's music.

[@maryannturton9830]

Esai Morales is stellar in the role of Ritchie's tormented brother...

[@LoisChisholm]

@@maryannturton9830 Absolutely! I became totally infatuated with Esai Morales then.

[@SassyIndian]

I absolutely love the LA Bamba movie ❤❤❤

[@aimeekeel]

Good movie for shee

[@scapito]

Love this reaction. He was so important to music in such a short little time. First Mexican American musician to hit the USA charts, plus with Chicano flare. He was a rock pioneer that had all the cards for success stacked against him during his era. Other Mexican artist like Carlos Santana were heavily inspired him and provided hope to be successful. Valens only recorded a dozen songs or so in 18 months before he passed... that's all we have and yet his legacy is huge. Says so much about what his accomplishment meant to people since the volume of his professional work was small. Definitely check out the movie of his life with Lou Diamond Phillips portraying him off you haven't already.

[@stinky60096]

Richie was only 17. Buddy Holly was tried of the drafty cold conditions on the tour bus and hired a charter plane to take his band (consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup, and Carl Bunch) and him to the next town. The Big Bopper had the flu, so Waylon Jennings gave him his seat. Richie had a bad cold and flipped a coin with Tommy Allsup; Richie ironically won. Thus the infamous "The Day the Music Died". Waylon Jennings (the Outlaw) went on to become a major Country singer and part of "The Outlaws": Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser.

[@mr.knowitall6440]

And Waylon Jennings NEVER flew again. All of his touring was by bus.

[@berniewatts5028]

You’re right BP, in those day’s we wore it like a badge of honor your mine for eternity, we were together 52 years. Thanks again ❤️❤️❤️👵🏼Gmaw.

[@malcolmnash6023]

Richie was still a teen when he died alongside Buddy Holly (aged 22) and the big bopper (28), in the plane that came down at Clear Lake Iowa. To add to the sadness, and loss, Eddie Cochran who was a friend of Richie and Buddy, died in a car travelling between gigs near Chippenham England just a year later. He was just 21 when we lost him. Some fine old rock and rollers, and great talents lost too young. Far far too young. Quite the musical legacy they left behind for us to enjoy though. A joy to watch you dancing to the old classics. Have fun, and a great week. Be well.

[@c4ndyman_79]

Man.. That sound, that vibe.. whatever you want to call it, We need it back. It feels like a place you've been and long for.

[@jwarrior852]

Well said. That hit hard as the track was playing

[@Solange-h8e]

If you like Earth Angel, and this. You should listen to Teen Angel, Laurie, and Tell Laura I love her. All great oldie songs, and amazing stories.

[@scottluvisi9941]

Best opening ever!!!

[@leroythemaster4268]

My dad saw Richie do a concert with the Big Bopper. It was not long after that that the plane crash happened.

[@berniewatts5028]

Boy, oh boy, BP. This is my late husband’s- we belong together, our song. Was an in love teenager. You made my day BP. Love you for this ❤️❤️❤️👵🏼Gmaw❤️❤️❤️

[@Sami_the_Simple]

He was just a couple months shy of his 18th birthday when he was in the plane crash with Buddy Holly and Big Bopper. I’ve seen footage of him on the Ed Sullivan show performing “Come On, Let’s Go”. (Highly recommend it!) If you would like to see a biopic on him, Lou Diamond Phillips played as him in the movie “La Bamba”. (It has some rough moments, but is overall a good movie.) The day of the crash is known as “The Day the Music Died” and was referenced in Don McLean’s “American Pie”. Ironically, Valens wasn’t supposed to go on the plane but beat the roadie/ backup Waylon Jennings at a coin toss. Jennings got stuck riding on the tour bus, which had no heat and kept having things go wrong and Valens “won” the chance to ride in a plane.

[@tiffanyroberts9460]

I love songs like this from this era. It makes me think of prom night in the fifties.

[@cog4life]

😂😂❤love LaBamba 😊

[@billb3213]

Crazy that you did this song today. I was hanging out with the writer, director, music director, and some actors in Labamba last weekend. They are my best friends in-laws. I also hung out with Bob, Richie's older brother, a handful of times before his death in 2018. One thing I don't see mentioned is that Richie's name was Valenzuela, but he was told he had to change it or he wouldn't be able to sell records or perform in some venues.

[@mikedrake5373]

Your right it reminded me of Earth Angel also. Love your reactions. Keep doing what your doing BP.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

The 50's is the first music I grew up on, being born in 71' I was a few years off. Love 50's music.

[@shanegooding4839]

Crazy that he was only 17 when he passed and he already had these bangers. Imagine this is why you can't find a live performance. This song would fit in any Oldies playlist.

[@fairebianca]

I only recently found your channel, and you have quickly become my favorite reaction channel! Your energy reflects your authenticity, and you being in touch with all of your emotions and sharing those honestly, is a quality of your Soul. Thanks for your shining your Light through your channel! That's how we lift the Earth up.

[@joycewalbert1413]

I think you would LOVE the movie- La Bamba. Excellent!!!

[@armandocardenas2999]

The best you can do for a live Richie Valens is a tune called "ooh My Head"....done for a segment in a movie that came out back then..

[@LindaSmall-vb9ls]

Ritchie died at 17 & he didn't speak Spanish. Learned to sing La Bamba & did a great job.

[@Cbella82]

Loved the pure joy on your face throughout this whole reaction ❤❤

[@BlackPegasusRaps]

He Baby que paso was not by ritchie just one of the spanish songs i remember from my childhood with La Bamba

[@toodlescae]

You should check out some Freddy Fender (Baldemar Garza Huerta). *Before The Next Teardrop Falls* 1974. He was later in a group called The Texas Tornadoes on the 80's

[@KarriSimone]

Super nostalgic 😁.....

[@Mary-xo7ue]

Yes it does sound like Earth Angel. Damn this song is good. ❤😢think the kind of music from him we lost out on from him and the day the music died.😢❤

[@TomPettyFan7396]

Ritchie was 17 when he died in the same plane crash as the Big Bopper and one of my heroes, Buddy Holly, who chartered the flight. Ritchie was fantastic. You gotta watch the movie.

[@Goodtide]

Not a link but if you go to classic hits studio they have a video in 4k of Ritchie live. That's what I had, I searched after this and there is a Ritchie Valens fan page. There's two videos one on the 4k and 1 of clips of him combined.

[@skinnywes]

Eeeh baby que paso, i thought i was your only vato😂 yes the Texas Tornados ...awesome!

[@bobbartle]

The original of "We Belong Together" by Robert and Johnny is worth listening to.

[@blwestern]

listen to his first hit. Come on lets go!

[@gracemichelli.2am124]

Richie was fire for sure..Love the movie LaBamba...😢 sad loss of him and his flying guitar 🎸 The song Come on Let's Go by Richie shows him live in parts..❤

[@tarafied7322]

Check out Come On, Let's Go. Another of his rockers.

[@shaknit]

Ritchie Valens another great talent that died way too soon. Very sad. We lost way too many way too soon.

[@MichaelGerena]

Checkout an awesome group of the 50's .The Platters and a great song titled " Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" . Other great songs by them : the great pretender, my prayer, twilight time, the magic touch, harbor lights, with this ring, just t o name a few.God bless you and your family. 🙏❤

[@donnaabbato508]

Oh Donna! Was my song!🤩. Loved him💖. Miss his so much!💔.

[@kevhenderson4646]

As a true brit, I do Knight thee "Sir Black Pegasus" for your dedication to amazing fantastical music ie-- from La Bamba to Murderer by Ren. I Salute you Sir!!!

[@Serenity-gb9ck]

Love this ! I recommend the movie LA Bamba it's fantastic and one of my top 5 favorite movies. ❤

[@amyperkins2008]

Richie Valens actually passed away at the age of 17. The song "American Pie" was all about the day he died. Him, and two other artists were headed to a show and got into a plane crash. They said that was the day the music died. So, so sad!

[@liannehoward4602]

You absolutely made my day. You're almost as good as the song❤ thanks for raising the energy on a Monday morning. I just subscribed, keep on!

[@carolynvranjes3396]

❤ You need to cover some of the oldies with an up beat.

[@Teresaisall]

I just watched this movie with my kids. My fav as a child with .. drum roll. Back to the future!

[@danielcarter94]

I have the vinyl LP on the screen. Richie was 17 when he died with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper

[@simonelima8585]

Meu amado Ritchie Valens ❤️ para toda eternidade ❤😔😔😔 o melhor uma lenda amooooo muito ❤

[@portervillelouis]

Great show you have - Feb 3, 1959 Ritchie was 17 when he died- I was 15. Like him I am a California born, Mexican . 3:27 American . I recommend you listen to 2 GUITAR instrumentals - “!fast freight” was done in one take - “ Malagueña “ was the follow up to La Bamba - both show his ferocious masterful guitar playing , a self taught guitarist , he had an angelic tenor with several Levels as are heard on “ Little Girl”. Best of luck !!! Louisv

[@oldschool72]

I was 18 in 1959 and still remember that first radio broadcast of the plane crash that took the lives of Richie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. All America Cried that day. Donna Ludwig ( his girlfriend ) is who Richie wrote his hit Donna for. There is a song Called the Three Stars recorded by Tommy Dee in 1959...It is a song dedicated to Richie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper...I still have my 45 RPM single I play now and then. You might want to take a listen..

[@johncarpenter3751]

The song American Pie is also a reference to this event. “The day the music died” was in reference to that plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, the big bopper and Ritchie Valens

[@StrongStyleFiction]

More reactors need to hit up the late 50's and early 60's. So much great music.

[@Jude_196]

Loved this song the first time I heard it!! SO NOSTALGIC!! I would've loved to have seen what he came out with!! HEARTBREAKING!! SO TALENTED. Didn't even make it to his 20s....ugh....just SO SAD!! RIP, RITCHIE!! Thanks for reacting to him, BP!!

[@mamak2002]

Last summer I went to Clear Lake, Iowa to visit The Surf Ballroom where Ritchie, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper played their last show hours before the plane crash. So much memorabilia of theirs and other artists. Went to the crash site as well. Such a tragic loss to their families and music itself.

[@RoarinRoots]

❤ you did reacts to these...

[@notagainok]

In the movie Ritchie played at the Apollo in NYC - all black audience - and dazzled his audience with LaBamba. Really good movie!

[@danijones7984]

Probably my favorite genre of music! It's just such a feel good vibe!

[@Thom1973]

hey Black P at timestamp 5:56 the reason Earth Angles sounds so much like We Belong Together is because Richie Valens sings it too

[@tinakeith5822]

Check out The Big Bopper’s Chantilly lace!!! That’s one of my favorite oldies but goodies!!!!

[@reckyNcarol]

Yeah you need to do more 50-60 songs!

[@tinasturgeon4730]

Thanks ❤Much Love!

[@ericlewis217]

A brief but legendary career. Ritchie Valens is now a rock and roll myth cemented into history with Buddy Holly and the Bopper. I've met his sisters.

[@douglasswicegood4420]

We lived bin San Fernando valley when he did. I was the youngest of the family and a toddler when he was popular. He was only 17 and still in highschool. My oldest sister went to schoo jr. high with Donna.

[@mikewilson8708]

The Temps do a wonderful job of "My Girl."

[@MicheleRaeF]

The Day the Music Died! So sad. I'm from Iowa. The last show was in Clear Lake, Iowa. RIP

[@mimi-422]

Love this song❤❤❤❤

[@davidjennings1771]

Listen to The Dupree's for this type of music Black P..... or watch the Movie La Bamba! Both ate good choices!

[@EdithMaxim]

I just checked out Ritchie Valens in a movie scene. He is not singing La Bama, but you do get to see him live.

[@blainer.hammond9539]

There's a rock&roll movie from the '50s with Richie Valens, Chuck Berry & others with Alan Freed (look him up!). Richie is shown performing part of a song during the movie. He's lip syncing, but it's him. Wish I could remember the name of the movie! He died so young there aren't films I know about except that one.

[@TexasDonna-xu6fq]

Tragic story, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens perished in a plane crash. The song "American Pie" by Don McLean was about them. So, you should also check out all these artists! "True Love Ways" by Buddy and "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper along with Don McLean American Pie"! You won't regret it! Love your channel! 🤠

[@janebarnett865]

Ritchie died in a plane crash in 1959 along with Buddy Holly (another one you need to check out) and The Big Bopper h

[@MichaelGerena]

Best version by Robert & Johnny. Ritchies is also good.👍👍

[@IvIidnight]

Frankie Valli, "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You."

[@JP5683]

We Belong Together is a cover. Original is Robert & Johnny.

[@salvatorebaleno9807]

The movie La Bomba was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@bella-xp7qd]

Richie 17 years old, Buddy Holly 22 years old, and The Big Bopper 28 years old, were killed in a plane crash. The incident was the main idea for Don McLean's song The Day The Music Died.Despite having his most popular hit with "La Bamba", an adaptation of a Mexican folk song with a rock rhythm and beat, Valens did not speak Spanish.Holly's band members Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings were supposed to ride on the plane that crashed, but according to several reports, Richardson (The Big Bopper) sick and convinced Jennings to let him take his place, and Valens won against Allsup in a coin toss for a seat on the plane.

[@carlajimenez5483]

Ritchie was only 17 when he died in the plane crash in 1959

[@jwarrior852]

Every mexican household has seen La Bamba starring Lou Diamond Phillips a gazillion times😂 Great movie, great casting of other musicians in it. Great representation of life in america at that time for the mexican culture. My family used to go to California every pickin season for work and my father would tell me, " man, thats exactly the way the camps were" I still cry at the end everytime 😢😢

[@billb3213]

The reason it captured the culture is because the writer/director, Luis Valdez, and his brother Daniel Valdez who was the musical director and played Richie's uncle, grew up as children of migrant workers. Before making the movie they were part of the United Farmworkers Union movement with Cesar Chavez and would put on short plays to bring light to the workers struggles. A really good family that I'm lucky enough to be friends with.

[@jwarrior852]

@billb3213 thanks for that 411. Is he the man at the concession with Connie? When Bob comes in wasted and says, "hey there's Bob"?

[@arnoldwinkler395]

Come On Go live Richie Valens

[@Jcornman24]

After this I would love to see a reaction to Bobby Daren's 1973 performance of beyond the sea

[@joshuaromero7387]

Black Pegasus Bro if you want other song's like this try to listlen in THE MELLO KINGS - TONIGHT TONIGHT

[@jerrywilliamson4045]

If you’re interested in the original, it’s by Robert and Johnny. Really good and available on KZbin

[@BookOfMormon4GenZ]

PLEASE watch the movie La Bamba!!! Lou Diamond Phillips gives one of his greatest performances in this movie.

[@donstewart9164]

Would still love to see your reaction to Appollo 57, the video of Gary Busey as Buddy Holly appearing as the first white act. Being from a suburb of Detriot I can relate to the bridges that were crossed in music being universal and colorless.

[@shannonconnolly602]

Watch the movie Labamba.. it's about his life story..exactly movie. I love that error of music. Listen to "Let's go" I had the soundtrack to the movie. Lol. That is a faster one, and great also! Blessed be.❤😊

[@elizabethfranco1284]

In February 1959 while riding in a small plane to the next town in a concert tour The Winter Carnival,Richie Valens 17, Jules Richardson The Big Bopper 27 and Buddy Holly 23 and the pilot crashed and died soon after takeoff. A 13 year old found out about the death of his heroes the next morning while delivering papers. 12 years later now a singer/songwriter Don McLean would immortalize the event and the major music,cultural.political events that followed he named it American Pie and it immediately became one the greatest songs of all time.

[@GODWITHUS0712]

This is a true Veterano song

[@melissagrover9727]

Richie Valens Buddy Holly (Oh Boy) The Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace) Died in a plain crash together while touring together. Don McClean’s song (American Pie) is about loosing all three “Killing Me Softly” by Roberta Flack is about her experience of seeing Don McClean perform “American Pie.” Then the Fugees did a cover of “Killing Me Softly”

[@jss27560]

Don McLean’s song American Pie when the phrase ‘When the Music Died’ was about his death along with two others.

[@magicninja31]

You get Earth Angel vibes because it's the same chord progression....very common in the 50's...they even call it the oldies progression...

[@RebeccaAarsvold]

Ritchie Valens has some great music. React to "Framed". Its a more playful of his songs. BTW he was 17 when he died, i think.

[@99kieta]

Another song you may want to check out is a song called American pie. That's what the song is about when all three of them died in the same plane crash

[@VoicesfromtheSwamp]

He was only 17 when he died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. I always think about all of the music we'll never hear because he left us so early.

[@AngB517]

February 1959..... The Day The Music Died (as Don McLean put it in American Pie). Ritchie (17 at the time) was in the plane that went down with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. Is Richie's version of La Bamba what you grew up on or Los Lobos' version? You are a few years younger than me, I know both but I've known people that didn't realize Los Lobos was a cover.

[@lindamorrison9755]

Only 17. What a shame. I so remember the day the music died and every teenager I knew cried.

[@joebauers8031]

Pretty sure this song is called “you’re mine” 🤷🏼‍♂️ Classic banger none the less… RIP Richie

[@williamparrish9954]

Hey BP please react too The black Crowes hard to handle she talk to angels Remedy Jealous again

[@MichaelGerena]

Don Mclean recorded the song " American Pie " ( the day the music died) the tragic death of ritchie valens, buddy holly and the big bopper from a plane cradh.

[@fionaspath3332]

Richie Valens was 18 when he died...way too young....💛