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Ritchie Valens (album)

Ritchie Valens is the debut album by American musician Ritchie Valens, released by Del-Fi Records on February 12, 1959, nine days following his death from a plane crash. It is his only studio album entirely composed of master tracks recorded at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles. The album peaked at #23 on the US Billboard album chart.

Track listing
All songs written by Ritchie Valens, except where indicated. ;Side 1 • "That's My Little Suzie" (Valens, Robert Kuhn) – 1:52 ::*Original album covers show the title as "I Got A Gal Named Sue", corrected on later pressings • "In a Turkish Town" – 2:16 • "Come On, Let's Go" – 2:00 • "Donna" – 2:28 • "Boney-Moronie" (Larry Williams) – 2:46 • "Ooh, My Head" – 1:48 ;Side 2 • "La Bamba" (Traditional; adapted by Ritchie Valens) – 2:06 • "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" (Ersel Hickey) – 1:45 • "Hi-Tone" (Al Hazan) – 2:06 • "Framed" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:13 • "We Belong Together" (Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell, Hy Weiss) – 1:57 • "Dooby-Dooby-Wah" (Valens, Kuhn) – 1:53 ==Charts==
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