Ritchie (album) explained

Ritchie
Type:Studio
Artist:Ritchie Valens
Border:yes
Released:October 1959
Recorded:1958–59
Genre:Rock and roll
Length:24:23
Label:Del-Fi Records DFLP-1206
Producer:Robert Keane
Prev Title:Ritchie Valens
Prev Year:1959
Next Title:Ritchie Valens In Concert at Pacoima Jr. High
Next Year:1960

Ritchie was released posthumously and was the second of three released "original" albums by Ritchie Valens. It includes his remaining unissued masters from Gold Star Studios plus three demos ("My Darling Is Gone", "Now You're Gone" and "Rockin' All Night") he recorded at manager Robert Keane's home studio. Also featured is Valens' last charted single, "Little Girl", which reached #92 on the Billboard charts in July 1959.

Track listings

All songs written by Ritchie Valens, except where indicated.

Side 1
  1. "Stay Beside Me" (Bill Olofson, Maurice Ellenhorn) - 2:22
  2. "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Valens, Robert Kuhn) - 2:16
  3. "Big Baby Blues" - 1:55
  4. "The Paddi-Wack Song" - 2:30
  5. "My Darling Is Gone" - 2:37
  6. "Hurry Up" (Shari Sheeley) - 1:54
Side 2
  2. "Little Girl" (Valens, Kuhn) - 2:21
  3. "Now You're Gone" - 2:56
  4. "Fast Freight" - 2:03
  5. "Ritchie's Blues" (Valens, Kuhn) - 1:33
  6. "Rockin' All Night" - 2:20

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