Ritchie (album)

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Ritchie
Studio album by Ritchie Valens
Released	October 1959
Recorded	1958–59
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	24:23
Label	Del-Fi Records DFLP-1206
Producer	Robert Keane
Ritchie Valens chronology
Ritchie Valens (1959) Ritchie (1959) Ritchie Valens In Concert at Pacoima Jr. High (1960)
Singles from Ritchie
"Fast Freight" Released: January 1959 "Little Girl" Released: May 1959 "Stay Beside Me" Released: October 1959 "Cry, Cry, Cry" Released: Feb 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.

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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

7. "Little Girl" (Valens, Kuhn) - 2:21
8. "Now You're Gone" - 2:56
9. "Fast Freight" - 2:03
10. "Ritchie's Blues" (Valens, Kuhn) - 1:33
11. "Rockin' All Night" - 2:20

• Ritchie at Discogs (list of releases)