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Cliff Richard covered it twice, first in 1958 on his debut album Cliff and second in 1983 on Give a Little Bit More in the US and Rock 'n' Roll Silver in the UK.It was a #3 UK hit in May 1959 for Marty Wilde.
In one scene, Valens is shown singing it to his girlfriend Donna Ludwig on the telephone and in another scene Valens is shown recording the song in the recording studio, and in a third scene he is shown performing the song on American Bandstand. The song was notably covered by Los Lobos for the soundtrack to the 1987 film La Bamba which portrayed the life story of Ritchie Valens.Chart performance All-time charts Chart (1958-2018) On the Hot R&B Sides chart, "Donna" went to No. Three weeks after Valens' death, the song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart when Valens died. Early 1960s pressings have black labels with sea green "sawtooth" outer edge. Original Del-Fi pressings of "Donna"/"La Bamba" include black and sea green labels with circles, later replaced with solid sea green or solid dark green labels. This single was only one of three, along with the previous single ("Come On, Let's Go"/"Framed" – Del-Fi 4106) and the follow-up ("Fast Freight"/"Big Baby Blues" – Del-Fi 4111) ever released in Valens' lifetime. "Donna", the second Ritchie Valens single released, was the A side of the influential song " La Bamba". Bob Keene is listed as having been the leader of the session, which included Earl Palmer on drums Buddy Clark on bass and Valens, Rene Hall, Irving Ashby, and Carol Kaye on guitars.
The song was recorded on December 16, 1958, at the Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles.