Ritchie Valens In A Turkish Town

Mentioned by Bob Dylan:
My grandmother's ancestors had been from Constantinople. As a teenager, I used to sing the Ritchie Valens song "In a Turkish Town" with the lines in it about the"mystery Turks and the stars above,"and it seemed to suit me more than "La Bamba"; the song of Ritchie's that everybody else sang and I never knew why. My mother even had a friend names Nellie Turk and I'd grown up with her always around. There were no Ritchie Valens records up at Ray's place, "Turkish Town" or otherwise. Mostly, it was classical music and jazz bands. MORE
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Ritchie Valens (R. Valens)
Recorded: November 25, 1958, Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA (Take 14 used for final master) B side DF 4114 April 1959 Sessions by Bob Keene and Rene Hall (arr & guitarist) Album 'Come On Lets Go!' Ritchie Valens, DFBX 2359; Ritchie - vocal, lead & solo guitar, Rene Hall - Danelectro bass; Buddy Clark - standup bass, Earl Palmer - finger cymbals & bongo. Insert Notes: 'Of special note is the song 'In A Turkish Town' Inspired by a dream Ritchie had about a flying carpet.'

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There across the sea | Waits my fair loved one
In a Turkish town | Waiting there for me

And I know that someday | We'll live in love
So, the mystic Turks say | From the stars up above

So, wait there my love one | I'm coming home
To my little Turkish girl | In a Turkish town
To my little Turkish girl | In a Turkish town

(Ritchie - solo guitar & Rene - bass & instrumental)

So, wait there my love one | I'm coming home
To my little Turkish girl | In a Turkish town
To my little Turkish girl | In a Turkish town