Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are a multiple
Grammy Award–winning
American rock band from
East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by
rock and roll,
Tex-Mex,
country,
folk,
R&B,
blues,
brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as
cumbia,
boleros and
norteños. They gained international stardom in 1987, when their cover version of
Ritchie Valens's "
La Bamba" topped the charts in the U.S., the UK and several other countries. In 2015, they were nominated for induction into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.