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  1. Ritchie Valens. Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), [3] better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his breakthrough. [4]

  2. Dec 16, 2020 · A Detailed Look At The Tragic Death Of Ritchie Valens. No one who died in the 1959 plane crash, that day the music died, was an old man. The pilot himself, Roger Peterson, was just 21. Buddy Holly was 22; J.P. Richardson, " The Big Bopper ," was the old man on the plane, at 28. Youngest of all was a rising star of Chicano rock — Latin Rock ...

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Ritchie Valens was a Mexican American singer and songwriter influential in the Chicano rock movement. He recorded numerous hits during his short career, most notably the 1958 hit "La Bamba ...

  4. May 9, 2024 · Ritchie Valens (born May 13, 1941, Pacoima, California, U.S.—died February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa) was an American singer and songwriter and the first Latino rock and roll star. His short career ended when he died at age 17 in the 1959 plane crash in which Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper also perished.. Valens grew up in suburban Los Angeles in a family of Mexican and possibly Native ...

  5. Sep 19, 2022 · Ritchie (Lou Diamond Phillips) performs "La Bamba" on stage.#LaBamba #RitchieValens #HDClips #MovieScenes Now on Disc and Digital: https://www.sonypictures.c...

  6. Ritchie Valens singing La Bamba in 1958 please comment and rate. About ...

  7. Ritchie's 18th Birthday . On the first anniversary of Ritchie’s death, Ritchie’s mother wanted to honor his memory. Pictured from left to right: Olga Jurado-Zubick, Ritchie’s cousin; Gail Smith, Ritchie’s classmate and president of the Ritchie Valens Memorial Fan Club; Paulina Lozano, sister of Ritchie’s aunt Ernestine; Ritchie’s mother Connie, better known a “Concha”; Donna ...

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  9. © 2022 Ritchie Valens The Official Site News - Archives Ritchie's Scrapbook Where Ritchie Was The Day the Music Died

  10. May 13, 2021 · Ritchie Valens was just 17 years old when he changed the course of pop music in the late 1950s. As the first Mexican-American hitmaker in the U.S., he laid the groundwork for Chicano rock and ...

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