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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]
Dec 16, 2020 · Youngest of all was a rising star of Chicano rock -- Ritchie Valens. He was 17. No one who died in the 1959 plane crash, that day the music died, was an old man.
Ritchie (Lou Diamond Phillips) performs "La Bamba" on stage.#LaBamba #RitchieValens #HDClips #MovieScenes Now on Disc and Digital: https://www.sonypictures.c...
May 9, 2024 · Ritchie Valens 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.
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Although his life was tragically cut short, Ritchie Valens’ inimitable blend of Mexican dance music and rock has influenced generations of rockers.
Jun 11, 2018 · Born Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941, in Pacioma, California; died on February 3, 1959, in Clear Lake, Iowa. Religion: Roman Catholic.
Teenage performers like Ritchie Valens began to influence the course of popular music; his double-sided smash hit ‘Donna’/’La Bamba’ dominated the charts in December 1958. But, unlike rock’n’roll, Ritchie Valens did not survive to face the Sixties.
Oct 14, 2018 · Sixty years ago, a Mexican folk tune sung entirely in Spanish became a rock and roll phenomenon. Generations after Ritchie Valens, young Latinos are still harnessing its power.
Aug 21, 2023 · Twenty-eight years after Valens’s death, a biopic, La Bamba, was made about his life, featuring a soundtrack entirely recorded by Los Lobos, a rock band from East LA. Their cover of “La Bamba”...
