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Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), 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.
Sep 4, 2013 · Manufacturer : One & Only Rock N Roll Original Release Date : 2014
WHEN ROCK’N’ROLL first stopped calling itself rhythm and blues in the mid Fifties, it became a young man’s game. 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.
May 13, 2021 · The Eternal Legacy of Ritchie Valens. On what would have been the Chicano rock legend's 80th birthday, Lou Diamond Phillips, David Hidalgo, and Connie Valens Anderson reflect on why he's...
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Jan 31, 2016 · He is considered the first Latino to ever successfully cross over into Rock mainstream. He died in the plane crash “the day the music died”. He was a good 3 months short of his 18 birthday when he died on 3 February 1959. Only 17 years old when he died, Valens left behind a few recordings.
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Feb 3, 2011 · At age 17, Ritchie Valens of Pacoima performed on Dick Clark's “American Bandstand” television show, stayed at the Plaza Hotel in New York and played alongside rock legends Bo Diddley and Buddy Holly and on the stage of the famed Apollo Theater.
