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Bookmark or Share- Ritchie Valens | Biography, Songs, Plane Crash, Donna, La Bamba ...Ritchie Valens (born May 13, 1941, Pacoima, California, U.S.—died February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa) 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 .
- A Detailed Look At The Tragic Death Of Ritchie Valens - GrungeA Detailed Look At The Tragic Death Of Ritchie Valens. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. By Eric Meisfjord / Updated: Dec. 16, 2020 11:26 am EST. 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.
- Ritchie Valens - WikipediaRichard 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]
- Ritchie Valens - Donna, Movie & Plane Crash - BiographyRitchie 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."...
- The Day the Music Died: Rock’s Great Tragedy - BiographyOn February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson died in a plane crash, a tragedy that has been remembered as “The Day the...
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