ritchie valens

     

The music died when Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper & this "La Bamba" singer died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959

Trivia about ritchie valens

  • Heard here, he was the youngest of the 3 singers who perished in a February 1959 plane crash"Para bailar la bamba /Para bailar la bamba..."
  • "My dreams are pure rock 'n' roll", says Lou Diamond Phillips while playing this singer
  • In a memorable 1987 big screen biography, the poker face seen here played this 1950s music legend
  • This stamp star was born Richard Valenzuela in Pacoima, California
  • "La Bamba"
  • He's the teen heard here in a song released just months before his death"Para bailar la bamba, para bailar la bamba, se necesita una..."