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	Ritchie Valens
		In the course of his short life, Ritchie Valens left a lasting impact on rock and roll with the classic rocker “La Bamba.” A high-energy reworking of an old Mexican wedding song, its driving simplicity foreshadowed garage-rock, frat-rock and punk-rock.
		Valens was born Richard Steven Valenzuela in the Los Angeles suburb of Pacoima.
		February 3, 1959: At the age of 17, Ritchie Valens is killed in a plane crash, along with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
	www.rockhall.com /inductee/ritchie-valens (773 words)

	Ritchie Valens - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Valens will forever be known primarily as one of the two rock stars (along with the Big Bopper) who perished with Buddy Holly when their private plane crashed in the midst of a Midwest tour in 1959.
		The first Hispanic rock star, Valens grew up in Los Angeles suburbs, and was playing guitar by the time he was in junior high school.
		Valens only had about two albums worth of material in the can, as well as some lo-fi live tapes of a gig at a local junior high, before his death; undoubtedly some or many of these were demos or unfinished tracks.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/501/Ritchie-Valens/7706986.html (315 words)

	Ritchie Valens
		Valens only had about two albums worth of material in the can, as well as some lo-fi live tapes of a gig at a local junior high, before his death; undoubtedly some or many of these were demos or unfinished tracks.
		Three albums - 'Ritchie Valens', 'Ritchie' and 'Ritchie Valens In Concert At Pacoima Junior High' - were released from sessions recorded for Del-Fi and at a performance for Valens' classmates.
		Valens' legend grew in the years following his death, culminating in the 1987 film 'La Bamba', a dramatized version of Valens' brief life and stardom, filled with the usual Hollywood distortions and factual errors.
	www.classicbands.com /valens.html (966 words)

	Ritchie Valens - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ritchie Valens - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Valens, Ritchie (1941-59), American rock-and-roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist, whose career was cut short by a plane crash in 1959.
		Valens (328?-378), Roman emperor of the East (364-378), born in Cibalae (near modern Osijek, Croatia).
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Ritchie_Valens.html (60 words)

	Ritchie Valens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ritchie played a instrumental number on his guitar that Keane liked well enough to record "as is" and asked Ritchie to make up some lyrics as he went along.
		Ritchie Valens was buried February 7, in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery.
		Ritchie Valens was only seventeen when he died, his legacy was based primarily on "Donna" and "La Bamba." popular with teenagers.
	www.history-of-rock.com /ritchie_valens.htm (1185 words)

	The Day the Music Died, the Crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper
		Ritchie Valens, probably the hottest of the artists at the time, The Big Bopper, and Dion and the Belmonts would round out the list of performers.
		On the toss of a coin, Valens won the seat and Allsup the rest of his life.
		The crash that ended the lives of Holly, Valens and Richardson was the break that began the career of Vee.
	www.fiftiesweb.com /crash.htm (983 words)

	RAB Hall of Fame: Ritchie Valens
		Valens has been featured prominently in literally hundreds of magazine and fanzine articles and many of his biggest fans have been music writer's who've always managed to keep his name alive.
		In 1987, new interest in Ritchie Valens was sparked by the release of the Columbia Pictures bio-pic on his life and music, La Bamba, and by the release of the film's soundtrack.
		Valens was honored for his significant contribution to popular music, and a donation from the Guitar Center RockWalk was made on behalf of the inductee to the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center at 10736 Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Pacoima, which stands as a testament to keeping his name alive.
	www.rockabillyhall.com /RitchieValens1.html (2360 words)

	Ritchie Valens - FAQ's
		She took an active role with the committee to induct Ritchie into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.
		Ritchie's mother had a friend who had a child born with a club foot.
		Suzie, she was the sweetest of little girls, big brown eyes and a beautiful smile and when she walked she rocked to the left and rocked to the right.
	www.ritchievalens.com /faqs.html (249 words)

	Ritchie Valens synopsis & grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ritchie however wanted to fly, so he tossed a coin with Tommy Allsup and won a place on the plane.
		Ritchie's death at the age of seventeen cut short his career but his music paved the way for Chicano rock n roll artists in the future.
		Interest in Ritchie Valens again came to the fore after his life story was told in the 1987 film "La Bamba" starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /RocknRollHeaven/ritcievalens.htm (277 words)

	Online home of Kevin Roderick
		When Valens was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this past week, it gave overdue notice to an artist whose achievements were plainly astounding.
		Ritchie bought a flashy road outfit from Nudie Cohn, the Lankershim Boulevard clothier-to-the-stars who costumed Elvis and Roy Rogers, and conquered New York.
		Writing later in Rolling Stone, Bangs called young Ritchie Valens "a quiet, underrated yet enormously influential member of that handful of folk visionaries who almost single-handedly created rock and roll in the '50s." Del-Fi Records still distributes a boxed-set CD that includes the performance at Pacoima Junior High.
	www.kevinroderick.com /valens.html (987 words)

	Ritchie Valens-Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ritchie Valens was a rock and roll performer of Latin American descent who, in the year 1957, combined his heritage and his youth, his talent and the bones of rock and roll to effect a series of recordings that are an essential part of the early make-up of rock and roll music.
		Ritchie Valens' music covered a wide span that did not reach to the ever softening changes that rock and roll was going through.
		Ritchie Valens made many other great recordings that were released posthumously.
	www.typearts.com /Originals/ValensLegend.html (438 words)

	Ritchie Valens Summary
		Ritchie, with the success of "Donna" under his belt, was not obliged to play low profile concerts in the Midwest but reportedly did so out of loyalty to his fans.
		Valens' next record, a double A-side, which was the final record to be released in his lifetime, had the songs "Donna" (written about a real girlfriend), coupled with "La Bamba".
		Ritchie Valens is interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.
	www.bookrags.com /Ritchie_Valens (3378 words)

	Ritchie Valens Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ritchie Valens was rock-and-roll's first Chicano star, and managed to come up with some hit songs and leave his mark before his tragic death at age 17.
		Keane had recording equipment that was not really state-of-the-art, and the equipment used by Valens in his brief career was not top notch, resulting in a sound that is somewhat muddy but remains as very good vintage rock-and-roll.
		In early 1959 Ritchie Valens appeared in the film Go Johnny Go and a short time later left to join a group of rock-and-roll performers who were scheduled to tour the Midwest.
	www.tsimon.com /valens.htm (405 words)

	Ritchie Valens - Who is Hi-Tone 5
		Ritchie’s mother, Concha, formed the corporation in 1987 with the help of her children, Bob, Connie, Irma and Mario who all serve as directors.
		Hi-Tone Five was formed to safeguard Ritchie’s music and legacy.
		Ritchie made the music that changed our lives.
	www.ritchievalens.com /hitone5.html (80 words)

	Ritchie Valens - hotshotdigital.com
		Ritchie Valens was born on 13 May, 1941 in Pacoima, a suburb of Los Angeles, California.
		When Ritchie was seventeen he was spotted by Bob Keene, president of Del Fi Records in Hollywood, and offered recording contract.
		Ritchie was the first Mexican-Amercan singer to make it, and was a hero to MexicanAmerican communities, just a young boy but a hero.
	www.hotshotdigital.com /tribute/RitchieValens.html (226 words)

	RITCHIE VALENS, Homeboy Hero
		When she boasted she was Ritchie Valens' aunt and she'd let me meet him, I honestly thought she was humoring me so I wouldn't discontinue her service.
		But what was special about Ritchie Valens was that he was a "homeboy" who proved you could do what you wanted to do most, no matter what the odds, if you just applied yourself to your best.
		of Ritchie Valens in action before an excited audience, along with the tragic scene and news report of the Iowa crash that killed him along with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper, was painted on a wall at Pacoima Jr.
	www.hankstermania.com /MeasuredMovements/MeasuredMovements3.htm (1974 words)

	RITCHIE VALENS DISCOGRAPHY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ritchie Valens' Greatest Hits (Del-Fi 1225) (London HA 8196)* (The UK release was also reissued in February, 1967, on President PTL 1001) Donna; La Bamba; Come On Let's Go; We Belong Together; Bluebirds Over The Mountain; In A Turkish Town; Stay Beside Me; Cry, Cry, Cry; Hurry Up; Rockin' All Night; From Beyond; Malaguena.
		The History Of Ritchie Valens (Rhino 2798) This three LP boxed set is the reproduction of the original three Del-Fi releases especially arranged by manager Bob Keane.
		Ritchie Valens (Phonodisc-Canada) This Canadian release is probably in collaboration with Bob Keane and Rhino Records, though it is not definitely known.
	www.ritchievalens.net /discog/discog.html (1428 words)

	Ritchie Valens Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		With the concurrent deaths of Holly and Valens, it has been argued that the evolution of the rock 'n roll genre stalled until the Beatles (a band whose name was inspired by the name of Holly's band, the Crickets) took up where the two American performers left off.
		Valens was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Pacoima, the son of Joseph "Steve" Valenzuela, who worked at times as a tree surgeon, miner, and horse trainer.
		Valens earned a seat on the plane by winning a coin toss with Crickets guitarist Tommy Allsop and was killed along with Holly, the Big Bopper, and the twenty-one-year-old pilot when the plane crashed in a cornfield.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/ritchie-valens (1134 words)

	Collins' Oldies Website: Ritchie Valens
		Ritchie Valens was born Richard Valenzuela in 1941.
		As the "Donna" excerpt fades out, a radio news reporter announces the deaths of Ritchie, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper, and the effect they would have on both lovers and haters of rock 'n' roll.
		Although I don't know much Spanish, I did learn that the narrator is willing to do anything for the young woman he is courting--even do a dance called the Bamba for her--if he can win her heart and her hand in marriage.
	www.srv.net /~roxtar/valens_ritchie.html (958 words)

	Biography of Ritchie Valens -
		Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13 1941–February 3 1959), better known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican-American born in Los Angeles, California, became the first Hispanic AmericanHispanic rock and roll star.
		Valens' hits included "Come On, Let's Go", "Donna", and "La Bamba (song)La Bamba"; the latter became the title of a 1987 in film1987 movie about his life (see La Bamba (movie)La Bamba), which introduced Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie and co-starred Esai Morales as his older half-brother Bob Morales.
		Ritchie Valens is interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.
	www.short-biographies.com /biographies/RitchieValens.html (477 words)

	Ritchie Valens - Greatest Hits SACD - Audio Fidelity
		Also on board was up and coming Ritchie Valens, not yet eighteen but already mounting an assault on the pop charts.
		Valens never had eighteen hits, and while a compilation of such a short career is always problematic, those three hits demand a home in every serious 50s rock collector’s shelves, and this smartly chosen collection allows Valens to make a convincing argument for his musical legacy that might have been.
		Valens not only could rock, but he also had a special feel for softer material.
	www.musictap.net /Reviews/ValensRitchieGreatestHitsSACD.html (820 words)

	Channel4.com - SlashMusic - Ritchie Valens
		Born out of the L.A. basin community of Mexican-Americans, Ritchie Valens created a style that merged his heritage and '50s rock & roll.
		His "La Bamba" stands as one of the most innovative compositions of the first-generation rock era.
		Ensuing decades saw the making a popular film about his life and even a posthumous induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
	www.channel4.com /music/music-core/artist.jsp?artistId=91334 (81 words)

	Ritchie Valens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On the 3rd of February 1959, Ritchie Valens, a young boy with superstar potential, has died.
		He was just seventeen years old and although still in his first year as a recording artist, had already made a name for himself in the music industry.
		Ritchie was the first Mexican American singer to achieve national recognition, paving the way for others.
	www.netempire.biz /ritchie_valens (106 words)

	Ritchie Valens : Oldies.com
		Valens was the first major Hispanic-American rock star, the artist who popularized the classic 50s hit "La Bamba".
		It was while attending school that Valens was first exposed to RandB music and rock 'n' roll.
		Valens also performed solo and was heard by Bob Keane of Del-Fi Records, who...
	www.oldies.com /artist-view/Ritchie-Valens.html (194 words)

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		If уоu have any interest in Ritchie Valen's music at all, this is the disc to get.
		This ultra-high tech DSD technology gives Ritchie Valen's music a real warm fееling, a realistic feel that this 50's music really utilizes to it's fullest potential.
		Mexican-American pop star Ritchie Valens was only beginning to realize his potential when a plane crash took his life in early 1959.
	www.lycos.com /info/ritchie-valens.html (331 words)

	Amazon.com: Complete Ritchie Valens: DVD: Ritchie Valens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in the January 1959 plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, after a concert in Mason City, Iowa.
		You could only be talking about Ritchie who was in all a wonderful kid that gave up his life to support his family as a latin kid getting his family a peace of the american dream that people only dream of.
		Ritchie was so poor that he had to almost train himself on playing the guitar.
	www.amazon.com /Complete-Ritchie-Valens/dp/B00004Z4WO (2009 words)

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