Ritchie Valens’ rock and roll career lasted just eight months before his life was tragically cut short on 'The Day the Music ...

Ritchie Valens, the groundbreaking singer-guitarist from Pacoima who inspired subsequent generations of Chicano rockeros, would be celebrating his 76th birthday on Saturday, May 13, if not for that ...

He’s most famous for writing “La Bamba,” a rock and roll classic adapted from a Mexican folk song, that became a modest hit in 1958, and a hit again in 1987 when Los Lobos recorded it for La Bamba, a ...

SAN ANTONIO — Search the internet for video evidence of Ritchie Valens’s iconic-but-all-too-brief career as a Latino rock pioneer, and you’d find yourself searching for hours. In fact, there’s only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!" read the handbill. The Silhouettes featured Ritchie Valens — "the ...

The Los Angeles City Council proclaimed Friday as Ritchie Valens Day to mark the 75th anniversary of the birth of the late rock ‘n’ roll pioneer responsible for such hits as “La Bamba” and “Donna” in ...

PACOIMA — Almost 60 years have passed since Ritchie Valens’ short 17 years of life, but his presence remains alive and well in the San Fernando Valley, more specifically in Pacoima, his hometown. A ...

Three of the nation’s top rock ‘n roll singing stars – Ritchie Valens, J. P. (The Big Bopper) Richardson, and Buddy Holly – died today with their pilot in the crash of a chartered plane. The singers, ...

This essay is adapted from Merrick Morton's "La Bamba: A Visual History," published by Hat & Beard Press. "Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!" read the handbill. The ...