Ritchie Valens’ Death – Cause and Date

The rock singer Ritchie Valens died at the age of 17. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Pioneer in the Chicano rock movement who released the single “La Bamba.” He tragically died in a historic plane crash, an event that was nicknamed The Day the Music Died. 

His mother was actress Connie Valenzuela. 

Quotes

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“Now, I don’t know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.” (Waylon Jennings)

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“Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the business, he made big impact. I don’t know if anybody could have made a bigger one.” (Waylon Jennings)

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“I know Ritchie Valens in 1959 had ‘La Bamba’ but to be totally Spanish – because, you know, Ritchie didn’t speak Spanish – but to be a total Latin artist like myself, to be out in a field where there weren’t any categories for Latinos… I felt good that I was maybe – I didn’t know it at the time – but I felt good that I opened the door.” (Jose Feliciano)

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“‘Oh, Daddy,’ was a remake of the Ritchie Valens’ song ‘Oh Donna,’ and I really like that one because it’s a story of a pregnant woman who was dumped by her baby daddy, but she was always waiting for him. It’s a sweet-and-sour situation.” (Natti Natasha)