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  2. The Day the Music Died - Wikipedia

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    As Holly's group had been the backing band for all of the acts, Holly, Valens and DiMucci (and Carlo Mastrangelo of the Belmonts who was a drummer) took turns playing drums for each other at the performances in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Clear Lake, Iowa, with Holly playing drums for Dion, Dion playing drums for Ritchie, and Ritchie playing ...

  3. Ritchie Valens - Wikipedia

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    Valens was born as Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, [3] a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.The son of Joseph Steven Valenzuela (1896–1952) and Concepción "Concha" Reyes (1915–1987), he had two half-brothers, Robert "Bob" Morales (1937–2018) and Mario Ramirez, and two younger sisters, Connie and Irma.

  4. 1957 Pacoima mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    The event is depicted in the film La Bamba, the 1987 biopic of rock 'n' roll figure Ritchie Valens, who was a 15-year-old student at Pacoima Junior High School at the time of the disaster but was not at school that day because he was attending the funeral of his grandfather.

  5. Wisconsin's bitter cold led to crash that killed Buddy Holly ...

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    On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash during a snowstorm. Bus broke down. What we know. While the plane crashed in Iowa en route to North Dakota ...

  6. Ridgeland man killed in crash remembered for ‘big heart ...

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    The celebration of life ended with “La Bamba,” the late Ritchie Valens’ most well-known recording. Donna, Cardenas-Andrade’s wife, said family members will likely scatter a portion of the ...

  7. La Bamba (film) - Wikipedia

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    La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical drama film written and directed by Luis Valdez.The film follows the life and short-lived musical career of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens.

  8. María Elena Holly - Wikipedia

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    On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly died in a plane crash along with fellow musicians Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper outside Clear Lake, Iowa. After learning of her husband's death from the television news, she suffered a miscarriage the following day and could not attend Holly's funeral in Lubbock.

  9. John Walker (musician) - Wikipedia

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    He became a friend of Ritchie Valens, and was an honorary pallbearer at Valens' funeral. In 1959, the family moved again, to Inglewood, California, where he made the acquaintance of future Beach Boys members David Marks and Dennis and Carl Wilson, helping to teach them guitar. [2]