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"Donna" is a song written by Ritchie Valens, [1] featuring a I IV V chord progression. The song was released in 1958 on Del-Fi Records . [ 2 ] Written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig, it was Valens' highest-charting single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year.
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.
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 ...
This single and the follow-ups, "Donna" and "La Bamba," were smash hits. Keane (whom Valens nicknamed "Bobbo") served as Valens' manager as well as producer, booking shows for him across America and several TV performances. Keane was portrayed by actor Joe Pantoliano In the 1987 biopic La Bamba, the story of Ritchie Valens.
Valens' first single for the label was "Come On Let's Go", which was a hit. His next single, " Donna "/" La Bamba ", was an even bigger hit, and brought national notoriety to the label. Johnny Crawford , the co-star of the television series The Rifleman , was the Del-Fi artist who recorded the most hit singles.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Richie and Donna become a couple, despite Donna's father disapproving of his daughter dating a Hispanic boy, and Richie starts recording songs like "We Belong Together" and "Come On, Let's Go" at Gold Star Studios. Keane gives Richie his professional name of "Ritchie Valens", which Richie initially dislikes, but eventually comes to accept.
"In essence, this money has been stolen from all of us for all these years," said an 84-year-old woman whose late husband's Social Security benefits were slashed. "It's not fair."