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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.
The Chop Tops made their final appearance on April 3, 2015, at the 18th annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender. The band was joined by guest performers Chantilly Lace Vincent (granddaughter of Gene Vincent) and Mario Valens (Ritchie Valens' younger brother).
Louis Diamond Phillips (né Upchurch; born February 17, 1962) is a Filipino-American actor.His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba (1987).
Ritchie Valens, left, and Lou Diamond Phillips, right, as Valens. Del-FIr Records/Amazon; Columbia Pictures The biopic about the teen musician earned a Golden Globe nomination.
Milton Berle, Gary Crosby, Bobby Darin, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, Ritchie Valens, The Collins Kids 18 January 1959: Pre-empted by Ten Little Indians. 25 January 1959: Ray Anthony, The Champs, Ed Cochran, The Platters, Connie Freed, Craig Stevens, Eddie Fisher 1 February 1959: George Burns, Jimmy Madden, Jessie Lee Turner, Sonny James, The ...
Del-Fi Records was an American record label based in Hollywood, California, was founded 1958 and owned by Bob Keane.The label's first single released was "Caravan" by Henri Rose released in 1958, but the label was most famous for signing Ritchie Valens.
He was also the understudy for the role of Ritchie Valens in the UK national tour of Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story. Ballas played an extra in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as part of the Hufflepuff House. In October 2008, Ballas made a guest appearance on the season premiere of Samantha Who. [13]
The company is still looking for unpublished songs. One of his posthumous releases was "Three Stars", a tribute to J.P. Richardson, better known as the Big Bopper, and Cochran's friends Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, who had all died in a plane crash just one year earlier. Written just hours after the tragedy by disc jockey Tommy Dee, it was ...