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▸ Artist · 1959–1959
Ritchie Valens
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The Story
OriginUnited StatesGenrerock and roll, Chicano rockLabelDel-Fi
Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his breakthrough.
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