Ritchie Valens
- MatchRitchie Valens
- 100%The Big Bopper
- 99%Buddy Holly
- 98%Dion & The Belmonts
- 87%Eddie Cochran
- 72%The Everly Brothers
- 70%The Coasters
- 69%Carl Perkins
- 68%Little Richard
- 68%The Crickets
- 65%Jerry Lee Lewis
Biography
Richard Steve Valenzuela, 13 May 1941, Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, USA, d. 3 February 1959, Iowa, USA. Valens was the first major Hispanic-American rock star, the artist who popularized the classic 50s hit La Bamba. He grew up in the city of Pacoima, California, and was raised in poverty. His parents separated when he was a child and Valens lived with his father until the latters death in 1951. Afterwards he lived with his mother and brothers and sisters, but... Read more