Valens
Americannoun
noun
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Holly, who was 22 when he died in a 1959 plane crash alongside fellow rock-and-rollers Ritchie Valens and J.P.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
If inducted, Maná would join a small group of Latino artists inducted into the Rock Hall, which includes Ritchie Valens, Linda Ronstadt, Santana, Joan Baez, and Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025
Valens, born Richard Valenzuela in Pacoima, Calif., rose to fame in the late 1950s with his hit, “Come On, Let’s Go.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2024
“They’re going to get crushed,” Valens Securities Managing Director Robert Spivey said of the weakest zombies.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024
“You heard the story my mother told. She could sing in English before she could speak English. And Ritchie Valens couldn’t speak Spanish when he sang ‘La Bamba,’” Mrs. Hidalgo said.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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