A founding father of rock ’n’ roll, he would lose his life barely a year later, when the plane carrying members of the Winter Dance Party Tour — Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Valens — crashed on Feb ...

The Ritchie Valens mural, painted on the outside of the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center, April 10. (SFVS/el Sol Photo/Semantha Raquel Norris) ...

The first Ritchie Valens biography in nearly 40 years was self-published in 2024 by a Canadian writer. A Valens sibling says: “It tells the real story, the true story.” Seen here too is a ...

Biography is the first since 1987, writes columnist David Allen. He spoke to author Corey Long and to one of Valens’ sisters, who says Long “got it right.” ...