Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, Richie ...
Ritchie Valens' parents came from Mexico and shared an Indian ancestry. He had two half-brothers, i.e., the late Robert "Bob" Morales and Mario Ramirez. He also had two younger sisters named ...
In 2020, while attending an annual commemoration of the Winter Dance Party tour’s final stop in Clear Lake, Iowa, Long went to the Ritchie Valens Family Luncheon to make contact with family ...
A forthcoming photograph book by Hat & Beard Press will reveal never-before-seen images of 'La Bamba' captured by Merrick ...
On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air ...