“Their mother, Connie, had also been involved in pushing Ritchie ... back to his time with “La Bamba,” uploading photographs on Instagram, including a side-by-side portrait of Valens ...

Born on February 3rd, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, the day that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash, Mark's mother told him she thought he was“given the gift of Music by ...

“Their mother, Connie, had also been involved in pushing Ritchie to get him ... Morton has looked back to his time with “La Bamba,” uploading photographs on Instagram, including a side-by-side ...

(Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:16:28 WE NEVER FELT SO ALONE. MY MOM WAS BROKEN AND THAT BROKE ... 16:24:03 GUY POUNDING HIS HAND ON THE TABLE 16:24:06> To sing at the top their ...

The Glastonbury headliner and contrarian-in-chief shows no signs of losing his edge. Stevie Chick explores his life, career, ...

Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. He turned down the $36 cost of the flight, as it was the exact amount of his mother’s rent at the time. “If I took that indulgence, my mother would’ve been ...

As Mexican Americans, we've been harassed by La Migra — immigration enforcement — since the United States took our land ...

However, 1959 marked a grim milestone for the music world when “That’ll Be the Day” singer Charles “Buddy” Holly, 22; “La Bamba” singer Ritchie Valens, 17 ... Emmett’s mother held an open-casket ...

On the anniversary of 'The Day the Music Died,' news came out that Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper are getting their own bobbleheads.

Courtesy of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum If all of this wasn’t enough, The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has rolled out the news that Ritchie Valens and the Big ...

Ritchie Valens' sister sends a message to songwriter Don McLean describing how she really felt about his folk-rock anthem "American Pie." ...