La bamba! : the Ritchie Valens story ; a screenplay / by Luis Valdez. 1985.

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La bamba! : the Ritchie Valens story ; a screenplay / by Luis Valdez. 1985.

The story of Ritchie Valens, the Mexican-American rock and roll singer who rose to fame in the 1950s and died in a plane crash after only 8 months of stardom.

116 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Valens, Ritchie, 1941-1959

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Ritchie Valens (born Richard Steven Valenzuela, May 13, 1941, Pacoima, CA–d. February 3, 1959, Clear Lake, IA) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. A rock & roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted eight months, as it abruptly ended when he died in a plane crash. During this time, he had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. Valens transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm a...

Valdez, Luis Miguel, 1940-....

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