Ritchie Valens

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Mexican-American musician guitarist human rock and roll musician singer songwriter

Ritchie Valens was a pioneering Mexican-American rock and roll musician whose 1950s hits like "La Bamba" helped shape Chicano rock and influence later Latin-infused rock bands.

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Ritchie Valens canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican-American musician ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
rock and roll musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1959 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1958 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ricardo Valenzuela ⓘ
associatedWith The Day the Music Died ⓘ
burialPlace San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
causeOfDeath airplane crash ⓘ
coPassengerInFatalCrashWith Buddy Holly ⓘ
J. P. Richardson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-05-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1959-02-03 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mexican American ⓘ
filmAboutSubject La Bamba ⓘ
surface form: La Bamba (1987 film)
fullName Richard Steven Valenzuela ⓘ
genre Chicano rock ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
heritage Mexican descent ⓘ
hometown Pacoima ⓘ
surface form: Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, United States
inductedInto Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Carlos Santana ⓘ
Chicano rock ⓘ
Los Lobos ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor pioneering Chicano rock ⓘ
popularizing a rock and roll version of La Bamba ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
notableWork Come On, Let’s Go ⓘ
Donna ⓘ
La Bamba ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pacoima ⓘ
surface form: Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfDeath near Clear Lake, Iowa, United States ⓘ
portrayedBy Lou Diamond Phillips ⓘ
recordLabel Del-Fi Records ⓘ
stageName Ritchie Valens self-link ⓘ
yearOfRockAndRollHallOfFameInduction 2001 ⓘ

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Los Lobos → influencedBy → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
Pacoima → hasNotablePerson → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
Chicano rock → hasNotableArtist → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
subject surface form: San Fernando Mission Cemetery
La Bamba → mainSubject → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
La Bamba → portrays → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
Come On, Let’s Go → composer → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
Come On, Let’s Go → lyricist → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
Come On, Let’s Go → performer → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
Come On, Let’s Go → originallyRecordedBy → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
Come On, Let’s Go → associatedWith → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
Ritchie Valens → stageName → Ritchie Valens self-link ⓘ
The Day the Music Died → killed → Ritchie Valens ⓘ
The Day the Music Died → associatedArtist → Ritchie Valens ⓘ