Lou Diamond Phillips starred as Valens in the original, which was nominated for a Golden Globe and earned Los Lobos a 1987 chart-topper for their version of Valens’ 1958 single “La Bamba,” which was ...

This essay is adapted from Merrick Morton's "La Bamba: A Visual History," published by Hat & Beard Press. “Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!” read the handbill. The ...

Ritchie Valens was an immediate sensation: "Come On, Let's Go," his first single, soared on the national pop charts. Ritchie began composing his next hit record during a telephone call with Donna ...

Ritchie Valens will always hold a special place in the heart of Pacoima residents. Now, the “La Bamba” kid turned rock ‘n’ roll legend, has his own post office. The United States Postal Service and ...

Local Filipino American actor Allen Malicsi has the role of Ritchie Valens in the encore production of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story at the History Theater. McNally Smith College of Music is ...

Few dates hold as much resonance in the history of American rock ’n’ roll as Feb. 3, 1959. On that day, a single-engine plane with room for only three passengers crashed into a cornfield in Clear Lake ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. A true American story, COME ON, LET'S GO: The Ritchie Valens Musical is the story ...

Congressman Tony Cardenas introduced two bills renaming post offices on Van Nuys Boulevard after two of the San Fernando Valley’s most famous and celebrated entertainers, Ritchie Valens and Marilyn ...

Eighteen days before his Feb. 3, 1959 death, Ritchie Valens headlined a concert in Pomona, as I wrote the other day. And a few days before the concert, according to a brief Progress-Bulletin story, a ...

Not long after she returned home to Europe last October, Tucson chanteuse Marianne Dissard tiptoed back into her old filmmaker life. That’s what she used to do before she found her unique singing ...