Ritchie Valens

Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his breakthrough.

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Who was born first?

• Ritchie Valens and Jagjit Singh were born the same year
• Ritchie Valens and Daniel Schmid were born the same year
• Ritchie Valens and Maurice White were born the same year
• Ritchie Valens and Joan Baez were born the same year
• Ritchie Valens and Gene Pitney were born the same year

Timeline

1. Daniel SchmidDecember 26, 1941 – August 6, 2006
2. Gene PitneyFebruary 17, 1941 – April 5, 2006
3. Jagjit SinghFebruary 8, 1941 – October 10, 2011
4. Joan BaezJanuary 9, 1941 – present
5. Maurice WhiteDecember 19, 1941 – February 2016
6. Ritchie Valens (this page)May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959

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