Ritchie Valens Songbook - Hits and B-Sides by Ryan Sheeler with Online Audio

(Guitar). Ritchie Valens was the first nationally recognized Latino rock'n' roll star. He had a meteoric rise to fame in a career that lasted barely eight months, before his tragic death along with Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson, in a plane crash north of Clear Lake, Iowa. Ritchie's unique guitar style and high—energy performances and his hits "Come On, Let's Go," "Donna," and "La Bamba" made him a well—known figure in the golden age of rock 'n' roll. Valens had only t...