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          Movie-rocker: Lou Diamond Phillips; who played Ritchie Valens in the movie; La Bamba; was among the.

        1. Movie-rocker: Lou Diamond Phillips; who played Ritchie Valens in the movie; La Bamba; was among the.
        2. Bosch (TV Series –) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
        3. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, the lead in La Bamba, the Ritchie Valens story, at.
        4. Bambadjan “Bamba” Bamba – Actor and Filmmaker Current Commissions: Selena and the Queens of San Antonio, Come on Let's Go, The Ritchie Valens Musical, and.
        5. His La Bamba shirt, in particular, symbolizes his connection to Ritchie Valens, a character he identified with deeply.

          6. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, the lead in La Bamba, the Ritchie Valens story, at.!

          Ritchie Valens

          American rock musician (1941–1959)

          For the Welsh singer, see Ricky Valance.

          Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959),[3] 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.[4]

          Valens 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 and beat, and it became a hit in 1958,[5][6] making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. He also had an American number-two hit with "Donna".

          On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, a