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The Very best of Ritchie Valence
incl front cover




La Bamba    ,That's My Little Suzie, Boney Maronie ,   Ohh! My Head  ,  Framed ,   Cry Cry Cry ,  Paddi-Wack Song ,  Hurry Up,    
Fast Freight ,  Dooby-Dooby Wah ,Bluebirds over the Mountain ,   
 Big Baby Blues ,  Rockin' All Night,   Hi-Tone  , In a Turkish Town ,  
 Donna , Little Girl , We Belong Together,   Stay Beside Me, Malaguena ,come on lets go   


Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.

A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months. During this time, however, he scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which was originally a Mexican folk song that Valens transformed with a rock rhythm and beat that became a hit in 1958,[1][2] making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement.

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