| LC control no. | n 88614899 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Valens, Ritchie, 1941-1959 |
| Variant(s) | Valenzuela, Richard Stephen, 1941-1959 Valens, Richie, 1941-1959 |
| Birth date | 1941-05-13 |
| Death date | 1959-02-03 |
| Place of birth | Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Place of death | Clear Lake (Iowa) |
| Field of activity | Popular music Rock music Mexican Americans--Music |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Composers Lyricists Guitarists |
| Found in | His Ritchie Valens [SR] c1986: label (Ritchie Valens) jacket (Ritchie Valens, born Richard Stephen Valenzuela, in Pacoima, Calif., 5/31/1941 [sic]; died 2/3/1959) Nite, N.N. Rock on, c1974: p. 622 (Ritchie Valens; real name: Richard Valenzuela; b. 5/13/1941, d. 2/3/1959) Bronaugh, R.B. Celebrity birthday book, c1981: p. 200 (Valens, Ritchie (Richard Valenzuela), singer, b. 5/13/1941) La bamba, 1998: container (Richie Valens) Wikipedia, Feb. 12, 2020 (Ritchie Valens; American singer, songwriter, and guitarist; rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement; d. February 3, 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa; posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001) |
| Associated language | eng |
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