Vinyl records

Ritchie Valens vinyl records

6 albums with 200 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Ricardo Esteban Valenzuela Reyes. Mexican-American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born: 13 May 1941 in Pacoima, California, USA. Died: 3 February 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA (aged 17). 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, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement.