Ritchie Valens
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American singer, songwriter and guitarist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard Steven Valenzuela , 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 into his music career.
