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Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in 1959. His musical legacy rests on about an album and a half of completed studio material, a poorly recorded high-school concert, and a handful of demos and rehearsal ...Read full review
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On the 3rd of February 1959, Ritchie Valens, a young boy with superstar potential, has died. He was just seventeen years old and although still in his first year as a recording artist, had already made a name for himself in the music industry. Ritchie was the first Mexican American singer to achieve national recognition, paving the way for others. [more]
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Ritchie Valens, durante sua breve carreira, produziu dois álbums. Quando se interessou pelo rock, Valens já possuia uma base musical sedimentada no pop, no jazz e na música folclórica mexicana, apesar de não falar bem a língua espanhola.
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All three singles were collected on the album Ritchie Valens, which was released February 12, 1959, slightly more than one week after Valens's death. In October 1959... Del-Fi Records released a second album of Valens's recordings, Ritchie, which yielded no hit singles but remains essential to fans of 1950s rock, proto-punk, and garage rock. Del-Fi also released Ritchie Valens in Concert at Pacoima Junior High, which included live concert versions of "Come On, Let's Go," and "Donna" and cover versions of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" and the Mexican folksong "Malaguena." Reviewing the record, Bangs wrote: "Richie Valens was a quiet, underrated yet enormously influential member of that handful of folk visionaries who almost single-handedly created rock and roll in the Fifties. … It is a dignified, sincere memorial and a beautiful document out of the Fifties, but it is also a great rock and roll recording in its own right, because Richie Valens himself was a great artist." Numerous repackages of Valens's music have been released since his death.
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Ritchie was an average student for whom music was a guiding force. Influenced by Mexican folk songs and popular songs sung by his relatives his true love was the singing cowboy of the Saturday matinee movies. He ... listen to country played on the radio. With only an average singing voice, relatives began teaching him to play the guitar at eleven.
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Ritchie was a phenomenon in many ways, considering his background and training, both in music and life. Unlike many entertainment stars, he will always be remembered for his gracious demeanor and sense of humor, mostly about himself.
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