The San Fernando American Legion will dedicate a bandstand Thursday evening honoring Ritchie Valens at the site where the pioneering rock-and-roll musician performed as a teenager before rising to ...

It was described as the “Day the Music Died.” Over 50 years ago, on February 3, 1959, three of the country’s top rock & roll stars — Ritchie Valens, J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Buddy Holly ...

Josué completed the demos by adding his own music and lyrics while rearranging what was already there. In 1959, Holly and ...

When Connie Valens Anderson, sister of of late rock ‘n’ roll icon Ritchie Valens, learned that a stretch of the 5 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley was being named after her brother, she couldn’t ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, the face of modern music changed forever in one tragic moment with the simultaneous deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper Later referred to as The Day the Music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This essay is adapted from Merrick Morton's "La Bamba: A Visual History," published by Hat & Beard Press. “Dance!! Dance!! Dance!!

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Today (February 3) marks 61 years since musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie ...

In October 1958, a teenage boy walked into a music shop in San Fernando. He bought a sleek Gibson ES-225 electric guitar. Tourists sometimes look incredulously at shop owner Ed Intagliata when he ...

Courtesy of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum If all of this wasn’t enough, The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has rolled out the news that Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper ...

This essay is adapted from Merrick Morton's "La Bamba: A Visual History," published by Hat & Beard Press. “Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!” read the handbill. The ...