Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Ritchie Valens: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Richard Stephen Valenzuela
Born May 13, 1941 • Pacoima • California
Died February 3, 1959 (aged 17) • Iowa
Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2001)

Photos

Ritchie Valens smiling and playing an electric guitar, wearing a dark jacket and white shirt, with a sparkling, multicolored background.
Journalist Jorge Ramos at the 2019 Vanity Fair International Journalism Awards in Madrid.
Winter Dance Party tour itinerary.
See All Images and Podcasts →
default image
Lloyd Price
American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
The Shakespeare of his generation
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter
Elvis Presley in a black leather outfit singing into a microphone on stage during the 1968 Comeback Special, with seated audience members behind him.
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor
Buddy Holly wearing a suit and glasses, smiling and snapping his fingers, posed against a plain background.
Buddy Holly
American musician
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
American musician
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter
Bill Haley and His Comets
Bill Haley
American musician
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
American singer and songwriter
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
American musician
Carl Perkins plays an electric guitar on stage during a live performance on the TV show Ready Steady Go! in London, with a cameraman and studio equipment visible in the background.
Carl Perkins
American musician and songwriter
Eddie Cochran poses holding an electric guitar, leaning forward with one leg bent, in front of a curtain backdrop.
Eddie Cochran
American singer and musician
default image
Doc Pomus
American songwriter
Paul McCartney wearing a black jacket and shirt, looking slightly to the side, with people blurred in the background.
Paul McCartney
British musician
John Lennon, 1968
John Lennon
British musician
George Harrison
George Harrison
British musician
default image
Lee Hazlewood
American musician and record producer
Michael McDonald sits at a keyboard on stage, performing with the Doobie Brothers at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, California.
Michael McDonald
American singer and songwriter
Pharrell Williams smiles on stage holding a microphone, wearing a white Mickey Mouse 1928 t-shirt and a cap, with red stage lights in the background.
Pharrell Williams
American musician and producer
Michael Bolton wearing a black turtleneck and dark leather jacket, standing in front of a blue background with white text.
Michael Bolton
American pop singer and songwriter
Sonny Bono stands in a suit and red tie on sandy desert ground with wind turbines behind him near Palm Springs, California.
Sonny Bono
American singer, songwriter, actor, and politician

Related Quizzes

USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz