Come On, Let’s Go

song by Valens

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"Come On, Let's Go" is a song by Ritchie Valens, an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. It was his first hit song, released in 1958. Valens was a pioneering Latino rock and roll star, known for his energetic guitar style and emotional singing. Other famous songs by Valens include "Donna" and "La Bamba," a rock and roll adaptation of a traditional Mexican folk song. Valens's career was tragically cut short when he died in a plane crash in 1959 at the age of 17, an event often referred to as "The Day the Music Died".12

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Ritchie Valens
His first hit, “Come On, Let’s Go” (1958), was followed later that year by “Donna,” a ballad written for an ex-girlfriend, and “La Bamba,” Valens’s best-remembered recording, a rock and roll reworking of a traditional Mexican wedding song, sung in Spanish (though Valens hardly spoke the language). He…
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His first hit, “Come On, Let’s Go” (1958), was followed later that year by “Donna,” a ballad written for an ex-girlfriend, and “La Bamba,” Valens’s best-remembered recording, a rock and roll reworking of a traditional Mexican wedding song, sung in Spanish (though Valens hardly spoke the language). He…
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