Shades Of Richie

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Tomorrow will mark the 59th anniversary of the death of Richie Valens.
Most of us ānon-millennialsā have heard of Richie Valens. He was the one who brought us Donna and La Bamba before dying tragically in an airplane crash in 1959. I remember vividly singing along to both of these songs when I was a teenager a few years later. The line, āI had a girl, Donna was her nameā¦.ā still echoes in my musical consciousness. For me the memories of Richie Valens are stronger than most. Hereās why:
Richie Valens was born Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941 in Pacoima, California. Pacoima is just a stoneās throw from the town of San Fernando, where I grew up. I knew the turf well when I was a kid. It was a tough landscape that wasā¦
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The day the music died.
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I searched about Richie Valens.
He song LaBamba!!ā, I know this song!! š
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