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Valenzuela expressed an interest in making music of his own by the age of five. Valenzuela was brought up hearing traditional Mexican mariachi music, as well as flamenco guitar, R&B, and jump blues.
He also had two younger sisters, Connie and Irma. Bob rode motorcycles and sported a tough, leather-jacket-clad exterior. After giving up alcohol he successfully beat prostate cancer. Bob went on downward spiral after turning to alcohol. His older brother Bob had an alcohol and drug addiction problem. He had two brothers Roberto "Bob" Morales (1937–2018) and Mario Ramirez. His parents, José Esteban Valenzuela (1896–1952) and Concepción "Concha" Reyes (1915–1987), were from Mexico. Valens was born as Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. In 2001, Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as " The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J.
He also had an American number-two hit with " Donna". Valens transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. Valens had several hits, most notably " La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens was killed in a plane crash eight months into his music career. Richard Steven Valenzuela (– February 3, 1959), known professionally as Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.