On Tuesday, April 20, Clarkson and her Kelly Clarkson Show backing outfit, My Band Y’all, delivered a bustling rendition of “La Bamba,” the Mexican folk song that Ritchie Valens scored a ...

Valens died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959, at age 17. The crash, in a cornfield in Iowa, also claimed the lives of Buddy Holly and Jiles Perry Richardson, a.k.a. "The Big Bopper." ...

Valens was also known for the ballad “Donna” and the rave-up “Come On, Let’s Go,” two late-Fifties radio hits. Valens died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959, at age 17.

Though it might better be remembered for its soundtrack and iconic title track, 1987’s biopic of Mexican-American rocker Ritchie Valens, ‘ La Bamba ’, was successful enough to score a Golden ...

The Edmonton Oilers have made it to their first Stanley Cup Final since 2006 and things look -- and sound -- a bit different. For some time now, the Oilers have used Ritchie Valens' 1958 hit song ...