The Beach Boys made their professional debut at a Ritchie Valens Memorial Dance on December 31, 1961, in Long Beach, ...
February 2, 1959. Clear Lake, Iowa. The Surf Ballroom. If you’re an early rock ‘n’ roll fan, or have ever seen Gary Busey in thick black glasses in The Buddy Holly Story, you know what happened in the ...
Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 movie, “La Bamba,” that finally put the Southern California teen’s story ahead of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the two older singers who died in ...