This essay is adapted from Merrick Morton's "La Bamba: A Visual History," published by Hat & Beard Press. “Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!” read the handbill. The ...

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. -- In a western Minnesota town, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper live on, as one of their last concerts ever still strikes a chord. In the late 1950s, there were no ...

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley is displaying an exhibit throughout April on the life of guitarist and singer Richard Stephen Valenzuela, professionally known as Ritchie Valens. Curated by the ...

McLean, who wrote the folk-rock hit "American Pie" about the singers' deaths, and Connie, Richie's sister, share how one fateful day changed their lives forever Feb. 3, 1959, has become commonly ...