Lou Diamond Phillips is reflecting on his early auditions to play Mexican American rock and roll pioneer Ritchie Valens in ...

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At the time (before “Full House”), Stamos was best known for playing Blackie Parrish on “General Hospital.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!" read the handbill. The Silhouettes featured Ritchie Valens — "the ...

Phillips portrayed the musician in the 1987 biopic about his life and career ...

Courtesy of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum If all of this wasn’t enough, The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has rolled out the news that Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper ...

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 ...

At just 17 years old, San Fernando Valley native and son of Sonoran immigrants Richard Valenzuela — better known as Ritchie Valens — changed the course of rock and roll with the release of breakout ...