Valens

Yolanda Maya, a representative of the American Red Cross, said an evacuation shelter was set up at Ritchie Valens Evacuation Center in Pacoima following the evacuation order.

If inducted, Maná would join a small group of Latino artists inducted into the Rock Hall, which includes Ritchie Valens, Linda Ronstadt, Santana, Joan Baez, and Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine.

The Paley Brothers released an LP in 1978 and teamed with the Ramones to cover Ritchie Valens’ “Come on Let’s Go” for the next year’s “Rock ’n’ Roll High School” movie.

Nearly 40 years after its theatrical release, ‘La Bamba’ is being remade, but the film’s original director and writer questions why rock ’n’ roll star Ritchie Valens’ life is being told, again.

Out of personal interest, Valdez says he and his brother, Daniel Valdez, spent five years trying to track down the people in Valens’ life.