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Richard Valenzuela Research Paper

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born May 13 1941, Pacoima, California Mexican-American, one of the first, was a big influence Richard Steven Valenzuela learned to play many instruments, guitar was his passion traditional Mexican folk music, black R&B music, Little Richard, Buddy Holly joined the Silhouettes at 16, played local gigs Bob Keane, head of Del-Fi records auditioned in May 1958 Gold Star Studios, La “come On, Let’s Go” was released in summer (America) 1958, sold 500,000 copies In October he released “Donna”, a ballad for his high school sweetheart, reached no 2 and “La Bamba” combined traditional Mexican folk music with rock and roll had to be coached to sing the entirely Spanish song became very popular, appeared on the Dick Clark show in December January 1959,

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