Ritchie Valens - Live Rare Footages

[@mikepaquet771]

RIP Ritchie Valens. You left us 56 years ago today. But your music lives on.

[@professorderpy1921]

Mike Paquet im with u man

[@bryanndebferguson7161]

Mike Paquet yea man smoking weed and listening to this

[@richetmn2443]

😕

[@LuisTrevino-d9b]

Yea feel the same way I wish I had a time machine and stop him from flying.

[@RejectedSpiritX]

To anyone who truly loves music, more specifically, rock, anything to do with these bits of footage are gems

[@jackiemoya947]

I love his music rip

[@JF-NYC-NJ-Girl]

Exactly...so as special are these rare gems! There were not millions of people taping EVERYTHING w their smart phones! So happy that extremely rare footage is shared on KZbin

[@donnawheeler6067]

And to think he only lived 17 years. Just not long enough. He had so much more to give.

[@brack25c]

Man this guy was off the radar. Amazing talent.

[@wendygonzalez9944]

AGREE

[@danielcarrillo7869]

May 13 2021 Today Ritchie Valens Birthday would have been 80years old..... The LEGEND & his FLYING GUITAR 🎸🎶🎼🎵will always be remembered 🇲🇽🇺🇸Mexican American guitar 🎸 Legend !!!!!

[@Maridun50]

What a hunk he was!!!! And what great singer! He would have been one of the greatest.

[@dominiquer4688]

Rest in Peace First Latino Superstar and King of Latino Rock&Roll Mr.Ritchie Valens

[@whenimsoboard977]

Dominique R it’s called Chicano Rock

[@Ori0n1975]

It’s just called Rock.

[@tonytrotta9322]

This is from the Movie: Go, Johnny, Go! is a 1959 rock and roll film starring Alan Freed as a talent scout searching for a future rock and roll star. Co-starring in the film are Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart, and Chuck Berry and Richie Valens. Crank this Classic Up!

[@TestTest-io4ib]

Jimmy Clanton had to take over the Winter Dance Party tour for Richie Valens after Richie was killed in the plane crash on February 3, 1959.

[@deanmumford]

what an amazing time, and what a loss. He certainly changed my life along with Buddy Holly. RIP two legends.

[@craig101.2]

If that gosh darn plane crash didn't take place, Ritchie Valens could be still alive today, at the age of 76.

[@ST4LE939]

If only he lost the coin toss

[@scarponi18]

And he would’ve most likely had an amazing career

[@countrylyricist]

@@ST4LE939 Waylon was supposed to be on that plane, too.

[@sailormoon1969]

Ritchie Valens was actually a very good-looking fellow!

[@natumusic1517]

ritchie valens, the best

[@richetmn2443]

Ritchieeeeeeeeeeeeee nooo

[@andrewr62]

Because Ritchie wrote most of his own music there is not telling how successful he would have been. No doubt he would have had more hits. At 17 his career was just starting. From the time was "discovered until the time he died was about 10 months. I had read that Buddy Holly was looking to start is own label and spoke of both Valens and Eddie Cochran joining him as song writers/performers. How knows what great music would have come from that venture.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

More like 6 months. Ritchie started recording in Bob Keane's basement during the early Summer of 1958. Ritchie's first Session at Gold Star in Hollywood was in July of 1958. Buddy Holly also wrote, roughly 90% of his songs as well and yes, Buddy had actually started "Prism" records and had even gotten to the point of buying land and preliminary construction being started on a studio in Lubbock. A Buddy Holly/Prism Records business card is both a rare and priceless sight. I've only ever seen one and it was in the possession of the late Bill Griggs. I can only speculate that Ritchie would've gone the "Teen Idol" direction, as that's the way American music was being pushed at the time. He may have reinvented himself in the 60's with the British Invasion. Buddy would've gone country. Even in a 1957 interview with Red Robin up in Canada, Buddy admits to wanting to take a more "softer" direction with music. So, I think with the dissolution of the Crickets and Buddy and Waylon Jennings teaming up, we would've seen Buddy go Country, or at least a little more Rockabilly and then probably turn to production and the money-making side of things. But that's just my worthless opinion. ;)

[@simsimma9622]

Damn. Ritchie didn't even have a chance to get going. Amazing how much he accomplished in that short amount of time. All of them really.

[@79tazman]

Ritchie Valens rocked for the short time he was here if he lived longer I'm sure he would of had a lot more hits on top of the many he has now

[@randallbrooks5787]

Yes, he would have! (No such thing as "would of") :)

[@WelshJotun]

It just dawned on me that the day my father died was February 3rd. He was a magician, entertainer, and a fabulous vocalist. He was also a Welshman and the Welsh are known for their love of music and singing. He taught me so much about music. Indeed it was the day the music died. I’d love to think he and Ritchie met up and shared a song together.

[@ryanknight1350]

Ritchie was one of my biggest heroes&still is to this day..so cool..so talented..one of the biggest pioneers of Rock N' Roll!He died way too young tho but I know he made his family very proud,

[@dawntaylor239]

I really liked Richie Valens may he rest in peace

[@SPLENDIDZEN]

RIP Ritchie Valens & Chuck Berry...

[@devynjames9146]

RIP Ritchie Valens....the best!!!!

[@brownbeautyxoxo7442]

Ritchie had swag.

[@simongarfunkel9630]

+BrownBeauty XOXO Never A truer word spoken.

[@mgsb1156]

BrownBeauty XOXO Yes, Ritchie had his own swag

[@anthonyclode7599]

Ritchie was rocking

[@Burco1]

Chuck Berry bopping to Ritchie Valen's music. I like that!

[@josalynbuchanan8812]

I had never "Chuck Berry" as young as he was singing the first song in this video. Wow ♥️

[@FreeAimDog]

him and selena were both mexican singers and both died young

[@lizpatino2974]

sadly they died way to young. :( if Selena wouldn't of died she would of smoked Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, and Shakira. Kim Kardashian is just a nasty no moral having person.

[@radical5015]

liz patino Kim kardashian ain't even make music.

[@lizpatino2974]

Radical did I ever mentioned in my comment that Kim made music. ? No, I didn't, I was just naming some of the top famous people.

[@whenimsoboard977]

FreeAim Dog they were actually chicanos (Mexican Americans) I’m a Chicano myself

[@saraspada1999]

Grazie per tutto quello che ci ha lasciato

[@Bopalena]

You'll notice Ritchie is playing Eddie Cochran's guitar in the "Ooh My Head" footage. COOOOOOL!!!

[@isaacdtwn2146]

RIParidise Chuck Berry and Ritchie Valens their music will live forever

[@Pequinito]

Awesome footage! Favorited.

[@haroof]

There is so little footage of Valens. It's kinda odd..

[@kristinsimmons9009]

Only about maybe 8 months from the time he came to fame until the plane crash. Maybe it was more than that. I know with Buddy Holly is only a year and a half..maybe two years. Valens was less than that, then he died.

[@HeavyJ713]

Ritchie appeared on American Bandstand but from what I know that footage hasn't been seen in years by anyone

[@theguywithanobjective482]

Well he was 17 when he died he was very young

[@whenimsoboard977]

It was the 50’s honey

[@Dizzydawne]

@@whenimsoboard977 don’t know what that’s supposed to mean, I mean I know exactly what you mean but the way you delivered that just looks so dumb

[@GhettoGinny]

You know, I haven't heard all this guy's music but I would be remiss to say that he wasn't the true king of rock and roll. An absolute underdog bringing it up from the most unknown parts of the United States and rocking the absolute f out of everyone wherever he went

[@mejmiller]

I do so dont get why Richie was not the one singing, he was awesome. Grandmother had all his records and I have them now.

[@keisha78]

Yes, he was a Good Looking guy!!! Miss you Ritchie! RIP!

[@Steve52344]

I love this.

[@wendygonzalez9944]

OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RITCHIE THE BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mirandaclayton4483]

WONDERFUL, such an ANGELIC VOICE. A great shame he died so VERY YOUNG.

[@GeraldProductions80]

Its amazing how black and white footage can make someone appear so much older.

[@Bopalena]

You'll notice that for the "Ooh My Head" clip Ritchie is playing Eddie Cochran's guitar. COOOOOOOL, MAN!!!

[@c.j.thadon8763]

RITCHIE is ROCK N ROLL...THE RASPY VOICE OF ROCK N ROLL IS BIRTHED RIGHT HERE!

[@dnlcast2]

I read the coroner's report of the plane crash that killed them. Their bodies were so mutilated that its just horrible to think about

[@celestialbody6890]

Que pena me da un muchacho tan joven...que Dios lo tenga en la gloria!

[@snowwbball]

rip richie thanks for the video

[@jessicaecheverria167]

I so wish I was alive when Ritchie was here!! He makes me so proud to be Mexican-Ameican

[@yelysaveta]

He was soo young!

[@h7p10]

I just saw the movie, very inspirational person, he is a significant footnote in history as well.

[@theresagraney7113]

Can you even imagine the HUGE body of music these three would have left? Truly awful their death was......

[@Vintageart1994]

Great video clips. Thank you for posting. :)

[@robertnesy7850]

at 16-17 years of age coming up with this track, Ritchie was a bad ass mutha f**ka!!

[@monedachina1]

El mejor video de ritchie valens Gracias!!!

[@guillermog.hernandez3931]

WATCHED ROCK HISTORY!!!

[@steve5123456789]

What happend to the american bandstand footage? What's with them losing buddy holly, richie valens, and big bopper footage?

[@joeypovlosky7100]

Read it was distroyed in a fire

[@andycheng9066]

Joey Povlosky *destroyed*

[@Beepbopboh]

Damn, that sucks so hard.....

[@scastroo]

@@joeypovlosky7100 why was it destroyed

[@albievanwalsem6705]

RIP dear Ritchie i didnt exist yet, i was born in 1981, but i think this is the most horible lost in music ever.

[@MultiBudboy]

Ooh! My Soul!

[@MrJoeyd57]

Yep,a forgotten time.Everybody seemed to be clean cut,the music was simple,life was simpler,yes,fabulous 50's.Today,we live in a goddam toilet!Friggin shame isnt it?

[@amigoperez9521]

Amo a ritchie valen es mi ídolo el número 1😇

[@TheDonz1943]

Great Actors, they almost look like the Real Entertainers

[@simongarfunkel9630]

That's cause they are, man

[@ylekiote99999]

Not sure what would have happened with Ritchie Valens had he not died so young. But So many performers who had 1 or 2 hits in the music business just disappeared after a couple of years. But if you die young you live forever.

[@californiareview4209]

The Governement

[@Vercingetorix.Rising]

bopper was the one hit wonder of the trio. valens and Holly hsd another decade. valens was only 17 and writing great music . also he was left handed and so good st guitar he played it right handed . the kid was something special for sure. out of all 3 I believe he was far and away the true prodigy

[@californiareview4209]

+L2TheFace Bars yup

[@simongarfunkel9630]

The part about the bopper isn't all true. If you heard the song white lightning, Jape did that one originally

[@Vercingetorix.Rising]

Ritchie Valens he still only had 1 " hit ". holly and valens were far more music lyrics gifted . look what valens did, 3 hits , possibly 4 depending on your definition , in what 8 months ? he was the biggest what if in music history . self taught, and that bit about him playing the guitar with his off hand is also true . Holly had his hits but even he couldn't hold a candle to what a 17 year old valens was doing at the time

[@rogeralsop3479]

RIP Ritchie Valens.

[@GrantaRash]

Ritchie Lets go ❤️❤️❤️

[@davidclarke8398]

Real music.

[@thatmanstumototours2270]

Ooh My Head has been covered by many bands over the years....

[@TheBluesman194919]

Upon his return to Los Angeles, Valens filmed an appearance in Alan Freed's movie Go Johnny Go!. In the film, he appears in a diner, miming his song "Ooh! My Head", using a Gretsch 6120 guitar, the same model Eddie Cochran owned. Still, it is not Eddie´s guitar. In between the live appearances, Ritchie returned to Gold Star several times, recording the tracks that would comprise his two albums.

[@jasonpeters3558]

The "whole story" behind that Plane ride fr Clear Lake to Fargo is so cryptic. The last min "who's flying, who's on the bus" scenario?

[@sharonthomas8097]

Some guy named Allsup says the story on KZbin. If you can look it up.

[@johnnyangel9306]

i grew up litening to beautifull oldies richie valens buddy holly you name it i love it still . although in the 90s rap came into play and all my friends where led astray and sadly so was i . i get choked up even now that im just typeing . but i was a kid the influence rap has had over us has been a awful i truely wish rap had not become a part of my past but it has.god i hope the new generation can escape from its influence god knows i/we couldnt .

[@michaeldominguez1815]

R.I.P ritchie valenz.

[@Aldosfuturewife1]

Love you Ritchie..

[@norybnamref8422]

He Was the best,Of The Best, Wished we never had lost him, FUKIN AIRPLANE,

[@punkgrl325]

What were they thinking, having a 21 year old inexperienced pilot fly them out in a small plane during the middle of the night?!

[@grt1955]

Illuminati

[@alwayspink07]

Not to mention in very poor weather conditions.

[@mmckissack2379]

they were all doing coke...

[@AbrahamRodriguez-bc8pf]

maybe you never know

[@That_AMC_Guy]

So many errors made that night. #1 Flying in Blizzard Conditions, #2 utilizing a young, inexperienced pilot KNOWN for having bouts of vertigo, #3 flying at night on instruments with a pilot who was not rated on flying on instruments alone. According to the crash report, the artificial horizon was still in the "Locked" position. So, the pilot had no idea if he was ascending or descending. Not to mention, what flight service would have allowed all that to transpire? The only thing I can even think of is that a different pilot was scheduled but cancelled at the last minute. From what I've been told, Buddy Holly could be a rather.... insistent fellow when he wanted to be. Just so many errors made. You really can't make this stuff up. It very much seems like it was pre-destined. You just can't have that many errors align so perfectly.

[@user-ge3oy1vl6v]

Where does the first clip come from?

[@JackBigDanniels]

Ritchie saga is too damn sad for me

[@omariangel1]

73 years old today if he were alive

[@georgiethumbs2438]

That's Eddie Cochrans guitar he borrowed to sing "Ooh my head".

[@georgiethumbs2438]

That is a clear pickguard. The light shining on it makes it look solid. Watch it again, when he moves it looks clear then solid

[@amigoperez9521]

Ritchie Valens por siempre

[@wendygonzalez9944]

RITCHIE IS DA SHIT !

[@jrojas961]

It’s sad there isn’t any interview on KZbin

[@wendygonzalez9944]

WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE LA BAMBA PERFORMANCE !

[@vinylcity1599]

I believe in alternate timelines! Somewhere out there valens lost the coin toss and is still making record's! Yet another timeline, all 3 never took a plane , and are still alive! Yet another have them safely landed to their destination! So many out comes! Even some timelines where some of them never even got famous! And some where some or all have never been born! God, where's a "Mandela effect" when you need one?! My favorite Mandela would be where the plane landed safely!

[@valeriecheersbrown4829]

Great music then!

[@johannesvanhoek9080]

R.I.P. Brother , John 5:28-29

[@XxStonedImmaculatexX]

Crazy to see Chuck Berry enjoying Ritchie’s song. We sure missed out on a lot! I really wish Harmony Guitars would reissue his signature H44 Buick Green Stratotone. I never even knew about it till just recently. None are available used and I pretty much check everyday :(

[@cookie2690]

The name of the movie was Go, Jimmy, Go. From 1959.

[@slicedm0nkey]

Actually, they used the intro to Ritchies performance for a scene in La Bamba. The Cast claims they say all the bandstand footage. Its all out there along with all of Buddy Holly's footage. Someone just has to go get it/look for it.

[@rattyeely]

slicedm0nkey god I hope they release all the footage one day, it's been nearly 60 years...

[@rockabillycat1954]

Gone, missing, never was recorded (it was a live show, after all), or the Dick Clark estate won't let it out. Buddy Holly was on Bandstand too, but the whereabouts of that footage is unknown as well.

[@rattyeely]

rockabillycat1954 the lost footage is so frustrating.

[@NELSONG12]

R.i.p. Richie Valenzuela

[@rromero1091]

Ritchie was missing half his head after the accident. So sad.

[@nickguzman2909]

Ritchiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie

[@jackscagnetti1]

Ritchie!

[@joejaramillo9757]

I've been trying to view a video of Ritchie Valens performing on Dick Clark's American Bandstand with no avail. Is there any legal stuff going on here why Ritchie Valens proforming on Dick Clark's American Bandstand not allowed? Let me know thanks.

[@zachmayer3175]

RIP to Chuck Berry as well.

[@raffaojeda]

Habra video films en algún programa de TV de Ritchie en vivo ??

[@rjm22nd]

If only that fateful coin flip went tails instead of heads.....

[@awapuhi]

When the death bodies were recover, Ritchies head was half mutilated, Buddie holly bone structure break in to 48 parts and the big bopper break into 36 parts

[@eduardonavarro1873]

SouthSide Florencia 13 loves Ricardo Valenzuela!!!!

[@lordcycle]

Is this the only footage of ritchie playing the guitar? Didn't they broadcast his performance on american bandstand? where is that footage?

[@francisconoelgarciapop5229]

Gracias amigo!!!! Si tuvieras la bamba tocada X Ritchie te lo agradecería muchisisimo. Bendiciones! !!!

[@locomm19]

holy shit !

[@mrdan322]

That was actually a movie. I don't remember the title. But I remember watching it not that long ago. It was a re-run . On satellite TV.

[@dannyboyyy1000]

Question: Did those camcorders back in the 50's have a colored picture? I see that those archive footages of Ritchie playing with his guitar, and settling with his family were in color. Not to mention, but the colored picture looks pretty good. Well, um, wait, when he was being recorded at his house and with his family, was the camera picture in black and white from the beginning. It's just the modern day technology managed to colorize these archive footages from the 50's???

[@jenniferayala6108]

❤️

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Just think of what could have been.

[@jasonpeters3558]

rock n roll