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Born to Mexican migrant workers in California, Ricardo Valenzuela was just 16 when he was discovered singing in Pacoima by Bob Keane, a record producer for Del-Fi. A string of hits were generated in 1958: ''Come On, Let's Go''; ''Rockin' All Night''; ''That's My Little Suzie''; and a love song for a girl he knew at his high school named Donna.  Although ''Donna'' was his biggest hit, it was the flip side of that .45 recording that would become closely identified with him: a [[Mexican]] fiesta dance song with a heavy beat titled ''La Bamba''.  

Born to Mexican migrant workers in California, Ricardo Valenzuela was just 16 when he was discovered singing in Pacoima by Bob Keane, a record producer for Del-Fi. A string of hits were generated in 1958: ''Come On, Let's Go''; ''Rockin' All Night''; ''That's My Little Suzie''; and a love song for a girl he knew at his high school named Donna.  Although ''Donna'' was his biggest hit, it was the flip side of that .45 recording that would become closely identified with him: a [[Mexican]] fiesta dance song with a heavy beat titled ''La Bamba''.  

To ensure that Ricardo was a hit with mainstream American audiences, Keane had his name Anglicized Ritchie Valens.

To ensure that Ricardo was a hit with mainstream American audiences, Keane had his name Anglicized to Ritchie Valens.

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