You know you're badass when your music fame was less than a year, yet, influenced many people for year to come. Richie, I may have never known you, but you live in all of us and your fame will live one for more generations to come.
MS. CONNIE VALENS ANDERSON IS ONE OF THE NICEST, KINDNESS, DOWN TO EARTH, HUMBLE PERSON I HAVE EVER MET. ITS NICE TO TALK TO HERE ABOUT RITCHIE AND HER FAMILY. SHE WILL BE STRAIGHT FORWARD AND HONEST. GOD BLESS YOU, CONNIE, YOUR HUSBAND, AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY...
Same for me, too! Luis Valdez, Esai Morales and Lou Diamond Philips capture the Mexican-American essence in the film is magical. I have a hard time explaining the dynamics, the experience of a Mexican-American family: the tough times and the good times, abuelita showing her love by cooking homemade rice and beans and tortillas, fighting with each other but being there for each other no matter what. I tell people to watch "La Bamba" then you'll get some idea what it means. When I watch it, it hits my Mexican side hardcore; I don't need to think about it...I FEEL it. La Bamba talks to our soul!
He might die so young , but his memories live on Forever in Mason City, Iowa and Clear Lake, Iowa. After see movie video and later 2015 my first time at Surf Ballroom. Was like dream come true. Finished high school in Iowa back 1983. No one told me story not my DJ in Mason City, Iowa. First couldn’t understand why my friends listen Rock n Roll love songs. Now know more then was back 1980s Richie Valens and Buddy Holly dvd though was great idea, ones on plane . Always remember them Forever. I know do every time drive my Clear Lake ,Iowa On way to Forest City Iowa next year be 35 years out high school. Richie Valens Music , still enjoy classic hits songs. Most Fans agree 100%. Truly beautiful story that Connie and Richie was very close.
Bless you for keeping your brothers memory aliveI was only a year old when he died.but love his music. Glad you enjoy Iowa the people there are awesome!
@@macknoeth1103 Connie was the nickname of the Mom... but the real name of his sister. It’s confusing... but Ritchie’s mother’s name is Concepcion, hence “Connie”.
Hey Connie, we love you. You and your family are so wonderfully warm and welcoming. Richie would be proud of his little sisters. He your Mom and Bob with him in Heaven look down smiling and cheering you Irma and Mario on. God bless you all! Jim G.(& Marie.. 2008).
SO happy for you Connie! I met Dave from Los Lobos in the studio while recording a record, he was at the control desk eating raw jalapenos and they were mixing La Bamba. Great homage to your brother and legend.
I hope she has grown around his loss, that's all we can hope for. I hope her heart is full, overflowing & she is embraced anywhere she is in this country! God bless you Connie 💗🥰
How COOL! Had no idea. What a joy! NOTHING but respect for the Iowa people who still SO appreciate Buddy and Ritchie and JP, even after ALL these years! The venue is still gorgeous and so well maintained ... the giant pair of glasses on the highway and the marking of the crash site ... These things really matter to me, as I was just a kid of 11 or 12, but even still, a BIG fan of all three of these guys. I began playing a Stratocaster because of Buddy and Ritchie, and still play, after 62+ years ...
When I get a chance I visit Ritchie grave site; my granddaughter didn't know who he was until I asked her if she knows the song La Bamba she did and then I educated her about Ritchie by taking her to his grave site..and we sat and talked about Ritchie and played his music . She is now his forever fan.
This accident happened a couple years before I was born, but I have always felt what a shame that it happened. Maybe a more experienced pilot would have gotten them there. Hoping their souls are with God...nothing else is important.
@@happylife5151 That was his manager's idea. They changed it when he got his record deal, it was a marketing decision. His real name is Richie without the T.
Je ne comprends pas l 'anglais malheureusement . Mon cocorico à moi , c 'est le français. C ' est ma seule façon de me faire comprendre . J ' en suis désolé .
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THIS VIDEO IS MRS CONNIE VALENS ANDERSON SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THE ROCK AND ROLL MUSEUM IN ARNOLDS PARK IOWA. IT HAS SINCE SHUT DOWN, AND MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION. I HONESTLY HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE NEW MUSEUM OR DO I KNOW WHERE ITS LOCATED. CONNIE, WHO WAS NAMED AFTER HER MOTHER, MARRIED A MAN FROM CANADA AND LIVES IN SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA. I CONSIDER HER A GOOD FRIEND, AND HOW I GOT TO KNOW A WONDERFUL PERSON FROM ROCK ROYALTY IS BEYOND ME, AND I AM TRULY BLESSED!!!😁😊😎
The way it sounds, to me anyway, is that the people there are still huge fans of her brother and are like her extended family. It's a place where his life and the memory of that last show he played there are still celebrated. She seems to love it there. Big Bopper's son Jay said the same thing at one point about his dad, and how in the town in Texas where Bopper lived there wasn't even a memorial plaque but in Clear Lake Iowa, where Bopper spent only 8 or 9 hours out of his entire life, he's legendary.
Dolores Swann SHE IS RITCHIES YOUNGEST SISTER MRS. CONNIE VALENS ANDERSON. SHE WAS NAMED AFTER HER MOTHER. SHE IS MARRIED TO A MAN FROM CANADA AND THEY RESIDE IN SPIRIT LAKE IOWA. I KNOW HER PERSONALLY. REALLY NICE LADY.😁😊😎
If anything Ritchie was underrated people only know la bamba .. but he wrote the majority of his own songs. But I agree on buddy being the most talented RIP god bless the dead.
@@boombapdoom493 & Valens was only 17 but did he ever write a song with more than 3 chords in it? Lol. I'm sticking to my opinion. The real loss of talent that fateful nite was Buddy.
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I wish I could meet you Connie I love the movie keep up the memories of your brother
You know you're badass when your music fame was less than a year, yet, influenced many people for year to come. Richie, I may have never known you, but you live in all of us and your fame will live one for more generations to come.
At age 17 Ritchie had 3 hit records.....amazing talent.
He did more in a 8 month career than people that been singing for years
MS. CONNIE VALENS ANDERSON IS ONE OF THE NICEST, KINDNESS, DOWN TO EARTH, HUMBLE PERSON I HAVE EVER MET. ITS NICE TO TALK TO HERE ABOUT RITCHIE AND HER FAMILY. SHE WILL BE STRAIGHT FORWARD AND HONEST. GOD BLESS YOU, CONNIE, YOUR HUSBAND, AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY...
He died too damn young. Still hard to watch the end of ‘La Bamba’ 31 years later.
He sure did x
Omg I just watched the movie now I cried AGAIN
I STARTED WATCHIN' IT ON NETFLIX, NOT LOOKIN' FORWARD TO THE ENDING❗💔❗
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM N AALIYAH IS WHY I'LL NEVER GET ON A PLANE, I NEVER HAVE❗🖓
I cry every time! Every. Time.
@@kimberdancer4289 I get emotional myself
WOW... First time to see this... Congratulations on your debut Connie...
You're an awesome and beautiful lady!!!
Bob, "RITCHIEEEEEEE" that part gets me everytime.
SERROT 05 that shit shakes my soul
Hell yea I feel like screaming with him everytime
it tears my heart out
Same for me, too! Luis Valdez, Esai Morales and Lou Diamond Philips capture the Mexican-American essence in the film is magical. I have a hard time explaining the dynamics, the experience of a Mexican-American family: the tough times and the good times, abuelita showing her love by cooking homemade rice and beans and tortillas, fighting with each other but being there for each other no matter what. I tell people to watch "La Bamba" then you'll get some idea what it means. When I watch it, it hits my Mexican side hardcore; I don't need to think about it...I FEEL it. La Bamba talks to our soul!
@@marcosmunguia7273 me too brother
He might die so young , but his memories live on Forever in Mason City, Iowa and Clear Lake, Iowa. After see movie video and later 2015 my first time at Surf Ballroom. Was like dream come true. Finished high school in Iowa back 1983. No one told me story not my DJ in Mason City, Iowa. First couldn’t understand why my friends listen Rock n Roll love songs. Now know more then was back 1980s Richie Valens and Buddy Holly dvd though was great idea, ones on plane . Always remember them Forever. I know do every time drive my Clear Lake ,Iowa On way to Forest City Iowa next year be 35 years out high school. Richie Valens Music , still enjoy classic hits songs. Most Fans agree 100%. Truly beautiful story that Connie and Richie was very close.
Bless you for keeping your brothers memory aliveI was only a year old when he died.but love his music. Glad you enjoy Iowa the people there are awesome!
She was a big part of my life I miss her God bless Connie.
60th years he died this coming February but his music lives on.
Ritchie would be proud of his sister.
wasn’t his moms name Connie in the movie tho.?
@@macknoeth1103 No, it was his little sister
@@macknoeth1103 Connie was the nickname of the Mom... but the real name of his sister. It’s confusing... but Ritchie’s mother’s name is Concepcion, hence “Connie”.
@@trevinodude true!
Your a wonderful lady an a sister i love what u done for your bother
Hey Connie, we love you. You and your family are so wonderfully warm and welcoming. Richie would be proud of his little sisters. He your Mom and Bob with him in Heaven look down smiling and cheering you Irma and Mario on. God bless you all! Jim G.(& Marie.. 2008).
SO happy for you Connie! I met Dave from Los Lobos in the studio while recording a record, he was at the control desk eating raw jalapenos and they were mixing La Bamba. Great homage to your brother and legend.
Can't wait to meet u when my friends and I visit clear lake in February thanks for keeping Ritchie's memory alive
I hope she has grown around his loss, that's all we can hope for. I hope her heart is full, overflowing & she is embraced anywhere she is in this country! God bless you Connie 💗🥰
How COOL! Had no idea. What a joy! NOTHING but respect for the Iowa people who still SO appreciate Buddy and Ritchie and JP, even after ALL these years! The venue is still gorgeous and so well maintained ... the giant pair of glasses on the highway and the marking of the crash site ... These things really matter to me, as I was just a kid of 11 or 12, but even still, a BIG fan of all three of these guys. I began playing a Stratocaster because of Buddy and Ritchie, and still play, after 62+ years ...
Love he's music
@Seniku Moonjewel Ritchies? But yes, Ritchie's music is awesome.
RIP Ritchie great music, absoloutly love the film although breaks me everytime at the end so sad r.i.p buddy holly an the big bopper to
Congrats Connie. I love you honey.
I want to give this woman a HUG. 🤗
rip richie
beautiful lady.
When I get a chance I visit Ritchie grave site; my granddaughter didn't know who he was until I asked her if she knows the song La Bamba she did and then I educated her about Ritchie by taking her to his grave site..and we sat and talked about Ritchie and played his music . She is now his forever fan.
Just finished watching La Bama ,, awe I hate the ending
El doog ?
*La Bamba
She is still beautiful
holy shit richies sis wow.
Love tou Ricthie Fornecer😍❣️❤️
This is so sweet, didn't know this was his sister ❤
she was named after her mum aye cool.
Showed my boys to learn my brother's keeper. Life, forgiveness, love,dreams.
Ritchie’s sis. ❤️
Terrific lady 😊
I believe it's Connie valenzuela,don't deny your roots,
Your brother was the graetest and just 17. Viva Mexico!
Love All three of theses very talented people. Rip all are greasy performer's. Love untill the 12 of never God's blessings amen believe
Was the Bopper really all that talented? One song?? Lol. RIP. JP
Connie!!
Ritchie e Labamba Incredible
Connie you look pritty👗
Ritchie valens r.i.p
My dreams are pure rock n roll
Ciao... A tutta la famiglia Valenzuela che lassù si divertano col rock e roll di Richie... 🎸🎸🎸
Je ne comprends pas l'anglais .Pourriez-vous faire une traduction en Français ?
God bless you all
Wow that's his mother she miss him and she is very proud of her son
That's his sister. 🤦🏾♂️
@@hotepkennels That's his brother
AWESOME!!!
This accident happened a couple years before I was born, but I have always felt what a shame that it happened. Maybe a more experienced pilot would have gotten them there. Hoping their souls are with God...nothing else is important.
I still don’t believe Richie and big bobber and Buddy are gone. For ever Richie will live in us ✌🏻❤️👍🏻🙏🏻
Ritchie spelled his name with a "t" in it .
@@happylife5151 That was his manager's idea. They changed it when he got his record deal, it was a marketing decision. His real name is Richie without the T.
Finishin.My.Coffee similar thing with Buddy, his real name was Buddy Holley with an ‘e’.
It could have been worse he could have been Ricky Zuela
she looks like ritchie
She looks more like Bob
No 1
❤
Hi Connie I'm related to you .. I'm a distant cousin.. I live in the bay area
Ecahele Ritchie! Echaleeee!
Je ne comprends pas l 'anglais malheureusement . Mon cocorico à moi , c 'est le français. C ' est ma seule façon de me faire comprendre . J ' en suis désolé .
He was so talented he died too young Live his legend
Why is she going by Valens? Not even Ritchie was a Valens.Valens was his stage name .
Precisely it’s a “Stage name” you just answered your own question…
Anyone noticed that guy in the red disappeared
She moved to Iowa because Ritchie died there?
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THIS VIDEO IS MRS CONNIE VALENS ANDERSON SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THE ROCK AND ROLL MUSEUM IN ARNOLDS PARK IOWA. IT HAS SINCE SHUT DOWN, AND MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION. I HONESTLY HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE NEW MUSEUM OR DO I KNOW WHERE ITS LOCATED. CONNIE, WHO WAS NAMED AFTER HER MOTHER, MARRIED A MAN FROM CANADA AND LIVES IN SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA. I CONSIDER HER A GOOD FRIEND, AND HOW I GOT TO KNOW A WONDERFUL PERSON FROM ROCK ROYALTY IS BEYOND ME, AND I AM TRULY BLESSED!!!😁😊😎
The way it sounds, to me anyway, is that the people there are still huge fans of her brother and are like her extended family. It's a place where his life and the memory of that last show he played there are still celebrated. She seems to love it there. Big Bopper's son Jay said the same thing at one point about his dad, and how in the town in Texas where Bopper lived there wasn't even a memorial plaque but in Clear Lake Iowa, where Bopper spent only 8 or 9 hours out of his entire life, he's legendary.
Who is she
Ritchies Sister Connie She's the next oldest after Ritchie.
Who is she? Sister? Uh boy.
Sister
She looks just like my stepmom..uncanny..
Who’s she? Oh his sister.
Ella es su mamá de Richie ?
No, la mamá se llama Consuelo. Ella es la cuñada.
Is this connie or his sister?? Wasnt connie his mom
Connie was his mom’s nickname. Her real name was Concepcion. This is his sister.
Ritchie got her her dream house how many of these millennials can say that there leeches
I can't believe anyone ever dies in a plane crash. Should've never happened
Accidents will happen
Again, her name is not Valens! Please do your homework.
Wouldn't his mom be like 80 years old?
Mom died in 80s that his younger sis
Who is she?? Is she Ritchie's mother???
Oh- his sister. I loved Ritchie too.
Dolores Swann SHE IS RITCHIES YOUNGEST SISTER MRS. CONNIE VALENS ANDERSON. SHE WAS NAMED AFTER HER MOTHER. SHE IS MARRIED TO A MAN FROM CANADA AND THEY RESIDE IN SPIRIT LAKE IOWA. I KNOW HER PERSONALLY. REALLY NICE LADY.😁😊😎
Que llega ser ella de richi valens
Hermana
What about Mario's singing? He's Ritchies brother too
Dnez44901 I thought he only had a sis and brother..didn't know about Mario
Rich Lo he had a little brother named Mario who was a baby when Ritchie died. Mario also has a band in California.
Ritchie had two brothers Bob and Mario who is a musician too and two sisters Irma and Connie.
Maruna Junttila yes i am aware who everyone is!! Thank you clarifying to all who don't know!
L 'anglais n ' est pas mon fort . Mon cocorico à moi c'est le français et c'est ma seule façon de me faire comprendre.oh , j ' en suis désolé .
Oh, so this is Ritchie's sister? I wondered about that coz she look too young to be his mother.
Yes she’s his sister
Buddy was the real talent who died that fateful nite. JR was a one hit wonder guy. & Richie was way over rated. But may they all RIP.
If anything Ritchie was underrated people only know la bamba .. but he wrote the majority of his own songs. But I agree on buddy being the most talented RIP god bless the dead.
@@boombapdoom493 & Valens was only 17 but did he ever write a song with more than 3 chords in it? Lol. I'm sticking to my opinion. The real loss of talent that fateful nite was Buddy.
Man what's she smoking? Let me know so I don't ever smoke it!