The family and I went to California on vacation last weekend. We decided to visit Ritchie's grave & childhood home. Upon getting there we came to this house that you see in this video. I seen a guy across the street working out near his driveway. I decided to drive up on him to ask him if this was indeed Ritchie's childhood home. When I asked him he said, "I've been here 30 years and never heard that before." It made me question if it was indeed his childhood home. Didn't have much time but I wanted to see his old home on Remington, or some of the murals, but maybe next time we will get the chance to do that.
30 years ago was 1987 so Richie died in 1959, he was forgotten until 1987 when the movie came out but once again has been forgotten and not a lot of people know his music at all. He must of moved there in the late 1980s because nobody knew he use to live there because it wasn't known as a monument back then. The home he bought his mother is more well known.
I live in Missouri and want to visit Clear Lake Iowa...only 6 hours away :) I did not even know about Ritchie and Buddy and JP till around 99 when I saw the Behind The Music Doc..have thought about this tragedy since. I will probably never make it out to California but def wanna go to the Surf Ballroom and the crash site to pay my respects.
Aye I use to live on that house..my neighbor was an old man he always told us Richie Valence lived there and told us stories about him. only the old people around the neighborhood knew of him.
Great Video tour, Thanks !! I live in So. Cal., so being a huge Valens fan, me and my girl actually took a cruise one Sunday and checked out these spots for ourselves. But, does anybody know the address to Ritchie's house on Gain Street ??? The sister said in an interview the House on Gain Street was the one she remembered the most !
The house that was there before is not the one that standing there now ...the old house where Ritchie Valens was a kid,was his Aunt house used to be and he lived in the back the house is no longer there. I saw it over 20 years ago.. I also spoke to his aunt,and she's the one who showed me the house that was once in the back.. the lady I spoke to was very old,I'm sure she's dead now and maybe,why tj e house is not the same..
Ernie Valens and Ernie Valens dad and Richie's mom were brother and sister and as far as I know Ernie Valens still owns the house Richie bought before his death and that awful plane crash
Dnez44901 That is not the original house, they did not build houses like that in the 30’s and 40’s when Ritchie was a kid and much less for poor mexicans.
No they were in a house and his brother and sister in law lived in the trailer house behind their house and it was not his childhood home they moved there after they got back from their migration of working in the fields for the season.
Gary VanDecar well they fixed it up and built it different as years went by. The owner's fixed it up and put a new garage door and built more rooms and made it into a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. Back when Richie Valdes family lived there it was the 1940s and 1950s and they were very poor and had little tiny home...they had a dead beat father who was a drunk, so the Mom had to go out and make ends meat, until Richie valens became successful and can afford to buy his mom a home. It mite of been a dump but there was a lot of love in that house and memories and cherished memories. Not everyone was rich in the 1950s.
His father wasn’t a deadbeat drunk. Furthermore his father didn’t drink himself to death like the movie states, but instead died from lifelong complications after coming in contact with mustard gas during the First World War.
“ poor mexicans” is so inconsiderate to say not everyone grows into money and at lease he grew more than you and eventually had money and used it wisely and yeah dummy it’s called renovation of course it’s not going to be the same decades later it was in the later 1940-50s you really think people are going to keep a house look the same in the 2000s?
Ok you are misinformed that is NOT his childhood home where he learned to play guitar. He bought that house for his mother CONNIE with the proceeds from his first hit record COME ON LET'S GO
Childhood home! Means before he bought the house for his mom. He didn't buy the house for his mom until 1958 only 1 year before his passing. Didn't even live there for an entire year actually.
I use to live next to that house!!! I just found out today that that was there first home. I lived there waaaaay before it got remodeled in the 90s.
We're i lived on the house un the back
Well i know all them grate singers from back then i grew up with this music still like lissen to this even prefare it ower the crap music of to day 🙂
The family and I went to California on vacation last weekend. We decided to visit Ritchie's grave & childhood home. Upon getting there we came to this house that you see in this video. I seen a guy across the street working out near his driveway. I decided to drive up on him to ask him if this was indeed Ritchie's childhood home. When I asked him he said, "I've been here 30 years and never heard that before." It made me question if it was indeed his childhood home. Didn't have much time but I wanted to see his old home on Remington, or some of the murals, but maybe next time we will get the chance to do that.
It will be 59 years this year...
Not everyone knows legends. Especially if he's a young buck
30 years ago was 1987 so Richie died in 1959, he was forgotten until 1987 when the movie came out but once again has been forgotten and not a lot of people know his music at all. He must of moved there in the late 1980s because nobody knew he use to live there because it wasn't known as a monument back then. The home he bought his mother is more well known.
I live in Missouri and want to visit Clear Lake Iowa...only 6 hours away :) I did not even know about Ritchie and Buddy and JP till around 99 when I saw the Behind The Music Doc..have thought about this tragedy since. I will probably never make it out to California but def wanna go to the Surf Ballroom and the crash site to pay my respects.
@@TheLadylyda more like 79
I grew up on the house across.
R I P Ritchie ❤️🎸
This house looks way nicer than the house they have him living in on La Bamba
Driveway TV Lots of renovations since then, for sure ;) You can tell
Aye I use to live on that house..my neighbor was an old man he always told us Richie Valence lived there and told us stories about him. only the old people around the neighborhood knew of him.
Luis molina it’s Ritchie Valens , spell it correct
RIP Ritchie Valens
He was so young 😭😭💔
Great Video tour, Thanks !! I live in So. Cal., so being a huge Valens fan, me and my girl actually took a cruise one Sunday and checked out these spots for ourselves. But, does anybody know the address to Ritchie's house on Gain Street ??? The sister said in an interview the House on Gain Street was the one she remembered the most !
Thank You Jared for answering my question ---> The Valenzuelas actually lived at 13327 Gain St. in Pacoima; the house is no longer there.
13428 W REMINGTON ST was the house Richie purchased for his Mom, before his passing.
Actually all the pictures I've seen are Richie with a left handed guitar.
NOT MY RICHIE!!!!!!!!
Me Gusta Rosad7o Tacos
what a young talent! gone way too soon! rip
viva Richie!!
You fly mah
Richie Valens's home address was 13428 Remington Street.
The house that was there before is not the one that standing there now ...the old house where Ritchie Valens was a kid,was his Aunt house used to be and he lived in the back the house is no longer there. I saw it over 20 years ago.. I also spoke to his aunt,and she's the one who showed me the house that was once in the back.. the lady I spoke to was very old,I'm sure she's dead now and maybe,why tj e house is not the same..
He lived in a frame wooden home they rented there. Best person to look and ask are his sisters..
On the movie the house looked waaay different older and rundown
RIP Ritchie 🕊
RIIIIIIIITCHIEEE!!!
RIP Ritchie
Ohhh bad place to live right next to a freakin' cell phone tower shown at 1:51 .. of course that was not there in Ritchie's time though ..
Really? Are you sure it wasnt? Thanks for the tip dummy.
The neighborhood he took his mother out of is a nice neighborhood now. I wouldn't mind living there now.
I loved that movie ....
Me too la bamba 😁😁
Ernie Valens and Ernie Valens dad and Richie's mom were brother and sister and as far as I know Ernie Valens still owns the house Richie bought before his death and that awful plane crash
Do you know the family?
Rip Richie 🙏🏻
Do not get me wrong, just wonder what the current residents think of all those tourists who are standing and filming regulary in front of their home.
Name of the song thats playing in the beginning of the video
Muito bom eu não conhecia mais agora estou, valeu Obrigado
I thought maybe they tore down the house and replaced it with a new house.
rip Richie
What is next to my daughters school 🏫
Ritchie Valens❤Donna Love
the irony is that his house in the movie is located in Fillmore , Ca
The same name as the street. However some are saying Gain st.
How does the address get mixed up ! WTH.
Thank you!
where did you take the tour?
I herd he lived on Panarama City. Off Woodman
No Memorials at the houses ?
James Bond 007 not considering people live there and own the property
They lived on Gain st.
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I wonder if Richard valen wa alive he would b popular n rich..n walking on red carpted.. did Richard got a star 🌟at Hollywood streets.
My Ex Boyfriend's House Is Just Across The Street" Wow Nothing Has Changed Since 1980 🏚️
Why did hollywood have to make his out to be all run down?! Over dramatized.
Dnez44901 That is not the original house, they did not build houses like that in the 30’s and 40’s when Ritchie was a kid and much less for poor mexicans.
jo mana i think even if that was the original house, i doubt it was as run down as it was portrayed. I am aware of gentrification.
jo mana obviously i know its not the original house but the area isn't ran down thats what i was talking about
its been what over 50 years everything can change
NaturalBorn K im aware and im also aware of gentrification.
soy chicano .
The movie La Bamba had the family in a mobile home
No they were in a house and his brother and sister in law lived in the trailer house behind their house and it was not his childhood home they moved there after they got back from their migration of working in the fields for the season.
Doesn't look like the dump in the movie LaBamba.
Gary VanDecar well they fixed it up and built it different as years went by. The owner's fixed it up and put a new garage door and built more rooms and made it into a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. Back when Richie Valdes family lived there it was the 1940s and 1950s and they were very poor and had little tiny home...they had a dead beat father who was a drunk, so the Mom had to go out and make ends meat, until Richie valens became successful and can afford to buy his mom a home. It mite of been a dump but there was a lot of love in that house and memories and cherished memories. Not everyone was rich in the 1950s.
His father wasn’t a deadbeat drunk. Furthermore his father didn’t drink himself to death like the movie states, but instead died from lifelong complications after coming in contact with mustard gas during the First World War.
For good information on Ritchie and his family, see the book Ritchie Valen: The First Latino Rocker by Beverly Mendheim.
No vid..
IT LOOKS LIKE CHICKEN, BUT IT TASTES LIKE FISH....LOVE THAT MOVIE.
Rick Pop it’s smells like fish but taste like chicken
Hahhaha ....Rosalinda
That can’t be the original house, they did not build houses like that in the 30’s and 40’s when Ritchie was a kid and much less for poor mexicans.
jo mana it’s called a renovation
“ poor mexicans” is so inconsiderate to say not everyone grows into money and at lease he grew more than you and eventually had money and used it wisely and yeah dummy it’s called renovation of course it’s not going to be the same decades later it was in the later 1940-50s you really think people are going to keep a house look the same in the 2000s?
Ok you are misinformed that is NOT his childhood home where he learned to play guitar. He bought that house for his mother CONNIE with the proceeds from his first hit record COME ON LET'S GO
this isn’t the house he bought his mother the house he bought his mother is on remington st
Childhood home! Means before he bought the house for his mom. He didn't buy the house for his mom until 1958 only 1 year before his passing. Didn't even live there for an entire year actually.
is the house he bought for his mom
Rick Abney the house he bought his mom is on Remington
Not my Richie bob why couldn't it you be bob
not funny