Ritchie Valens
American guitarist and singer-songwriterWikipedia
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Search complete. 115 mentions across 74 episodes found for "Ritchie Valens".
Oct 9, 2026
Big Jay OakersonHOST
an airplane.
Big Jay OakersonHOST
He's like, my uncle was Richie Valens.
Big Jay OakersonHOST
My uncle was La Bamba.
Big Jay OakersonHOST
They don't call him Richie Valens either.
Luis J. GomezHOST
I mean, one of the buttons has to be defrost, right? Sure, yeah.
Luis J. GomezHOST
One has to be the back windshield wiper.
MattHOST
Who were those musicians?
SiriUNKNOWN
The song "American Pie" by Don McLean references the tragic plane crash on February 3rd, 1959, which killed American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
SiriUNKNOWN
This event is famously referred to in the song as "The Day the Music Died."
MattHOST
Now, see, the old SIRI might have given somewhat of an answer but would not have given that thorough of an answer, and I dare say would've struggled with the way I asked the question 'cause I was deliberately being, you know, conversational and, and just real, you know.
SebyGUEST
Same.
Jeff LozanoHOST
I've always been a fan of, like, the Ritchie Valens, and I know that's fucking low-hanging fruit 'cause we're beaners and we're all from here, from like-
SebyGUEST
No, rest in peace
Jeff LozanoHOST
...
Nathan BrewerHOST
Or a plane crash? Or, no, but that was Lynyrd Skynyrd in the plane crash.
Nathan BrewerHOST
Richie Valens.
Nathan BrewerHOST
Did Duane, did Duane Allman die in some- In The Big Bopper ... really bad night, you know, he got- I, probably.
Nathan BrewerHOST
I don't know.
Anthony CumiaGUEST
[laughs]
Shuli EgarHOST
[laughs] Rob looks like he's getting into the plane with Big Bopper and, uh, Ritchie Valens.
Shuli EgarHOST
[laughs]
Anthony CumiaGUEST
[laughs] Yeah.
Harvey JordanNARRATOR
Well, uh-
Buddy BregmanGUEST
Ritchie, Ritchie Valens died after my show, the next day, in a plane crash.
Harvey JordanNARRATOR
Right.
Buddy BregmanGUEST
He was on my show.
BenHOST
Was it Buddy Holly, Big, The Big Bopper, um-
CharlieHOST
Richie Valens
BenHOST
...
BenHOST
Ed, Richie, Richie Valens.
CharlieHOST
Yeah.
BenHOST
And...
JeffHOST
Oh, with LDP.
JizzyHOST
Yeah, LDP as Ritchie Valens.
JizzyHOST
And I did not know that Ritchie Valens was one of the guys on the Buddy Holly flight at this point.
JeffHOST
Ah, yeah, so it's a big surprise for you.
JizzyHOST
And so it was like, yeah, at the end of the movie-
Kevin BartlettHOST
... what was his name? Uh, Valance, um-
John RothfieldHOST
Uh, Ritchie Valens?
Kevin BartlettHOST
Ritchie Valens, light aircraft.
John RothfieldHOST
Yeah.
Joey PignataroPANELIST
Kobe Bryant was a helicopter.
Tim WeisbergHOST
Postal Service issued a set of commemorative stamps to celebrate pop music legends.
Tim WeisbergHOST
Those stamps included Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter, and Dinah Washington.
Tim WeisbergHOST
In 1995, Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino broke Fran Tarkenton's NFL career completions record.
Tim WeisbergHOST
In 2000, Radiohead scored their first number one album in the U.S. when Kid A debuted atop the Billboard two hundred.
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