Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Ritchie Valens across 3 places, from 1941.
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Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ritchie Valens was documented, and when
13 May 1941exact date
Pacoima, Los Angelesattested“Valens was born as Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
13 May 1941exact date
San Fernando Valleyattested“Valens was born as Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
13 May 1941exact date
San Fernando, Californiaattested“Valens was born as Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
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Places Ritchie Valens is documented in
Pacoima, Los Angeles1 presence · 1941
San Fernando Valley1 presence · 1941
San Fernando, California1 presence · 1941
Other places tied to Ritchie Valens in the record
In each of these, a source puts Ritchie Valens and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1957year
Pacoima, Los Angelesmentioned“Valenzuela was a 15-year-old student at Pacoima Junior High School at the time of the 1957 Pacoima mid-air collision.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
May 1958month
Pacoima, Los Angelesmentioned“Bob Keane, the owner and president of small record label Del-Fi Records in Hollywood, was given a tip in May 1958 by San Fernando High School student Doug Macchia about a young performer from Pacoima by the name of Richard Valenzuela.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
May 1958month
Hollywood, Los Angelesmentioned“Bob Keane, the owner and president of small record label Del-Fi Records in Hollywood, was given a tip in May 1958 by San Fernando High School student Doug Macchia about a young performer from Pacoima by the name of Richard Valenzuela.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
May 1958month
Gold Star Studiosmentioned“The first songs recorded at Gold Star Studios, at a single studio session one afternoon in May 1958, were "Come On, Let's Go", an original, credited to Valens/Kuhn (Keane's real name), and "Framed", a Leiber and Stoller tune.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
10 December 1958exact date
Honolulumentioned“On December 10, 1958, after his trip to Honolulu, Valens made an appearance back at Pacoima Junior High School (now Pacoima Middle School).”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
17 January 1959exact date
West Covina High Schoolmentioned“On January 17, 1959, he appeared at West Covina High School with Sam Cooke for a student organized fundraiser called "The Teen Canteen Foundation".”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
23 January 1959exact date
Milwaukee, Wisconsinmentioned“Richardson, Dion and the Belmonts, and Frankie Sardo beginning on January 23, 1959, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
2 February 1959exact date
Clear Lake, Iowamentioned“After the February 2, 1959, performance in Clear Lake, Iowa (which ended around midnight), Holly, Richardson, and Valens flew out of the Mason City airport in a small plane that Holly had chartered.”source: Wikipedia: Ritchie Valens
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