What Happened Today In Music, May 13th 1941 was born Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement. On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. In 2001, Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEgMDZtNQLY #TodayInMusic