DRIVE TO HONOR VALENS GETS BOOST FROM BERMAN.(News) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: April 28, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer

The campaign by his family and supporters to get Ritchie Valens inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame got a boost Tuesday from a local congressman and the head of the Recording Industry Association of America.

At the urging of U.S. Rep. Howard Berman, D-Mission Hills, Hilary B. Rosen, president and chief executive officer of the Washington, D.C.-based association, said she will make it a priority to recomme...

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