COUSIN TO PAY TRIBUTE TO VALENS From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: February 4, 1999| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

RICHARD COWEN, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-04-1999
COUSIN TO PAY TRIBUTE TO VALENS -- HE'LL SING AT SITE OF FINAL CONCERT
By RICHARD COWEN, Staff Writer
Date: 02-04-1999, Thursday
Section: NEWS
Edition: 2 Star B, Also in 2 Star P, 1 Star Early
Biographical: LEE VALENS

Lee Valens remembers hearing his cousin, Ritchie Valens, singing on
the radio for the first time.

The year was 1958, and Lee was a 10-year-old Mexican immigrant
growing up in a tough Chicago area. Mexicans were not always welcome in
the mostly Irish-Polish neighborhood -- and they certainly weren't
expected to ...

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