Ritchie Valens: these are her top 5 songs, according to Futuro

When he released "American Pie" in 1971, Don McLean referred to the tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens; as quoted in the lyrics, "the day the music died." The trio boarded a chartered plane after his concert in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959. Ritchie Valens won a coin in the air against Holly bass player Tommy Allsup, to win a seat on the plane; but he was among the trio of artists who perished when he inexpli…