According to Donna Ludwig (who later became Donna Fox), Valens told her that he was writing a song about her, but the first time she heard it was on the radio in her car. Her girlfriends went ...

“He got it right,” Connie Valens, one of Ritchie’s three surviving siblings, tells me in a phone interview. “It tells the real story ... “La Bamba,” “Donna” and “Come On, ...

"Donna" is a song written by Ritchie Valens, featuring the '50s progression. The song was released in 1958 on Del-Fi Records. Written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig, it was ...

One of the happiest moments in Ritchie’s career came in 1958 ... the dreamy ballad “Donna.” Indeed, Valens had only made his chart debut in the September with another of his uptempo ...