Here is one to rival the hauting melodies of the Beatles. This is by Ritchie Valens (aka Richard Steven Valenzuela), considered by many as the Father of Rock n' Roll. Alas! there were not enough Latinos in the media to award him the well-deserved title more formally. His promising life was cut-short in an airplane crash on February 3rd, 1959(now immortalized as the 'Day the music died') at the tender age of 18.