Striking Richie Valens auto-graph in blue biro. Circa 1958. One of the rarest of all rock autographs as Richie Valens, famous for Come On, Let's Go and La Bamba, died on February 3rd, 1959 (the day the music died) along with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper in that fateful plane crash. Richie was only 17 and had only been a recording star for about a year. NRMT.