, tv review , tv series Reactions:   Now They Call Them Oldies = 'Donna' by Ritchie Valens (1958) Here's an oldie for the week... Donna by the late Mexican-American singer/songwriter/guitarist/legend Ritchie Valens . Ritchie Valens ( Ricardo Esteban Valenzuela Reyes), was born in 1941, and died tragically in 1959 at