Ricardo Vela is an American musician and
songwriter
A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...
who was the
keyboardist
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for the band
Selena y Los Dinos
Selena y Los Dinos () was an American Tejano band formed in 1981 by Tejano singer Selena and her father Abraham Quintanilla. The band remained together until the murder of Selena in 1995, which caused the dissolution of the band in the same ye ...
from 1984 to 1995.
Works
Vela has either written or co-written the following songs that topped on
''Billboard'' 200,
''Billboard'' Latin Songs, and
Mexican Regional Songs charts.
Awards and nominations
Ricky Vela has been nominated for seven awards and won two awards.
Portrayals in media
Vela appears as himself in the 1997 film ''
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter. Known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Tejano Music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most cel ...
''. He is portrayed in the 2020
Netflix
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television show ''
Selena: The Series'' by
Hunter Reese Peña.
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
American musicians of Mexican descent
Songwriters from Texas
Selena y Los Dinos members
Living people
Latin music songwriters
21st-century American keyboardists