Ricardo "Ricky" Vela is an award-winning song-writer and keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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 for the band Selena y Los Dinos

Selena y Los Dinos

Selena y Los Dinos was the band in which Grammy-Award-winning Tejano music singer Selena performed, until her death on March 31, 1995. Selena fronted the band since 1980, started by her father Abraham Quintanilla, Jr....

. Ricky Vela joined the band as the bands keyboard player. His great works include creating songs for Selena

Selena

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...

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Great Works

Ricky Vela, has either written or co-written these following songs that topped on Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, Billboard Latin Songs

Hot Latin Songs

Hot Latin Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. It is often recognized as the most important music chart for Spanish language Latin music in the American music market. It was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986 with La Guirnalda by Rocío Dúrcal being the first song...

, and Mexican Regional Songs

Billboard charts

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 charts.

Name of Song	Peak Position	Year
Dame Un Beso Dame un beso "Dame un beso" is a song written by Abraham Quintanilla III and Ricky Vela who were both in the band at the time. Selena's brother "AB Quintanilla" was tired of the same old songs that his father would choose and write that AB took over and wrote almost all of Selena's songs...	N/A	1986
Soy Amiga	N/A	1986
Dame Tu Amor Dame tu amor "Dame Tu Amor" Eng: Give Me Your Love was released as a promotional vinyl record in 1986 from the band Selena y Los Dinos whose lead singer Selena recorded "Dame tu amor" for her third independent studio album Alpha the same year.-Chart performance:...	31 (Billboard Hot Ringtones) 6 (Billboard Hot Latin Songs)	1986
Cuando Despierto	N/A	1987
Tu No Sabes Tu No Sabes "Tu No Sabes" was the second of 4 songs that the band Selena y Los Dinos released as a promotionals single in 1987. Ricky Vela who wrote "Tu No Sabes" was the keyboard and songwriter for the group. He joined Selena y Los Dinos in 1985...	N/A	1987
Ven A Verme	N/A	1987
Sabes	N/A	1988
Como Te Quiero/Yo A Ti	N/A	1988
Como Quisisera	N/A	1988
Cariño Mio	N/A	1988
Quisiera Darte	N/A	1988
Tengo Ganas De Llorar	N/A	1990
Si La Quieres	N/A	1992
Yo Te Sigo Queriendo	N/A	1992
Las Cadenas	N/A	1992
No Debes Jugar No Debes Jugar "No Debes Jugar" is the first single released from Selena's grammy winning album Selena Live!. The song itself was recorded in the studio as an original song to promote the album.-Music video:...	3 (Billboard Hot Latin Tracks) 3 ( Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay) 3 (Latin Pop Airplay)	1993
La Llamada La Llamada La Llamada is the second single by the Mexican music group AK-7 from their debut Album El Avion De Las Tres. The song was launched September 27, 2007 a few days before their album came out. The video was released January 28, 2008.- External links :*...	5 (Billboard Hot Latin Tracks) 6 (Latin Regional Mexican Airplay) 8 (Latin Pop Airplay)	1993
Tu Robaste Mi Corazon Tu Robaste Mi Corazon "Tu Robaste Mi Corazón" is the third and final single released from Selena's grammy winning album Selena Live!.-Song information:The song was a duet with Emilio Navaira, but when performed live, it was sang with Pete Astudillo. It was one of the three studio recorded songs for the Selena Live!...	5 (Billboard Latin Tracks) 8 (Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay) 6 (Billboard Latin Pop)	1993
No Me Queda Mas No Me Queda Mas "No Me Queda Más" is a song by Mexican-American Tejano pop singer Selena. "No Me Queda Mas" was the third lead single released from her album Amor Prohibido . The song was written and produced by Ricky Vela, A.B. Quintanilla III and Bebu Silvetti...	1 (Hot Latin Tracks) 1 (Latin Regional Airplay) 13 (Latin Pop Airplay)	1994
Fotos y Recuerdos	1 (Hot Latin Tracks) 1 (Latin Regional Mexican Apriplay) 12 (Latin Pop Airplay)	1994
El Chico Del Apartamento 512 El Chico Del Apartamento 512 "El Chico del Apartamento 512" is a song by American Tejano pop singer Selena. "El chico del apartamento 512" was the sixth single released from Amor Prohibido . The song was written and produced by Selena's brother and music producer, A.B. Quintanilla III, lead keyboardist of the group, Ricky...	6 (Hot Latin Charts) 7 (Latin Regional Mexican Airplay) 6 (Latin Pop Airplay)	1994
Tus Desprecios	N/A	1994
Ya No	N/A	1994
Fuiste Mala Fuiste Mala "Fuiste Mala" is a single from Kumbia Kings debut studio album Amor, Familia Y Respeto. It features Ricky Muñoz of Intocable.-External links:* at YouTube...	N/A	1999

Awards and nominations

Ricky Vela has been nominated for seven awards and won two awards. His works include Dame Un Beso which gave him more recognition in the Tejano

Tejano music

Tejano music or Tex-Mex music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas...

 world.

See also

• Selena y Los Dinos information