Robert Verrill Kuhn (January 5, 1922 – November 28, 2009), professionally known as Bob Keane, [1] and also sometimes known as Bob Keene, was an American musician, producer and the founder and owner of the record label Del-Fi Records. He was the producer and manager of Ritchie Valens and Pinoy star Josephine Roberto, aka Banig. [2]

Dec 1, 2009 · Bob Keane, who founded the West Coast independent label Del-Fi Records in the 1950s and is best known for discovering and recording rock legend Ritchie Valens, has died. He was 87.

Dec 2, 2009 · Bob Keane, a record producer who discovered Ritchie Valens and helped start the careers of Sam Cooke, the Bobby Fuller Four and Frank Zappa, died in Hollywood, Calif., on Saturday. He was 87.

Dec 1, 2009 · Bob Keane founded the West Coast independent label Del-Fi in the 1950s. In 1958, he discovered the 17-year-old Valens at a small concert and invited him to record in his home...

Dec 2, 2009 · Del-Fi Records founder Bob Keane, best known for discovering teen idol Ritchie Valens and soul singer Sam Cooke, has died at the age of 87.

Dec 1, 2009 · HOLLYWOOD – Bob Keane, who founded the West Coast independent label Del-Fi Records in the 1950s and is best known for discovering rock legend Ritchie Valens, has died. He was 87.

…came to the attention of Bob Keane, owner of Del-Fi records, who produced the sessions at Gold Star Recording Studios that resulted in Valens’s hits. His first hit, “Come On, Let’s Go” (1958), was followed later that year by “Donna,” a ballad written for an ex-girlfriend, and “La Bamba,” Valens’s…

Dec 3, 2009 · Bob Keane, a record producer who discovered Ritchie Valens and helped start the careers of Sam Cooke, the Bobby Fuller Four and Frank Zappa, died in...

Keane, who died Saturday of kidney failure at age 87, was a hustling independent record producer in 1958 when he caught 17-year-old Richard Valenzuela's act at a small theater in a barrio section...

Jan 28, 2010 · The Los Angeles record producer Bob Keane, who would go out of his way to spot new talent, had one motto in life: "The door is always open".