Ricardo Vela is an American musician and songwriter who was the keyboardist for the band Selena y Los Dinos from 1984 to 1995.
Vela has either written or co-written the following songs that topped on Billboard 200, Billboard Latin Songs, and Mexican Regional Songs charts.
Ricky Vela has been nominated for seven awards and won two awards.[which?]
Vela appears as himself in the 1997 film Selena.
He is portrayed in the 2020 Netflix television show Selena: The Series by Hunter Reese Peña.