My Parents' Music

It's Got a Good Beat. You can dance to it.

“It's Got a Good Beat. You can dance to it.” was a common answer on “American Bandstand” when they asked the kids to rate a new song.

My parents (look how well people dressed back then, when they didn’t have any money!), both RIP.

Quick Background

Martha and John both grew up in Roseland, on the far South Side of Chicago: