偶像的一生(1)培养对音乐的热爱

l grew up in East Chicago, lndiana. My mother and father divorced when l was at a young age, about six years old.

My mother was Baptist. And my sister and l sang in the Baptist choir.

lt made us have a love for music. My father used to listen to the country music all the time,

and out of Chicago came a show, on the radio, called Suppertime Frolic.

And then on saturdays, he would listen to the Grand Ole Opty that came out of Nashville. some of the people were Ernest Tubb, that's ancient.

let me. . . let the people know how old l am. We had a club called the Sub-Debs.

We used to give teenage parties for all the kids around there, and that's where l met Joe. l think l was around 17 years old.

He would always ask me for a dance when the music was slow. He seemed very kind, very sweet.

Joseph was in a group. Besides me leaving singing with my sister,

l started singing with him. And we would sing and harmonise together a lot.