The local radio station, WDBF, had a sale, and got rid of all their old 78s with RACE written on them. For a dime apiece.

I bought Big Maybelle's "Gabbin' Blues." Records by B. B. King and Jimmy Witherspoon. Possibly something by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. A copy of "Shine" by the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli.

That was the kind of music I listened to, in high school. On the radio, late at night.

I didn't like popular music and you couldn't get jazz on the radio in Delray Beach.

I liked the blues.

The records I bought were 33 1/3, and were mostly jazz, or classical music.

Elvis Presley put jazz, classical music, and bluegrass out of business. Folk music.

I didn't like Elvis Presley. I thought he was a dufous. The real heroes were James Dean and Marlon Brando. Sidney Pointer, even, in Blackboard Jungle.

Dorothy Dandridge.