I was in high school when Dick Clark and his afternoon TV program, "American Bandstand," began being carried by the Houston ABC affiliated station, KTRK-TV.  Less than three years before, Houston radio DJs Bill "Rascal" McCaskill (KREL-AM) and Paul Berlin (KNUZ-AM) had introduced to local teens what would soon be called "Rock and Roll." Most weekday afternoons, my mom and I would sit in the family living room in front of the 21-inch black and white RCA TV and together watch "American Bandstand." In 1957, a country-western singer, Bobby Helms, introduced two songs on American Bandstand, "Special Angel" and "Jingle Bell Rock."  What was odd about this was the cross-over of a country-western performer into the world of rock and roll.  He wasn't like Paul Anka or the Platters. Both tunes a... 12/01/2010

                                                            By Bill Cherry, Dallas Broker-Realtor                                                                       www.billcherrybroker.com                                                                                   972 380-7347<---Sam TramonteMr. Sam, like his brothers, cousins and uncles, worked for the patriarch of the family, Jasper Tramonte. Mr. Jasper had a meat-packing business.  It was called the High Grade Packing Co."We useah so muchah cereal in our Boohkanear weenies, the Pope eatsah them on Fridays," was Mr. Jasper's favorite self-deprecating joke. And, even though we had heard him say it a thousand times, we'd still break up in almost uncontrollable laughter every time.Mr. Jasper had left Sicily without much of an e... 08/06/2007