1967

At Tilden High School in Chicago's inner city a teacher as young as the sun rise, was disappointed.

She had decided to use the song, "La Bamba," in her class. It was as popular as "Stop in the Name of Love" at the time. She thought it would be a great way to teach Spanish since the students loved singing and dancing. Some even danced out of class, without music. She memorized the words as she listened to it on the radio.

But in class it was as different a situation as Hitler from Martin Luther King. After she started singing, Paul Green, who was as authentic as sands in the Sahara and as cool as a presidential candidate, said, "You ain't got what it takes." It hurt her inside.