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Falsetta was the son of Anthony "Tony" Falsetta (1885-1963)<ref name=findagrave/> and the former Rosa Regira (1890-1966), both natives of [[Italy]].<ref name=searchancestry/> Tony Falsetta founded the Town and Country Club in Donaldsonville, where the [[African Americans]] [[Fats Domino]], [[Little Richard]], and Irma Thomas (born 1941) often played during the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/12784157-123/smiley-losing-the-race|title=Smiley: Losing the Race (Music Makers section)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 4, 2015|accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref>

Falsetta was the son of Anthony "Tony" Falsetta (1885-1963)<ref name=findagrave/> and the former Rosa Regira (1890-1966), both natives of [[Italy]].<ref name=searchancestry/> Tony Falsetta founded the Town and Country Club in Donaldsonville, where the [[African Americans]] [[Fats Domino]], [[Little Richard]], and Irma Thomas (born 1941) often played during the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/12784157-123/smiley-losing-the-race|title=Smiley: Losing the Race (Music Makers section)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 4, 2015|accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref>

Ralph Falsetta and his wife, the former Solange Simoneaux (1911-1996), had three children, Raphael Anthony "Rip" Falsetta (1943-2009); Rosalyn F. Griffin (born 1940), the widow of Charles Griffin; and Marilyn F. Diez and husband, Ronald. Until his death, Raphael Falsetta managed the family business, Falsetta Amusements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Raphael-Falsetta&lc=7197&pid=139041869&mid=4080679|title=Raphael Falsetta|date=November 22, 2009|publisher=obits.dignitymemorial.com|accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

Ralph Falsetta and his wife, the former Solange Simoneaux (1911-1996), had three children, Raphael Anthony "Rip" Falsetta (1943-2009); Rosalyn F. Griffin (born 1940), the widow of Charles F. Griffin, Sr. (1939-1994); and Marilyn F. Diez and husband, Ronald. Until his death, Raphael Falsetta managed the family business, Falsetta Amusements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Raphael-Falsetta&lc=7197&pid=139041869&mid=4080679|title=Raphael Falsetta|date=November 22, 2009|publisher=obits.dignitymemorial.com|accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

Falsetta was involved in two automobile accidents twelve years apart, both of which were the subjects of civil suits and appeals in the Louisiana 23rd Judicial District Court and the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the First Circuit. In the first accident, on May 17, 1961, Falsetta rear-ended the vehicle ahead of him driven by Morgan City restaurateur John Joseph Bogasky, who was passing through Donaldsonville while returning home from an out-of-state trip. Bogasky unsuccessfully sought damages for personal injury and property loss. The district court held that both Bogasky and Falsetta were partially negligent in the accident. The court ruled that Bogasky as the [[plaintiff]] held the legal burden of proof to show that Falsetta, the [[defendant]], alone caused the crash by following too closely and failed to provide a proper lookout. Yet, the court found that "at the very least" Bogasky was "guilty of [[contributory negligence]]" in stopping suddenly immediately in front of the defendant." Falsetta admitted to having drunk three or four scotch and soda cocktails at Bob Seeds Lounge<ref>It is unclear if this Bob Seeds Lounge was owned by the professional [[baseball]] player Bob Seeds (1907-1993), who did not seem to have any Louisiana connection. Apparently, the lounge no longer exists.</ref> within an hour of the accident. Falsetta said that he then went to his family-owned Town and Country Club for a short time but drank nothing there. The court did not address whether Falsetta was intoxicated at the time of the crash. Falsetta did not answer the appeal filed by Bogasky before the appeals court, which denied damages to the plaintiff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/bogasky-v-falsetta|title=Bogasky v. Falsetta|date=July 8, 1966|publisher=casetext.com|accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref>

Falsetta was involved in two automobile accidents twelve years apart, both of which were the subjects of civil suits and appeals in the Louisiana 23rd Judicial District Court and the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the First Circuit. In the first accident, on May 17, 1961, Falsetta rear-ended the vehicle ahead of him driven by Morgan City restaurateur John Joseph Bogasky, who was passing through Donaldsonville while returning home from an out-of-state trip. Bogasky unsuccessfully sought damages for personal injury and property loss. The district court held that both Bogasky and Falsetta were partially negligent in the accident. The court ruled that Bogasky as the [[plaintiff]] held the legal burden of proof to show that Falsetta, the [[defendant]], alone caused the crash by following too closely and failed to provide a proper lookout. Yet, the court found that "at the very least" Bogasky was "guilty of [[contributory negligence]]" in stopping suddenly immediately in front of the defendant." Falsetta admitted to having drunk three or four scotch and soda cocktails at Bob Seeds Lounge<ref>It is unclear if this Bob Seeds Lounge was owned by the professional [[baseball]] player Bob Seeds (1907-1993), who did not seem to have any Louisiana connection. Apparently, the lounge no longer exists.</ref> within an hour of the accident. Falsetta said that he then went to his family-owned Town and Country Club for a short time but drank nothing there. The court did not address whether Falsetta was intoxicated at the time of the crash. Falsetta did not answer the appeal filed by Bogasky before the appeals court, which denied damages to the plaintiff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/bogasky-v-falsetta|title=Bogasky v. Falsetta|date=July 8, 1966|publisher=casetext.com|accessdate=July 22, 2015}}</ref>