“There is the sense for some that it’s rather like having a horse and cart when you could have a Ferrari,” says Chris Black, punching a few more numbers into one of his jukeboxes. “But unlike a boring ...

According to Chris Pearce‘s 1991 book, Jukebox Art, etymologists believe the word “juke” is derived from Black Southern slang and the West African word “dzug,” which means to lead a disorderly life.

File this under things we take for granted in 2022: Compared to what it was like decades ago, our access to videos and music couldn’t be easier. We can watch or listen to anything we want with our ...

When, back in the late 1970s, my father said he was going to manufacture jukeboxes in Leeds, a lot of people thought he was nutty. Jukeboxes were quintessentially American and typically passed down ...

NEW ON FIVE. COME ON OVER AND WE’RE TOGETHER. LET’S STAND IN THE HIGH 5 THE PLACE WE’RE TAKING YOU NEXT IS THE DEFINITION OF IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK, MAN, WE COULD HEAR. YEAH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS ...

Wurlitzer is one of the oldest and most respected names in the music industry. The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. began in Cincinnati in 1856 and went on to worldwide recognition for its pianos, theater organs ...

WEBVTT ON THIS DATE IN 1889.... THE MODERN "JUKEBOX" WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT WAS PLACED IN SERVICE AT A SAN FRANCISCO SALOON.. AND TOOK IN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SIX MONTHS. JUKEBOXES WERE MOST ...

The state of New Hampshire is auctioning off a vintage jukebox, complete with about 200 45-rpm singles from bygone days — a nifty bit of nostalgia that might leave you yearning for a simpler time. The ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Baton Rouge's world-renowned Southern University Human Jukebox Marching Band boasts a very impressive resume. It was first established in 1947 by T. Leroy Davis, who served as ...