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 ...

Besides, purists are less and less sniffy because they appreciate that we’re adding to jukebox history. The jukeboxes we make will be around in another 50 years.

National Jukebox Day 2022: History, Significance and Timeline of events When you think of a Jukebox, what do you think of first, is it the kids from the 50s jamming to the popular tunes of the ...

They may be technologically crude, but it takes years to learn the ins and outs of repairing decades-old jukeboxes and other amusement games.Working on that ’46 Wurlitzer jukebox or ’54 ...

One notable piece of Wurlitzer history remains in Cincinnati. The RKO Albee Theater, the fanciest of the city’s movie palaces, opened at 13 E. Fifth St., opposite Fountain Square, on Dec. 24, 1927.

An automatic arm pulls a 45-rpm record out of a stack and places it on the turntable inside the 1982 jukebox that used to play at the New Hampshire Veterans Home. Thew machine is still loaded with ...

Harrington, a member of the Cambridge Black History Project, helped to conduct oral history interviews with dozens of people. Snippets from more than 50 of those interviews were installed in the ...

Besides, purists are less and less sniffy because they appreciate that we’re adding to jukebox history. The jukeboxes we make will be around in another 50 years.