For me the word Jukebox is evocative of the 1950s and 1960s and pure simple entertainment. Not that I remember the 1950s, or some of the 60s but growing up watching the Fonz being cool on Happy Days with an old fashioned full sized flashy chrome Seeburg in the background made a big impression on me.   That was the days of vinyl records and I still have most of the singles and albums that I bought back then. There used to be a market stall that sold cheap vinyl singles when I was in my early teens. I didn't know until I got home with half a dozen records that they were ex jukebox and had the centre missing. I was really disappointed until my older brother took a loose centre out of one of his singles and I was able to play my treasures on our record pla... [Read More]

The name jukebox is said to be derived from African languages. Some think that Juke comes from the African word jooy which means wicked. Others say that it comes from the word joog which means dance. Without live acts jukeboxes became one of the best things to get people up dancing for nearly a century now. People loved the music to be found on them and anybody who wants to pay for the privilidge is in control of what everybody in the room is listening to. The invention brought them closer to their favorite artists. The ones they like to know their songs by heart.   Jukebox  manufacturers were well aware that folk will always love to have the most well known and successful music on jukeboxes. The more successful the artist and his trac... [Read More]