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.
“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 ...
It’s sometimes said that while Americans invented rock ‘n’ roll, it was the British who perfected it. Now the Brits are out to do the same to that quintessentially American manifestation of pop music ...
LONG JOURNEY: Joan Giampaolo purchased her Rock-ola 1422 jukebox in the late 1950s. It has traveled with Giampaolo and her family from Illinois to Florida before landing in Western North Carolina in ...
Jukeboxes once were an important part of the social scene, when not everyone had a radio at home This American craze even made its way to England and European countries Like all collectibles, rarity ...
The joy of pulling a rumpled dollar out of our pocket, smoothing it over our denim-clad thighs to remove its creases, then gently reeling it through our fingers into a jukebox is a joy known to many.
“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 ...
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