ADVANCED SEARCH

Articles Tagged Jukebox

  • Tuesday, May 01, 2012
    Put Another Nickle In: How The Jukebox Kick Started The Beginning Of Rock and Roll
    seeburg jukebox history
    Tom Lubin 05/01/12 11:41 AM,
    Somewhere in its early years, the coin operated record player acquired the name “Jukebox”. There are several theories about the origin. The most accepted is that the word “juke” is a corruption of the word “jook”, an African American slang term for dancing. The source of the music for this dancing would have been called a “jookbox”. A second version is that “jook” meant “sex” which may have made sense since brothels were some of the first establishments to install… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Study Hall • Analog • Business • Studio • Audio