Jukebox Jive

I’m a big fan of jukeboxes be they bright and flashy chrome full sized or the slightly more modest table top models. I grew up with them and love to be able to go into a public place and select music tracks that I enjoy – basically inflict my taste upon others!

You don’t see many full sized jukeboxes in bars and cafes nowadays, they are usually smaller wall mounted CD playing versions. They sound better but they just don’t seem as much fun as their predesessors.

Some people love jukeboxes so much that they buy them for their homes, if they haven’t got enough room you can get table top or mini jukeboxes instead. On this site we search for the best jukebox deals with customer reviews and jukebox music. Enjoy!

Jukeboxes have been part of Americana for many many years. Mention a “jukebox” and you have images of young teenagers dancing to a swinging beat. Many movies set in the 40s and 50s have secenes set around plugging a coin into a jukebox and picking a favorite song.

The term “jukebox” started around the 1930s in the United States and is apparently derived from the African-American slang term “juke” or “jook”, meaning “dance”. The jukebox or music box was first seen back in the late 1800s but it didn’t gain in popular use until they could be electrically run and amplified and the first selective jukebox was built in 1928. Their heyday was from the 1940s through the 1950s and 60s and even though it is known more for the rock and roll era it was also very popular in the “swing era” before that. Read More…