Juke Boxes Through the Ages
By Bruce Shawkey I had a shirt-tail relative (Gerald Ewert) who owned one of these in working condition. Sold it for $5,000 at auction. Also knew a lady (Jeri Pearson) who worked as a secretary to David Rockola (his actual name!) founder of the Rockola jukebox company, founded in 1927. Here are a couple of his machines: Typically wall mounted in a diner booth with a master unit located elsewhere in the diner. Unit from the 1930s Also, there was the Seeburg Jukebox Company that launched their jukebox in 1927. Here are some others: Jukeboxes continue to be manufactured today, although they are very different from those of years past. They may contain compact discs (CDs) instead of records. Or they may be connected to the Internet with no physical recordings at all. Today’s jukeboxes are basically: touch-screen computers, connected to the internet, streaming music from huge digital libraries. Modern systems such as TouchTunes can hold millions of songs updated instantly, ...
