Jukebox

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Technology

Jukebox · In 1927, AMI put a coin-operated machine on the market that was electrically amplified and offered a choice of ten records. In the 1930s and 1940s, such jukeboxes stood in cafés, roadside diners and bars all over America. For a few cents, the public chose for itself what was played. As a result, record companies knew exactly which songs were catching on, and from the 1940s, Billboard kept separate jukebox charts. Fast, danceable records by jump blues bands such as that of Louis Jordan were played to death in Black neighbourhoods.

Listening

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  In the Mood · Glenn Miller, 1939
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  Caldonia · Louis Jordan, 1945
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  Good Rockin' Tonight · Wynonie Harris, 1948

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Genre Map · Technology^NL Map
• Magazine: De jukebox gaat de film in^NL Magazine

See also

• Gramophone and the 78 rpm record
• Electrical recording and the microphone
• Rhythm and blues
• Swing and big band