REMEMBERING Juke Boxes, those colorful coin-operated record players found in diners, dives, drive-ins and ice cream parlors during a nice chunk of the twentieth century. With a stack of platters and an armful of recollections, we’ll remember Rock-Ola, Crosley and Wurlitzer along with Sinatra, Como and Laine, plus  Dinah, Sarah and the Four Aces. And don’t forget the Pizza-Juke Box connection!

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Wurlitzer and Rock-Ola Juke Boxes are compared in this video. Just about everything you ever wanted to know about those beautiful record machines manufactured in 1946.

Teresa Brewer performs a selection of her classic hits, including “Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl,” “Till I Waltz Again With You,” “Let Me Go Lover” and “Music, Music, Music” in a rare TV performance from 1981.

The Glenn Miller Modernaires present “Juke Box Saturday Night” in a “Soundie” from 1944.

Frankie Laine and Johnny Ray in an appearance on Frankie’s 1956 TV show in a poor-quality kinescope recording that’s worth watching for the “historic” value.

Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong sing “Birth of the Blues” in a 1955 TV appearance.

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