Volume 8–4 (Low Res).pdf - U&lc

If the surface cosmetics of
the jukebox were somewhat
restrained during the war,
the fervor for its contents was
undiminished.Through all
the grim years,we danced to
a frenzied beat—Lindy, Shag,
Jitterbug, Boogie-Woogiethe
sounds from the jukebox
drowned out the news reports
of battles, bombings and
casualties.
But not in its heyday... and
not even now, at this late date,
has anyone nailed down
how the"jukebox"got its
name. Until the early '30s,the
machine was called the
automatic phonograph.
Some music buffs have come
up with the explanation
that the word derives from an
old southern word of African
origin —jook—meaning to
dance. Someone else suggests
that it is a corruption of
the word jute, and that the
name alludes to the southern
jute field area where automatic
phonographs first
made a big hit in the '20s. Still
others contend that the word
has sexual connotations,
since the automatic phonograph
was a fixture in every
pleasure palace. Whatever
the origin,the name jukebox
endures, though the boxes
themselves are an endangered
species.
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