Word: jukebox
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...nearly every U.S. jukebox is a pre-Civil War Negro spiritual called Michael, which probably originated among slaves who traveled by boat each day between the Georgia mainland and their quarters on the offshore isles...
...CRAZY CAT IS WELCOME TO CREEP DOWN TO OUR CRYPT FOR COFFEE AND CRUMPETS. Instead of the 100-odd he expected the first Sunday night, more than 500 youngsters crushed in at 15? a head. Dean Babbage was happily laying plans last week for an espresso machine, a jukebox and a volunteer jazz combo...
...Coast Co. Though ill with hepatitis, Coleman showed up at Pacific's annual meeting with 52,600 shares of stock, was elected chairman of the 63-year-old San Francisco company, which runs lumber, tanker and mining operations. Coleman plans to keep Pacific Coast separate from his Chicago jukebox and vending-machine business, but some of Pacific Coast's silver dollars may be dropped in the automatic coin machines that Coleman regards as a top growth product...
Welk, Lawrence, who has his first real jukebox hit and finds himself no longer square. See Music...
...That old peddler of "Champagne Music"-better known in the trade as "sweet and moanin'," "holy chorus" or "sweet corn"-fields his first big hit single. With no lyrics or melody of any distinction, Welk's harpsichord-accordion arrangement has a slogging beat that apparently sets the jukebox crowd vibrating. The jocks have even taken to calling Bandsman Welk "Larry...