PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN....

Remember when a NICKEL bought you a 45 play, or 5 for 25 cents. Add a few triple thick shakes and a perfect date nite was a few tunes away.
"Moppin' up soda pop rickies.
To our hearts' delight,
Dancing to a swingeroo quickie,
Jukebox Saturday night..."

"Jukebox" was African-American slang for "juke" or "jook", meaning "dance". The shellac 78 rpm record dominated jukeboxes until the Seeburg Corporation introduced an all 45 rpm vinyl record jukebox in 1950.
Seeburg Model "G", the "Happy Days Machine," used in the sitcom Happy Days had a 100 plays and features chrome pilasters.

Test your memory with some top HOT “100’s” trivia below….

1. The first number-one song on the Hot 100?
"Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson (August 4, 1958).

2. The youngest female to top the Hot 100?
Little Peggy March, also in 1963, with "I Will Follow Him" at the age of 15.

3. The number one hit with the shortest running time (1:37)?
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay."
4. Elvis Presley — "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" (1956)
"Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts.

5. McGuire Sisters — "Sincerely" (1955) and Foreigner — "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (1981)
"Most Played by Jockeys" chart.

6. The song with the most versions on the Hot 100?
"Unchained Melody," which charted with nine different performers: Les Baxter (whose version topped the chart); Al Hibbler; the Righteous Brothers, who recorded two separate versions that charted 25 years apart; Roy Hamilton; June Valli; Vito & the Salutations; the Sweet Inspirations; and Heart. ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts.



7. The instrumental artist with the most Hot 100 hits?
Herb Alpert. Thirty of his thirty-five charting singles are without vocals.
He is also the only artist to reach number one with both a vocal
"This Guy's In Love With You" in 1968.

8. Barry White is the only artist to have written a #1 instrumental and #1 vocal songs within 1 year. "Love's Theme" by Love Unlimited Orchestra and "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe" by Barry White both in 1974.

9. Elton John had at least one top forty hit every calendar year.
From 1970 (beginning with "Your Song") until 1999 with "Written in the Stars", a duet with LeAnn Rimes.

10. The Beatles and Usher are the only two artists to have both the year-end number-one and number-two songs in the same year, with the former having "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" in 1964, and the latter with "Yeah!" and "Burn" in 2004.

11. In 1973, George Harrison's "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"' replaced Paul McCartney's "'My Love".

12. Nat "King" Cole's Billboard career extended from November 1943 until his studio-spliced "duet" with daughter Natalie in 1991 ("Unforgettable"), some 48 years later.

13. Non-English language number-one
"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno (Italian - September 1, 1958 for five weeks




"Cruise" the old Route 66 diners, malt shops and truck stops. Find them "jukes" and put another nickel in if only to prove the 45's are still alive.

Winnie's a waiting, pocket full-o- nickels, LET'S ROCK.