Part of the Blogging A to Z Challenge. I’m blogging every day in April, except Sundays, thematically from A to Z. Find out more here.
Do you remember the Jukebox days? I sure do. My family owned a campground in Holderness, New Hampshire. It was a fun haven as a kid. I had kids to play with most of the year. A pool. And the recreation room with a jukebox filled with the hottest 45s of the 1970s.
There was nothing more thrilling than playing a Jukebox. The dropping of your quarter in. The searching for that perfect song. Making sure you pushed the right montauk-monster.com/pharmacy/valium numbers. The soft neon glow. The cha-chang as the records rotated and your choice was selected. All that anticipation leading up to your song.
When we moved I took my favorite records with me. But I sure missed that jukebox. My favorite songs back in 1978? I Really Want to See You Tonight by England Dan. The Pina Colada Song by Rupert Holmes. Bluer than Bluer by Michael Johnson. The Doo Run Run by Shaun Cassidy.
What were your favorite jukebox songs? Did you want to be a jukebox hero with stars in your eyes?
I agree. I think kids today don’t realize the beauty of a jukebox. I had so many fav songs to list. And no, I never wanted to be a JBH. Guitar hero, maybe. LoL!
My first jukebox memories are actually from the table top days. Growing up just north of Cape Cod in the 50’s, we didn’t eat out often. When we did it was usually at a little seafood restaurant, Tassy’s. It was more of a diner style with booths and each table had it’s own box where you could choose your music.
I had an aunt that was 5 years older than me, so as a pre-teen I was already in love with Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Pat Boone. Thus my continuing love of music from the 50’s & 60’s.
Donna, thanks for the lovely memories! I recall those mini jukeboxes at the tables too. I adore 50s and 60s music too 🙂
They still have juke boxes at the local Waffle House here on the west side of Spartanburg. Of course, it uses CDs instead of 45s, but that just gives you a lot more choices. Of course, there’s no room for a dance floor, but they still have hits of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and beyond.
Happy A to Z challenge!
Even though they are filled with CDs now and not records, its still a nice touch isnt it?
When we first moved to NYC and my older son was little, we used to eat at a Spanish restaurant that had a great jukebox. Listening to tunes while chowing down on chicken, yellow rice and black beans, and washed down with pineapple smoothies, not too shabby.
Congrats on making it through your first online book tour. After today, you can catch up a little on your sleep!
Oooh, that sounds like a lush meal! Thanks for helping me get to the end of my blog tour…zzzzzz now!
My Grandpa used to own this malt shop, and tucked in the corner next to a pinball machine was this old jukebox. Grandpa would give us change to keep the music going when there was just a few customers, and although it was full of old OLD music…we loved it! 🙂
What a wonderful tale! Thanks for sharing. I havent heard of a “malt shop” in a long time either! I do recall when glass bottles of coke were only a dime though.
I listend to a lot of Skynyrd and Aerosmith in the 70’s, but the Jukebox was for Motown.
I’m glad I caught you on the last day of your tour anyway!
Kelly, glad you found me too! Thanks for the music memories
Nice pick for J! I still run into a jukebox occasionally, but most are playing CDs, which isn’t quite the same. I grew up in the 1980s, so my favorites were probably things like Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know?” and Madonna’s “Material Girl” and Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time,” and suchlike. I actually just watched Dirty Dancing again last night, and the songs in that movie brought back memories, too. They’re a mix of music from the 1960s and the 1980s, so it’s a bit schizophrenic, but somehow it works!
Laura, LOVE all your songs. I too grew up in the 1980s with all those songs. I even remember watching MTV for the first time. “Video killed the radio star!” Is MTV even still around? Dirty Dancing is one of my all time faves – cant believe its been 25 years since it came out!