Against the wall a Juke Box stood
full of old forty-fives…
spinning for fifty cents a song.
We ate cheap back in the eighties…
Pizza Inn buffet for only $5.99
Dimly lit room // a brightly lit buffet
Righteous Brothers singing my favorite
“Unchained Melody”
Today is the tenth anniversary of the founding of d’Verse Poets Pub. Brian Miller, co-founder is back with our Quadrille prompt. He has taken us back a few years to the time of the Juke Box and asked us to write our Quadrille (exactly 44 words) using the word Juke! This took me back to the eighties when we took our boys to the local Pizza Inn buffet. In my child hood the songs were a nickle, and then a quarter, and finally fifty cents each or three songs for a dollar. A great memory indeed.
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I think that a pizza buffet would be the right thing for such music.
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It was wonderful! thanks!
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Sounds like some nice memories. 🙂
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Yes, it was great!
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Yes. I remember the juke box at the Pizza Inn and the cheap buffet. I guess now we have CiCis but no juke box. The pink and blue tabs with song names and artists…making sure you got the letter and number right…cause you dont want to end up with the wrong song…lol. Thanks for taking me back.
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It was a great swing back in time for me as well! Thanks Cindy.
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Ah….great song to feature on the juke box here. Remember the buttons….two lines of them…numbers on the bottom and the alphabet on the top. Elvis Presley Hound Dog A-22. Coins in and the arm moved and there it was….blaring out and our feet moving even if they were under the booth as we ate burgers and fries or, at your place, pizza!
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How sweet it is! Those really were good times!
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You are taking me back to my childhood here. Great memories and a great picture. Thank you for taking me there!
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You are very welcome! I am so glad it connected with you.
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The best memories .. family pizza outings in the 70s and 80s .. until kids began ‘doing their own thing’ .. I miss those days dreadfully. Thoroughly enjoyed this.
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Thank you Helen. Those are great memories!
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Sounds like a great time! Pizza and a juke box – that sounds awesome for sure
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Oh, it was back then. The kids loved it!
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Ahhhhh, “full of old 45’s” took me back. Pizza for 5.99! Now it costs that much for a SLICE! LOL.
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Sadly you are right! I am so glad it took you there! Thank you!
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I absolutely love, love this one, Dwight! What a fabulous buffet you have served us 💝💝
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Thank you so much Sanaa. I am glad you enjoyed it as much as we did back then!! :>)
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Good memories Dwight. I remember being 11 and staying with my parents and brothers at a camp site where in the café they had a juke box. For some reason I became strongly attached to the song Big big bamboo by the Merrymen. Each time I wheedled a quarter from my dad it went straight into the music machine. The guy behind the counter must have been driven crazy because of this kid howling: Oooooh lalalalalalalalaaaa at least five times a day. 🙂
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Ha ha … those sound like some fun times Peter. Thank you so much for your comment. I am glad it took you back there again!
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Congratulations to Diverse and Brian and going back in time to your great poem filled with nostalgia Dwight.
We must have eaten at the same diner.
Well you know…. some miles a part.. but same in every other way. 💖
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Yes, and it was so good back then. Glad you enjoyed this one.
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it sure was.. thanks I sure did./💖
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We used to get 3 for half a buck…
One of them ALWAYS started, “Oh, my love…my darling…” But you knew that.
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Ha ha… you are exactly right! A great song indeed! Thanks Ron.
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Goodness, I love the price of that buffet and the song, Unchained Melody. Thanks for joining us !!!
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The pizza days range a bell with me too. The juke box was part of it all until the last few years when they faded away, sad to say.
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Thanks Beverly… sad to see them disappear!
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Memories of those glorious juke-box days come rocking back Dwight …..
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Wonderful!
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Nicely done Dwight. We had a diner with a jukebox at each table. And that song was old even then.
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Thanks Eric. I have seen them at each booth as well. This one wasn’t that upscale! :>) But, it played some great music!
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I love the homey atmosphere you set here, the lighting, the song, bringing the family on buffet special night.
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It was a great time and good food! And the music made it!
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That certainly is cheap for a pizza buffet and music too. You don’t see that today!
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This was quite a few years back! Prices have jumped quite a bit since then. Thank you.
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I remember when the jukebox was a nickel a song. They seem so quaint now.
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We go back a long way!
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Yup, hard to believe how far back we go!
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Very nostalgic! Looks like the late 20th century would have been a great time to be alive. People have such fond memories of that period.
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It was an interesting time. The juke boxes were a carry over from the 50s and 60s. Thank you for your comment.
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It’s fascinating how these things evolve isn’t it? There were still some record-playing jukeboxes around when I was a kid (also in the 80s), then they moved over to CD, now we have digital music files so I guess the poor old jukebox has become obsolete!
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Thanks Ingrid. Everything cycles and changes!
They are oblolete, but I saw some on ebay going for over $8,000!
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Oh, I love that song.
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Yes, it is iconic! Thanks!
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Ah. The memories 🙂
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It sounds like a wonderful memory, Dwight! Do your sons remember it, too?
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Oh, yes i am sure they do! Thanks Merril.
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You’re welcome!
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Ah…pizza inn buffet in the eighties! Pizza and Dr Pepper! Thanks for the reminder. 😊
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You are welcome! We loved it back then!
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Reads like a memory. Love the dim room and bright jukebox.
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Thank you! It is a good memory for sure!
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I remember those days so well- lovely Dwight.
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Thank you Linda! They were great times!
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They were!
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Ah, such fond memories! I remember those days too, Dwight! Excellent take on the prompt!
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Thank you Eugenia! I am glad you enjoyed the memory!
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Most welcome, Dwight!
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Oh, my. 50 cents a song? Hawkshaw Hawkins could play 10 for that. Very nice. Cool memory.
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As the modern era came on the prices on the Juke Box went up considerable. Perhaps that is why they eventually disappeared.
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I asked in bar on night why they use a juke box. They said it was the only legal way to have music that they did not have to pay for.
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How interesting! I guess that makes sense!
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These jukebox era stories are making me wish I had experienced them myself. Sounds wonderful.
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They were a most interesting time. Thanks Mish.
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Those days never “lost that lovin’ feeling”! Great write Dwight…
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Yes and you’ve still got it!! Thanks Rob.
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I love The Righteous Brothers! 😀
You have good taste, Dwight!
❤
David
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Ha ha… sounds like we both do! Thanks David!
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those we’re good old days, Dwight.
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Yes!
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This is wonderful, Dwight! The memories are flowing! 🙂 I always wanted to have a Juke Box in my home! 🙂
(((HUGS)))
PS…I’m back from my blogging break. I wrote a blog to explain a bit about why I was away.
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Thank you Carolyn. I am so glad you enjoyed it. Welcome back. I missed seeing your kind comments on my blog posts.
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Thanks.
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nice fun memories you expressed so well!
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Thanks Kate. Yes they are…
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