Jukeboxes have been around for a very long time, the first ever jukebox was invented in 1889 by Louis Glass and William S Arnold and was installed at the Palais Royale in San Francisco.
This particular jukebox was coin operated by inserting a nickel.
It was fitted with four glass tubes which were used to listen to the music as there was no amplification.
During the machines first six months of service it was said to have earned around $1000! Over the years the jukebox evolved and in 1918 Hobart C Niblack invented a machine that automatically changed the records which then moved on to one of the first ever selective jukeboxes in 1927.
The term 'jukebox' or 'jukeboxes' only came into use in the 1940s and is said to derive from the term 'juke joint' which also derived from the words 'juke' or 'joog' which means loud or disorderly.
Eventually jukeboxes took the job of the piano player as people preferred to choose their favourite song and get up and dance.
Jukeboxes were most popular from the 1940s right through to the 1960s and by the middle of the 1940s.
More than half of all records produced in the United States went into jukeboxes in bars and various other locations.
The most popular jukebox ever sold was the Wurlitzer model 1015 otherwise known as the '1015 bubbler' which offered over 20 selections, it sold over 56 000 units in just two years.
Jukeboxes at one point used to receive the newest songs first which was great for business in bars and pubs across the UK and the US, but the introduction of cassette players and compact disc saw the demise of jukebox sales.
As time went on advancements in technology meant that jukebox technology also moved on and lead to the invention of digital jukeboxes.
Digital jukeboxes have the ability to be able to load and unload thousands of songs at the touch of a button.
Most jukeboxes in drinking establishments are coin operated and have a touch screen interface enabling the user the browse through songs by category, title and artist.
A lot of digital jukeboxes in drinking establishments supply their music via MP3 and often have an Ethernet link through to an online server whereby they can automatically be updated with the latest chart music.
Digital jukeboxes are great to store your personal playlists and favorite music and liven up the atmosphere in many pubs, bars and clubs.