Two Dollars In A Jukebox

Buck Billo and Maxi sing "Two Dollars In A Jukebox" by Eddie Rabbitt.
Jukebox Picture courtesy of http://www.youtube.com/user/jukeboxeddie

One of country music's most innovative artists during the late '70s and early '80s, Eddie Rabbitt has made contributions to the format that have often gone overlooked. Especially in songs like the R&B-inflected "Suspicions" and the rockin' "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight," Rabbitt challenged the commonly recognized creative boundaries of the idiom. Though it took a few years to get his recording career off the ground, he paid the rent through songwriting, authoring Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain" and Ronnie Milsap's "Pure Love." Eddie continued to write professionally until 1975, when he signed with Elektra. Initially, Rabbitt made recordings that were decidedly country -- mostly uptempo material, like "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" and "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" -- with thick, inimitable harmonies. However, Rabbitt's records became "progressively progressive." In 1976, he started a string of Top Ten hits that ran uninterrupted until 1989. During that time, he had 16 number one singles, including "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" (1976), "You Don't Love Me Anymore" (1978), "Every Which Way But Loose" (1979), "Drivin' My Life Away" (1980), "I Love a Rainy Night" (1980), "Step by Step" (1980), and "You and I," a 1982 duet with Crystal Gayle. Tom Roland, All Music Guide

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• Maxi
• Classic
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• Eddie
• Rabbitt

[IWannabeJew]

Love this song.

[buckandbilloshow]

Will do thanks much.

[jukeboxeddie]

Buck-

Go to Flickr and enter jukeboxeddie and you will see photos of some of these beauties, including the peacock showing the stained glass. Fillow the link/s to jukeboxeddies photodtream. Thanks for the invite on your You Tube webtv -- I signed up.

[buckandbilloshow]

Thanks I posted you YouTube sight to the information. Probably the next time I do this song or another "jukebox" song on youtube on my solo channel: bucknorrismusic I will make sure I don't get in the way of this beautiful machine.

[jukeboxeddie]

@buckandbilloshow

Yeah, well the Internet is an open book.(LOL) That jukebox is an extremely rare 1941 Wurlitzer model 850 "Peacock" restored to perfection. It plays 24 78rpm Big Band hits. Your singing gal is blocking the beautiful Peacock stained\ glass in front of it. It was the only "super deluxe" jukebox ever made by any manufacturer. It took me 25 years to acquire it and 7 years to restore it. I am glad it made such an impression on you -- it is an incredibly beautiful jukebox.

[buckandbilloshow]

LOL, well that is something. I got it off of Google Image search. Thought it was a super looking Jukebox so I used it. Sorry.

[jukeboxeddie]

Yeah, I know Buck. That jukebox happens to be mine! How the hell did you get that background? Personally, I don't care but I was shocked to see it nonetheless.

[buckandbilloshow]

LOL, It is just a picture not a real one.

[jukeboxeddie]

Wow! What a gorgeous jukebox in the background. Is that yours? What is it?

[buckandbilloshow]

Thanks so much Marta for the kind comment. Thanks.