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The popular device best known today as a "music box" developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and were originally called carillons à musique (French for "chimes of music"). Some of the more complex boxes also contain a tiny drum and/or bells in addition to the metal comb.
1946 Wurlitzer Model 1015 [15] – Called the "1015 bubbler", it offered 24 selections. More than 56,000 were sold in less than two years. More than 56,000 were sold in less than two years. Considered a pop culture icon, it was designed by Paul Fuller.
The Ohio Express is an American bubblegum pop band formed in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1967. [1] Though marketed as a band, it would be more accurate to say that the name "Ohio Express" served as a brand name used by Jerry Kasenetz's and Jeffry Katz's Super K Productions to release the music of a number of different musicians and acts.
In June 2017, following the number one peak of "Despacito" in the Hot 100, Philip Bump of The Washington Post related the increasing success of Spanish-language songs in the United States since 2004 with the growth of its Spanish-speaking population, highlighting an improvement from 4.9% in 1980 to 11.5% in 2015. [11]
Eugene de Kleist of North Tonawanda, New York, was an early builder of such organs (also called "barrel organs") for use in carousels. Wurlitzer bought an interest in de Kleist's North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory in 1897. In 1909, Wurlitzer bought the entire operation, and he moved all Wurlitzer manufacturing from Ohio to New York. [2]
There was many variations of large music machines, usually built for the affluent of the pre-phonograph 19th century. Some were called the Symphonium, others were called the Concert Regina Music Box machine. Both variations were as tall as a grandfather clock and both used interchangeable large disks to play different sets of tunes.
Go: "How to Dance in Ohio," Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St., $48 to $518; 212-239-6200, howtodanceinohiomusical.com. This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: How to Dance in Ohio ...
The Music Box, a 1932 short film starring Laurel and Hardy; Music Box, a 1989 feature film directed by Costa-Gavras; The Music Box, a 2006 Japanese film by Ng See-yuen; Music Box Films, a distributor of foreign and independent films