[NJARC] A 1950's Seeburg jukebox always makes a nice gift

[john ruccolo]

JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi knew
immediately what he wanted to hear first on the
brand-new jukebox he received Thursday from US
President George W. Bush: Elvis Presley.

It wasn't "Hound Dog," it wasn't "All Shook Up," and
it certainly wasn't "A Little Less Conversation." It
was, instead, the kind of message you might expect at
the two friends' final summit: "I Want You, I Need
You, I Love You." "See, he loves Elvis!" Bush said as
they held a joint question-and-answer session after
talks in the White House Oval Office.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said the jukebox was a
large, old-style, square-top machine with around 100
vinyl 45s, "mostly 1950s rock and roll," and added
that you could watch the records play at the push of a
button.

Koizumi, in turn, gave Mr Bush "a little motorized
bicycle," silver in colour, as well as a giant
portrait of baseball great Babe Ruth in Japan "a long
time ago" and a modern ink drawing of the Yankee
slugger.

A White House official, who requested anonymity, said
the jukebox was a fully restored 1954 Seeburg R100
jukebox, originally manufactured in Chicago, with all
of the original parts, and configured to play 100
songs.



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