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unusual facts about Juke



Brisbane City Rollers

Two BCR skaters, Fang Fiend and Juke Nukem, were selected to skate for Team Australia at the 2010 Roller Derby World Cup.

Clavado En Un Bar

The 11th episode of the third season of the Fox TV show New Girl was titled Clavado en un Bar and the song was featured at the end of the episode when the local drunk of the bar goes to the juke box and plays the ManĂ¡ hit song.

Don't Be S.A.F.E.

The mixtape version features guest appearances by other indie artists including Reija Lee and ForteBowie and an uncredited appearance by Curren$y (who is credited as Juke).

Earl Grant

Grant also made a few appearances in film and television, including Tender Is the Night (1962), Juke Box Rhythm (1959), and The Ed Sullivan Show (1961).

James Cotton

They performed "Juke" and "My Babe" together at the induction ceremony which was broadcast nationwide on VH1 Classic.

Junior Kimbrough

His stock continued to rise the following year after live footage of him playing "All Night Long" in one of his juke joints appeared in the Robert Mugge directed, Robert Palmer narrated film documentary, Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads.

Let Me Go, Lover!

By January 1955, Weber's record of the song had hit No. 1 on all the Billboard charts (the Disk Jockey chart, the Best Seller chart, and the Juke Box chart).

Nissan Juke

A Nissan Juke driven by stunt-driver Terry Grant claimed a Guinness World Record when it was driven round the Goodwood Hill Course on two wheels in 2 minutes 55 seconds.

In August 2013, Nissan launched a commercial for the Juke, featuring Stormtroopers from the Star Wars series.

Terry Dene

Dene appeared on Juke Box Heroes in 2011 broadcast by BBC One, in a condensed biopic of his life, and played in September 2004 at the Rock 'n' Roll Weekend Festival in Chippenham, alongside Little Richard, the Comets and Charlie Gracie.

The Weary Blues

Hughes has written of inequality ("I, Too, Sing America"), of resilience ("Mother to Son" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"), of pride ("My People"), of hope ("Freedom's Plow"), and of music ("The Trumpet Player" and "Juke Box Love Song").


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