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...strong were Chicago mobsters in the jukebox trade that they even pushed certain singers. Record Distributor Ted Sipiora said that he was once ordered to stock Crooner Tommy Leonetti's newest record. Protested Sipiora: "It isn't good enough to get on the boxes." As his caller talked, he fingered and tossed "what we felt was a bullet," and said: "These things can be dangerous. They penetrate flesh." Soon afterward, said Distributor Sipiora, he began getting calls for the Leonetti record from operators who had heard the same sales pitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Jukebox Tune | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

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