Contrary to popular opinion, the name of the Rock-Ola company of Chicago, which became famous for the production of distinctive jukeboxes, has no connection to rock ’n’ roll. It is in fact a fortuitous coincidence that the firm’s founder was actually called David Cullen Rockola.
In 1927 he founded his Target Skill Machine Company which at first produced an attachment for a chewing gum vending machine, but later added all sorts of coin-operated machines to its portfolio.