In addition to being one half of one of the greatest songwriting duos of the Twentieth Century, Nick Ashford was a great friend to J&R. He is fondly remembered for his appearances at J&R with his longtime partner and wife, Valerie Simpson. Ashford & Simpson’s ties to J&R run deep. The duo performed at the [...]

J&R has been celebrating their 40th Anniversary all year. Now, they’ve kicked the party up a notch with the roll out of a new web campaign called Flashback ’71. The mini-site looks back at the events, pop culture, gadgets, bygone technologies, and NYC moments that have made the last 40 years — in the words [...]

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FLASHBACK ’71: As part of J&R’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, we are looking back at the history of Downtown NYC and J&R’s place in it. This block is popularly referred to as J&R Row by many New Yorkers. A popular tourist destination, J&R Music and Computer World has made its headquarters on the block of 1 [...]

We are humbled and honored to have hosted Lena Horne in our store in 1998. She epitomized talent and class. Lena was a pioneer in the entertainment world and an inspiration to us all. Her legacy will live on. Lena Horne’s Discography Lena Horne on DVD New York Times Obituary We’ve posted some of our [...]

Bernice Abbot Radio Row – Cortland and Greenwich (9th Avenue station rear), 1936 Once upon a time the radio was king. The place where many people bough radios was in an area in lower Manhattan. It was known as Radio Row. It wasn’t a street. It was many streets. I remember a few small shops [...]

Hundreds of industry leaders gathered Thursday at North American Publishing’s Women in CE event at Tabu Ultra Lounge in Las Vegas to honor the Legacy Award Winners, a networking event that celebrates women of achievement in consumer electronics. This year’s honorees were Vizio’s Laynie Newsome, Debbie Schaeffer of Mrs. G TV and Appliances, Pam Crane [...]

Retail Merchandiser is an online & print magazine that is devoted to the mass retail industry. First published in 1961, it was actually the very first publication to cover the retail business sector. So, you can imagine that we were excited to see that J&R is the featured retailer in “The Look” section of their [...]

There seems to be no shortage of articles touting the resurgence of vinyl. While there is no doubt a resurgence of vinyl among young people, for many others, the format never left. At least this is the case with us here at J&R. We have been in the vinyl business since our inception. That’s right, [...]

In celebration of J&R offering Same Day Delivery in NYC (and metro area), J&R Bike Messengers are hitting Manhattan! If you spot one of these bikers in Manhattan (as pictured above), take a pic and @jrblog it to us on Twitter. Or, if you don’t have a Twitter account, you can upload the pic to [...]