I own an online custom vinyl lettering and signage business and we sell a lot of window or storefront signage. We get requests for everything from simply store hours to very large store names and specials that may span across multiple windows of thei...
In all the songs in you mention Neon refers to bar signs "Neon Moon" There's a rundown bar Cross the railroad tracks I've got a table for two Way in the back Where I sit alone And think of losing you I spend most every night Beneath the light Of this...
I did some research and all I could find was that it must have been after 1911. That is when the first neon, and argon, signage became available.