Does this ring a bell?

One of the most popular bands of the swing era was the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
They had a number five song in 1940 entitled "Pennsylvania Six Five Thousand."
You might think that would make it one of this band's biggest hits ever.
But considering they had over fifteen number ones, this is pretty far down the list.
The title of this tune was a telephone number, written as "PE6-5000."
The standard pattern for New York City numbers was two letters and five digits.
The letters stood for the exchange name, in this case the area around PEnn Station.
To this day, you can call 212-PE6-5000 and reach the Hotel PEnnsylvania.
Many phones like this one were still in use when the hotel opened in 1919.
They claim this is the oldest number in the New York City that's still in use!

Many designs and styles of telephones have existed through the years.
Here are two that neither look like each other nor like the one above.
 

Here's a list of selected pop songs that refer to various aspects of telephone conversation.
Shown are title [& year], performing artist, and songwriter(s).
You may wish to listen to them on your smartphone!

Beechwood 4-5789 [1962]	¤	The Marvelettes	¤	Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, George Gordy
634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) [1965]	¤	Wilson Pickett	¤	Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
Party Line [1966]	¤	The Kinks	¤	Ray Davies
Telephone Line [1977]	¤	Electric Light Orchestra	¤	Jeff Lynne
6060-842 [1979]	¤	The B-52's	¤	R. Wilson, Schneider, Strickland, Pierson
Call Me [1980]	¤	Blondie	¤	Debbie Harry, Giorgio Moroder
867-5309 / Jenny [1981]	¤	Tommy Tutone	¤	Jim Keller, Alex Call
Answering Machine [1982]	¤	Rupert Holmes	¤	Rupert Holmes
Telephone [1984]	¤	Diana Ross	¤	Bernard Edwards, Denzil Miller
If The Phone Doesn't Ring It's Me [1985]	¤	Jimmy Buffett	¤	Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley
853-5937 [1987]	¤	Squeeze	¤	Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford
One Phone Call [2013]	¤	Backstreet Boys	¤	Sean Maxwell Douglas, Morgan Taylor Reid, Howard D. Dorough

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Tommy Tutone's song "Jenny" (a.k.a. "867-5309") caused a flood of calls to that number in every area code.
As a result of these crank calls, all but approximately twenty area codes have discontinued that number.

Identifying these area codes is left as an exercise to the reader.

And yes, it's possible to make a crank call without a crank telephone.