Earlier this year, a Japanese man by the name of Shigeichi Negishi passed away, aged 100, but his legacy lives on, thanks to his invention – the world's first karaoke machine. His coin-operated Sparko ...

Karaoke is one of Japan’s most ubiquitous worldwide exports. But who invented the first machine that let you sing along to backing tracks of popular hits? As author Matt Alt writes in his new book ...

Shigeichi Negishi invented the first karaoke machine in 1967. The Sparko Box resulted in thousands of copycat versions being made. Negishi died of natural causes on January 26 after a fall, but the ...

Shigeichi Negishi, the inventor of the world's first commercially-available karaoke machine, has died in Japan. He was 100 years old. According to the Wall Street Journal, Negishi's daughter Atsumi ...

Karaoke is fun. Whether you're doing the singing or watching your friends butcher Journey songs, only a bonafide curmudgeon could pass up a night of "empty orchestra." And while bars are great places ...

The popular, interactive entertainment of karaoke-stylemusic has been an enduring force in popular culture for decades. Originating in Japan in the '70s, karaoke (two combined Japanese words meaning ...