Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People enjoying the fruits of Shigeichi Negishi's labor and singing karaoke in Nashville in 2019. - Credit: Terry Wyatt/Getty ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shigeichi Negishi invented the first karaoke machine in 1967. The Sparko Box resulted in thousands of copycat versions being made.
Negishi first invented the machine, originally called a "Sparko Box," in 1967 after his coworkers jokingly insulted his singing voice Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...