Shigeichi Negishi, the entrepreneur who invented the world’s first karaoke machine, has died aged 100. Negishi, whose 1967 “Sparko Box” prototype is among several devices credited with ...

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 ...

The man who invented the karaoke machine has passed away after having a fall at the age of 100. He died on January 29. Shigeichi Negishi was born in Tokyo in 1923 and grew up to run an ...

A machine was on his desk just three days later ... Inoue said that “One time I had a dream to teach people to sing, so I invented karaoke. I didn’t know it would be the start of something ...

The man who invented the world’s first karaoke machine has died aged 100. We have Shigeichi Negishi to thank (or blame, depending on your perspective) for all the nights spent howling Total ...

In 1967, Negishi faced ridicule for his singing voice and invented the Sparko Box device to pair up his voice with a backing track. This invention later evolved into the Karaoke machine.

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 ...

According to CNN, Inoue’s machine was not invented until 1971 but it did help commercialize karaoke. The difference between the two was that Inoue patented his invention while Negishi never did.