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The Birth of Karaoke

Daisuke Inoue was playing in a band in Kobe Japan in 1971 when he invented the Karaoke machine. He came up with the idea for a customer who wanted to impress business clients by singing along to his favourite songs.

(Photo: Heather from Eastenders sings karaoke)

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Tue 29 Sep 2015 07:50GMT
大象传媒 World Service

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