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.

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 ushering in ...

Let’s raise a toast to the inventor of karaoke, the late great Japanese engineer Shigeichi Negishi. He devised the first karaoke machine in 1967, the “Sparko Box.” This invention changed the ...

On Thursday, June 12, IEEE celebrated an IEEE Engineering Milestone for the first Karaoke Machine in Tokyo. The event included a press conference and a commemorative celebration at the Karaoke rooms ...

TOKYO (AP) -- In her decade in the karaoke business, lounge owner Kagura Muto has heard her share of sour notes. But business of late has been a different sort of flat. Under the white-hot spotlights ...