The history of recorded music

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
02/19/1877	Thomas Edison invented first machine that could record sound	In 1877, Thomas found a way to record sound by using two needles on tinfoil cylinders. One needle for recording and the other for playback. This was the creation of the phonograph. The first words he had recorded were 'Mary had a little lamb'.
01/01/1886	Graphaphone	Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and Charles Tainter of the Volta laboratory obtained several patents for a commercial talking machine which was the graphaphone. The graphaphone was based on Thomas 's phonograph. The stylus for the graphaphone was more of a cutting tool and the tinfoil was replaced with more durable wax cylinders. These changes made the machine easier to use and the play back was much clearer. Edison was asked to join the 3, but he did not.
10/08/1887	The Edison Phonograph created and sold to the public	Marked the beginning of the sound recording industry. The first records sold by edison and columbia phonograph companies were on wax cylinders.
11/08/1887	Gramophone	Emile Berliner was an early developer and inventor of audio technology including the Gramophone (sound recorder). He was the first inventor to stop recording on cylinders and start recording on flat disks. The first piece that was recorded was "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". He had also invented a method of mass producing copies of an original record.
08/19/1897	Improvement of the Gramophone	Eldridge Johnson improved the gramophone with a motor designed by Levi Montross.
12/01/1898	telegraphone	magnetic recording was invented by Valdemar Poulsen and was seen in the telegraphone.
01/01/1909	Wax cylinders discontinue	Columbia ceased production of wax cylinders in 1909 when discs became popular.
01/01/1919	Electrical recording was experimented	The first million seller was produced with 'Japanese Sandman’ coupled with ‘Whispering’ by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, which became a craze that boosted the record industry in that decade.
01/01/1925	The first electrical recordings was issued	Victor and Colombia in the US, issued the first electrical recordings.
01/01/1930	record companies adapted sound	Many major film producers now used sounds on film.
01/01/1934	Manufacturing of Magnetic recording tapes.	BASF [German: Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik] (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory) which is a company that produces chemicals, manufactured 50,000 metres of magnetic recording tape for use by AEG for large scale experiments.
01/01/1935	first automatic answering machine	Mr. Willy Müller invented the answering machine and it was popular with Orthodox Jews who were forbidden to answer the phone on the Sabbath.
01/01/1935	The first public demonstration of the Magnetophon tape recorder	AEG-Telefunken gave the first public demonstration of the Magnetophon tape recorder at the Berlin Funkausteilung.
01/01/1940	world war II	During the 1940's in ww2, the recorded music and the radio industry was largely used by the soldiers to entertain their boredom
01/01/1951	The best sellers list for records	Nat King Cole's records hit the top of the chart in 1951, with the song 'Too Young' being on the Hit Your Parade's Top 1 for 4 consecutive weeks.
01/01/1962	Cassette tapes	The Philips Company of the Netherlands invented and released the first compact audio-cassette using high-quality polyester 1/8-inch tape produced by BASF.
01/01/1964	tape cassette player	The first tape cassette player available in the U.S. was a portable model made by the Norelco Company, the Carry Corder.
01/01/1965	CD	Sony and Philips get credit for developing the compact disc in 1981, But James Russell developed it in 1965, 20 years earlier in the Tri-Cities. The CD gained popularity only after Philips started manufacturing it in 1980 on a commercial basis.
01/01/1971	Quadrophonic records came out in the market	A four channel record called Quadrophonic record was released in the market place. However, the public weren't interested in it because of the confusion of incompatible systems and the economic climate.
01/01/1979	Voicemail	Gordon Matthews had invented the voicemail. Quoting "When I call a business, I like to talk to a human"
01/01/1988	MPEG	Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) was made as a subcommittee of the International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission or ISO/IEC.
04/01/1989	Fraunhofer MP3 creator	Fraunhofer received a German patent for the creation of MP3's
01/01/1999	MP3	Portable MP3 players appear
10/23/2001	The First Ipod was released	The very first Ipod classic was released by Apple with the capacity of 5, 10 GBs and the battery life of 10 hours.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
04/01/1880 to 04/01/2000	The History of Recorded Music