Rock n Roll

First Music Recording

Jan 1, 1877

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph for playing back stored sounds. The first recording he
makes is "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Invention of the Jukebox

Jan 1, 1915

The Chicago Automatic Machine and Tool Company invents the jukebox that plays records (as
opposed to the cylinder recordings type of player that had been around since 1889).

Electric guitar is invented

Jan 1, 1931

Adolph Rickenbacker invents the electric guitar.

Records and Boogie Woogie

Jan 1, 1938

Bluesman Robert Johnson records his first record.
Pete Johnson and Joe Turner cut their first boogie records in Kansas City. Boom of boogie woogie in Chicago