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The phonograph
Thomas Edison records the first audible recording of the human voice. It is later called the phonograph. -
The graphophone
The Graphophone was created as the phonograph's competitor. -
The graphophone plays music!
Emile Berliner created a graphophone that utilized the disk as a recording medium. It played music rather than recorded it. -
The Universal Talking Machine Company Started
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Berliner shut down his company.
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Radio Broadcasting Started in the U.S.
In 1920, KDKA the first commercial Radio Station went on air In Pittsburg. -
FM Radio was created.
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"PVC" was created(Vinyl).
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The U.S. creates the first compact audio tape player
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The casette tape became popular when Phillips came out with this product.
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The 8-track was created.
Ford started placing them in their cars. -
The Sony Walkman Came out.
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The CD came out.
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The MP3 was born
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Real Audio launched its music streaming service.
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1996 Telecommunications Act
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The first pursuit to sell music over the web.
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Napster gave music away for free online.
They were prosecuted for copyright infrigement by the RIAA and had to shut down their company in 2001. They also had to remove all their music from the web and from their databases. -
I-Tunes was birthed by Apple.
