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 ...
Negishi first invented the machine, originally called a "Sparko Box," in 1967 after his coworkers jokingly insulted his singing voice Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...
Shigeichi Negishi, the Japanese engineer who invented the karaoke machine in 1967, has died. The Wall Street Journal reports that Negishi actually passed away a few weeks ago, on January 26, of ...