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The Birth of Karaoke
Daisuke Inoue was playing in a band in Kobe Japan in 1971 when he invented the Karaoke machine. He came up with the idea for a customer who wanted to impress business clients by singing along to his favourite songs.
(Photo: Heather from Eastenders sings karaoke)
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