Who Invented karaoke?

Answer 1

Japanese singer Daisuke Inoue (Inoue Daisuke) was asked by frequent guests in the Utagoe Kissa, where he performed, to provide a recording of his performance so that they could sing along on a company-sponsored vacation. Realizing the potential for the market, Inoue made a tape recorder that played a song for a 100-yen coin. This was the first Japanese sing-along machine. Instead of selling karaoke machines, he leased them out, so that stores did not have to buy new songs on their own. Originally it was considered a fad which was lacking the "live atmosphere" of a real performance. It was also regarded as somewhat expensive since 100 yen in the 1970s was the price of two typical lunches. However, it caught on as a popular entertainment. Karaoke machines were initially placed in restaurants or hotel rooms; soon, new businesses called Karaoke Box with compartmented rooms became popular. Roberto del Rosario, a Filipino inventor who called his sing-along system Minus-One, now holds the patent for the device now commonly known as the karaoke machine. Following a court battle with a Chinese company which claimed to have invented the system, his patents were issued in 1983 and 1986

Answer 2

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Answer 3

So the Japanese did not have the patent??? Oh well that's certainly news to me. Guess what then, whatever your research was, it could not matter if another guy got the patent, because the Japanese would certainly have been able to challenge it by proving that his invention came first. One of the elements of the patent is NOVELTY, which means someone can only get a patent if its NEW, if nothing has ever been published before the patent application regarding the invention. Hence if a Japanese guy had invented it, then it would have been cited against the invention. I haven't researched this myself, but the story I was told was that the Japanese got the patent, not the Filipino. Not sure of course as I didn't really care about it. I find it next to impossible that there is no patent registered with the Japanese patent office for this device. And if theres none, well then odds are evidence was presented and a government office must have held that the inventor was the FIlipino. So are you really sure about this? Do you have a link?

Answer 4

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Who Invented karaoke?

Answer 5

Karaoke actually started in the USA....not the fad but the first (karaoke/minus track/no vocal) album was made and sold in 1967/1968 where only the music tracks were played and the words to the songs were printed on the album jacket so you could sing along..... the Album is called STACK-O-TRACKS by the BEACH BOYS.
Another reason why BRIAN WILSON was always ahead of his time.

Answer 6

Karaoke started in Kobe,Japan. the origins of Karaoke are obscure. One story claims that a snack bar owner, when a performer failed to appear, put on tapes of music and asked people if they wanted to sing.Karaoke (pronounced "car-ah-oh-kay") is Japanese for "empty orchestra". "Kara" comes from "karappo" meaning empty, and "oke" is the abbreviation of "okesutura," or orchestra.
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Answer 7

Daisuke Inoue in 1970 started the fad, Roberto Del Rosario invented the machine in the early 1980s

Answer 8

takamoto karaoke, he was this fella in Japan who couldn't get dates so he was mucking around with his stereo and a mic and viola a sensation was born.

Dude, I have no clue.

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Answer 9

it must have been Al gore he invented the internet and every thing else!!!

Answer 10

A drunk Japanese Salesman... much to the bane of music lovers everywhere.... lol