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Explore the key milestones in audio history that shaped the way we experience sound today. Starting with Thomas Edison's groundbreaking recording of "Mary's Little Lamb" in 1877, this timeline highlights pivotal moments such as the first commercial AM radio broadcast by KDKA in 1921, Enrico Caruso's live performance in 1910, and the release of Disney's "Fantasia" in 1940 featuring innovative stereophonic sound. Discover how technology evolved with the introduction of the Walkman in 1980 and the first CD player by Sony in 1982, marking significant advancements in personal music consumption.
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Audio Timeline By: Abby Norton
1877 • Thomas Edison, was working in his lab one day and succeeded in recording “Mary’s Little Lamb” from a strip of tinfoil, wrapped around a spinning cylinder.
1878 • The first music is put on record in 1878, when Jules Levy plays “Yankee Doodle.”
1910 • Enrico Caruso is heard in the first live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, NYC.
1913 • The first “talking movie” is demonstrated by Edison using his Kinetophone process, a cylinder player mechanically synchronized to a film projector.
1921 • The first commercial broadcast on AM radio is made by KDKA, in Pittsburgh PA.
1940 • Walt Disney's “Fantasia” is released, with eight-track stereophonic sound.
1956 • The movie “Forbidden Planet” is released with the first all-electronic film score. It was written by Louis and Bebe Barron.
1975 • Digital tape recording begins to take control in professional audio studios.
1980 • Sony introduces a palm-sized stereo cassette tape player. This is called a “Walkman.”
1982 • “Sony” releases the first CD player.
1984 • The Apple Corporation markets the Macintosh computer. • Most people know it was the “Mac”.