Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shigeichi Negishi invented the first karaoke machine in 1967. The Sparko Box resulted in thousands of copycat versions being made.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People enjoying the fruits of Shigeichi Negishi's labor and singing karaoke in Nashville in 2019. - Credit: Terry Wyatt/Getty ...

Let’s raise a toast to the inventor of karaoke, the late great Japanese engineer Shigeichi Negishi. He devised the first karaoke machine in 1967, the “Sparko Box.” This invention changed the ...

Shigeichi Negishi, the Japanese engineer who gifted the world one of its greatest inventions — the karaoke machine — has died, The Wall Street Journal reports. He was 100. While Negishi’s death is ...

We have one man to thank — or blame — for the many nights we've spent yelling our favorite hits down a microphone: Shigeichi Negishi. The Tokyo-based entrepreneur who invented the world's first ...