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Blues develops from African roots, and hill music develops from European roots
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Charles Wheatstone reproduces sound in a primitive sound box - the first microphone.
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Record Player
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First synthesizer was invented
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Thomas Edison invented the first music recorder
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Emile Berliner invents the gramophone - a system of recording which could be used over and over again.
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Loudspeakers invented.
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Lee Deforest invents the electronic amplifying tube or triode - this allowed all electronic signals to be amplified improving all electronic communications
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Swing grows from jazz
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First electric guitar
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Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder
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Long playing record invented - vinyl and played at 33 rpm.
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RCA develops 45 rpm record
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High-fidelity and stereo technology is introduced
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Birth of Rock n'Roll
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The 8-track was invented.
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Beatles become most popular rock group ever
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Rock 'n' roll fragments into various strains of rock
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Amplifier
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Punk and new wave music develop
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Hip-Hop develops in South Bronx
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Sony Walkman invented.
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MTV begins broadcasting
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compact disc
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Digital audiotape is introduced
