The Story of Communication:
Recording—Fascinating Facts
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The first words recorded were Thomas Edison reciting, “Mary
had a little lamb.”
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Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, thought the public
would not be interested in recorded music.
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The television network, CBS, began as a company doing recorded
stenography.
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The first significant phonograph income came from nickel-in-the-slot
and penny-in-the-slot “automatic parlors.”
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Nipper, the dog in the famous RCA ads, never heard a phonograph
record. He died before the invention.
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Cows reportedly give more milk and chickens lay more eggs when
soothed by music.
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During World War II, allied radio correspondents used wire
recorders. Splicing was done by fusing wire ends with a lighted
cigarette.
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When a Cleveland disc jockey saw teenagers dancing to “rhythm ‘n’ blues” music,
he renamed it “rock ‘n’ roll.”
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The recording, “We Are the World” sold 4 million
copies in six weeks, raising $50 million to buy food and medicine
for regions of East Africa.
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The business of movie videotape recordings began with the intention
of selling them. The owner had not considered rental until
the public demanded it.
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Jane Fonda's Workout was the first success-ful how-to videotape.
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After the taping of the Rodney King beating led to riots, the
term “visualanties” was coined to refer to amateurs
who photograph such activity.
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Educators deplore the lack of student reading of books, but
thousands of school libraries have been renamed “media
centers.”
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The first video game to have strong appeal to women was Centipede.
It was co-designed by Dona Bailey.
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Americans now spend more on electronic games than on movie
tickets.
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