Shigeichi Negishi, the Inventor of Karaoke, Dies at 100 The Tokyo-based entrepreneur was the first to automate and commercialize the singalong in 1967, although

Shigeichi Negishi, the Inventor of Karaoke, Dies at 100 The Tokyo-based entrepreneur was the first to automate and commercialize the singalong in 1967, although he never patented his creation