Thomas Edison invented the phonograph on August 12, 1877. It "will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music," Edison predicted with stunning accuracy in 1878.

Edison tested Kruesi’s prototype on Aug. 12, 1877, by reciting “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” The machine played his words back.

Edison phonograph invented in 1877 is enjoyed by Ardis Twork. Over the next few months, Edison had his workers build many more phonographs for demonstration purposes.

On this date in 1877 Thomas Edison introduced his phonograph. The device was unique because it could both record and play sound. What were his historic first words on the new machine?

Prior to Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph in 1877, the world had no means of recording the human voice; and the enjoyment of prerecorded music was limited to the player piano. Edison ...

In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the first device to ever record and play back sound. Speaking into a mouthpiece caused a metal stylus attached to a diaphragm to move up and down. The stylus made ...

In the actress's eclectic space, an artful combination of vintage and modern pieces gives the space a unique and personal ...

Ironically, Edison was deaf yet still invented the phonograph. While he did create the working phonograph — his self-identified most important invention — the original invention wasn’t ...

A noted architect and writer commends Thomas Edison for his progress in developing the phonograph and predicts great things for its future.

Locked in silence for 134 years, the earliest known recording of a musical performance and a human voice, preserved on a Thomas Edison tinfoil, was retrieved from historical obscurity by two ...

In November 1877, Thomas Alva Edison demonstrated the phonograph, a forerunner of today’s music players.

THOMAS EDISON, WHOSE PICTURE HANGS PROMINENTLY ON THE WALL INVENTED, THE PHONOGRAPH IN 1877, IT WAS THE VERY FIRST DEVICE EVER CREATED, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HEAR RECORDED SOUND AND FOR ROGER, IT’S ...