I love to go to the bar's on Karaoke night.
Not for me I'm afraid - I'm tone deaf! Have you ever heard of the karaoke-type TV series called "Sing Along with Mitch"?
No, is it a children's show?
No, it was a show with Mitch Miller and a chorus. The lyrics to their songs were placed near the bottom of the screen so audiences at home could sing along.
That's awesome, so there is basically no need for a karaoke machine.
. The primary difference between Karaoke and sing-along songs is the absence of the lead vocalist.
Sing-alongs (present since the beginning of singing) fundamentally changed with the introduction of new technology. In the late 1960s and into the 1970s, stored audible materials began to dominate the music recording industry and revolutionized the portability and ease of use of band and instrumental music by musicians and entertainers as the demand for entertainers increased globally. This may have been attributable to the introduction of music cassette tapes, technology that arose
In several Asian countries such as China, Cambodia or the Philippines, a karaoke box is called a KTV. The global karaoke market has been estimated to be worth nearly $10 billion.
History.
History 1960s: Development of audio-visual-recording devices.
From 1961–1966, the American TV network NBC carried a karaoke-like series, "Sing Along with Mitch", featuring host Mitch Miller and a chorus, which superimposed the lyrics to their songs near the bottom of the TV screen for home audience participation