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    • Nov 11, 1887
    Ten years after he patented his first "talking machines," which recorded sound on tinfoil, Thomas Edison finishes a new phonogram that uses a wax cylinder
    Nov 22, 1887
    Thomas Edison signs a patent for an improved version of the phonograph, one that records on a wax cylinder, rather than on tinfoil
    Oct 6, 1889
    Thomas Edison has crude success with moving pictures in his Kineographic Theater in West Orange, New Jersey, leading to the development of film. The medium provides an acting outlet for such country stars as Dolly Parton, Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson and Gene Autry
    Nov 23, 1889
    The Pacific Phonograph Company installs the world's first jukebox at San Francisco's Palais Royal Hotel. The device plays a role in such hits as Alan Jackson's "Don't Rock The Jukebox," Eddie Rabbitt's "Two Dollars In The Jukebox," Olivia Newton-John's "Please Mr. Please" and Doug Stone's "A Jukebox With A Country Song"
    Apr 4, 1894
    Thomas Edison showcases the kinetoscope in New York for the first time. A forerunner to the movie projector, it leads eventually to the film business, providing an acting outlet for such country stars as Dolly Parton, Gene Autry and Randy Travis
    Jun 2, 1896
    Guglielmo Marconi receives a U.S. patent for his invention, the radio
    Sep 11, 1899
    Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi arrives in the U.S. to talk with the military about his wireless communication. It's an important step in the creation of radio
    Apr 27, 1901
    Thomas Edison begins advertising a "moving picture" machine in an issue of Billboard magazine. The movies provide an outlet for Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter and other country figures
    Dec 11, 1901
    Inventor Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from London across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time
    Mar 18, 1902
    Enrico Caruso becomes the first performer to make a recording, singing into a megaphone-shaped device while his rendition is etched into a cylinder. It's a significant event in the development of the recording business



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