dipity

This timeline was created by Music 7 class, 1st Quarter.

Created by gabriele on Sep 8, 2008

Last updated: 12/05/11 at 12:50 PM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Sep 8, 2008 7:41 PM

• Apple
  Jan 11, 2005

  Apple introduced on Jan. 11 the iPod Shuffle solid-state music player.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQHv0PP2yQE

• Apple Presents iPod
  Oct 23, 2001

  Apple Computer introduced on Oct. 23 the iPod portable music player.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSvy9m2ih7o

• "Candle in the Wind"
  1997

  Elton John's tribute to Diana, Princess of Whales , "Candle in the Wind" became the fastest selling single ever and was certified 8 times platinum by the RIAA within 24 hours of release

• DAT was introduced
  1989

  introduced by Sony. Imployed the casssette format to record digitallly

• CD officailly launched
  Mar 1, 1983

  The CD was officailly launched in the UK. Hailed the most inportant development in record music industries since long playing record.

• Michael Jackson's Thriller
  1982

  Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album released by Columbia subsidiary Epic Records ultmately sold 40m copies worldwide. It became the most successful product in the history of recorded sound.

• THE WALKMAN 2!
  1981

  When the Walkman 2 came out it was 25% smaller then the original, also it had 50% less moving parts. It was less expensive the the original and would soon become one of the most successful audio products!! whoa, thats crazzzy!

• walkman 2
  1981

  Walkman 2 was introduced as 25% smaller and 50% fewer moving parts than the oringinal walkman.

• Compact Disc
  1978

  First announcement of Compact Disc from Philips Industries.

• Recording!
  1973

  Recording had become such a complicated process that the computer momory was added to studio equipment

• cassette players
  1968

  Around eighty-five different manufactures had sold over 2.4 million cassette players.

• Music!
  Jan 1, 1960

  1963, Philips introduce the musicassette at the Funkaustellung

• Elvis recoding of heartbreaker hotel
  1956

  Elvis prescly recorded heartbreaker hotel on january 10 and a big hunk o' love. yaa

• Elvis's first Recording
  1953

  Above: Jailhouse Rock Elvis made his first recording at the sun recording studio.

• Gold Disc
  1942

  RCA Victior presented the first Gold Disc to Glen Miller for the million silling Chattanooga Choo - Choo.

• Fantasia recording
  1941

  Had shown intrest in musical techniques since 1917

• Swing dancing music
  Dec 1, 1934

  Swing music began in December with Benny Goodman on NBC's Let's Dance.

• Music Every where
  May 31, 1931

  The empire state building opens with music piped into the elevators, lobies, ect.

• RCA bought by victor taliking machine
  1928

  The Victor Talking Machine Company Was bought by the RCA.

• Record business loses popularity to radio
  1923

  The record business was becoming seriously depressed by the growing population of radio.

• KDKA
  1920

  KDKA in pittsburg inougurated commercial radio when it was the first radio station to recive its commercial call letters from the Department of Commerce.

• magnavox invented
  1911

  Peter L. Jensen invented a moving coil loud speaker called the magnavox

• "I am the Edison Phonograph"
  1906

• First 12 inch records
  1903

  The first twelve inch diameter records were released by the Monarch label.

• Cylinder Popularity Declines
  1902

  The cylinder popularity begins to decline and records come up.

• 1st lateral cut records
  1969

  Charles Tainter at the Volta Lab made the first lateral cut records, but without any practical machine to play them back.

• First "flat" record
  1969

• Phonograph invented
  Dec 1969

• The First Foil Phonograph
  1969

  Edison made the first recording of a human voice singing, "Mary Had A Little Lamb" on the first tinfoil phonograph.