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"On This Day..."

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2024 8:43 am
by phonogfp
“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

November 22, 1897: Thomas Macdonald filed for a U.S. patent for a “Graphophone.” This would become the extraordinarily successful Type Q, which was probably the best-selling cylinder talking machine in the world.

November 22, 1955: RCA signed Elvis Presley to an exclusive recording contract.

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