It was invented in 1971 by the Japanese drummer Dajsuke Inoue. On performances of a rock group in which he played, there was nothing to borrow public during breaks. Then he has thought up the device which could reproduce song music without words. Musicians distributed to spectators texts and had a rest, while public with pleasure sang. Unfortunately, at that time anybody, besides visitors of a concert, has not estimated a novelty. Only in 15 years of a karaoke became smash popular. Poor Daisuka, the truth, any benefit from it has not received, because has forgotten to patent the invention. The only thing, than it have noted, - have handed over in 2004 «The Nobel Prize » (Ig Nobel Prizes) for the most foolish, ridiculous and useless inventions. The former drummer have awarded with the premium of the world as the person, « opened to people a new way to study in tolerance under the attitude to each other ».