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Favorite Lo Fi Song (Original Post) FSogol Feb 2018 OP
Terraplane Blues -- Robert Johnson Iggo Feb 2018 #1
Daisy Bell sl8 Feb 2018 #2

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2. Daisy Bell
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 12:22 PM
Feb 2018


First computer to sing - Daisy Bell
Slaven Radovic
Published on Dec 9, 2008

"Daisy Bell" was composed by Harry Dacre in 1892. In 1961, the IBM 7094 became the first computer to sing, singing the song Daisy Bell. Vocals were programmed by John Kelly and Carol Lockbaum and the accompaniment was programmed by Max Mathews. This performance was the inspiration for a similar scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey.



Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do

I'm half crazy all for the love of you

It won't be a stylish marriage

I can't afford a carriage

But you'll look sweet upon the seat

Of a bicycle built for two.

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