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Record Player
They bought records of songs they
The record spins. The tonearm moves to place
liked. That way, they could listen to the stylus over the record.
the songs over and over.
In the 1940s, companies began
making records that could hold
The stylus is the needle that
more songs. The LP record is one touches the record’s grooves.
example. Each side of this record
holds approximately 25 minutes of
music. That means one record can
hold a whole album.
By the 1950s, many people
had TVs in their homes. Famous
musicians began performing on TV.
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