A Recording of the First Singing Computer in 1961

'Daisy Bell': The first song to feature a synthesised voice

The Music Tribe on Instagram: "The IBM 7094, a room sized machine with less power than your phone, performed “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two).” It wasn’t just random noise, it had melody, pitch, and timing. The project was led by Max Mathews and John Kelly at Bell Labs, two pioneers who believed computers could create music, not just calculations. The result stunned everyone. For the first time, a machine produced something emotional, a voice that sounded almost human. A few years later, writ