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How Karaoke Changed the World

Many of us sing in the shower or in the privacy of our cars, but do you have the courage to take up a microphone in front of an audience of strangers? With an increasing popularity of karaoke nights, amateur songsters flock to bars to sing their favorite tunes. Author Brian Raftery is a karaoke enthusiast who discusses the growing passion in his new book and Larry Mantle speaks with Raftery about his attraction to crooning other people's classics and how the trend began.