ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Emile Berliner

Emile Berliner was a very smart man who lived a long time ago. He was very interested in music and wanted to find a way to make music sound better. One day, he had an idea to put music onto a flat round thing called a disc. This disc was called a record.

But Emile didn't stop there. He also made a special machine called a gramophone that could play the record and make the music come out so we could hear it. It was like magic!

Emile's invention was very important because before records were invented, people could only listen to music if someone was playing it live, like at a concert. But with records, they could listen to their favorite songs any time they wanted. This made people very happy!

Emile Berliner was very clever and made lots of other important inventions in his life. He made things that helped people talk to each other from far away, and even helped to make movies with sound. We can thank him for making music and entertainment better for everyone!