How Hits Were Made on Instagram: "In 1961 at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, a bold experiment changed the way we think about music and machines. An IBM 7094 computer became the first machine ever to sing — executing the song Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two). The original 1892 ditty by Harry Dacre (“Daisy, Daisy / Give me your answer, do…”) rose from music-hall roots to technological legend. Engineers John L. Kelly Jr. and Carol Lochbaum programmed the vocal synthesis, while musician and