There was an article in many of the newspapers over the weekend that sdome French historians found a 10-second recorded clip of a woman singing "Au Clair de Lune" which predated Edison's "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by 17 years.
Here's the clip from the NY Times: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/audiosrc/arts/1860v2.mp3
Here is an article about this remarkable find: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 633837.ece
