# When and why did the tradition of popular songs "fading out" at the end originate?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 2, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-the-tradition-of-popular-songs-fading-out-at-the-end-originate/287936 "2005-02-02T03:58:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-the-tradition-of-popular-songs-fading-out-at-the-end-originate/287936/21 "2005-08-15T06:19:47Z")

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There is a lengthy discussion hidden away [here](http://www.78online.com/forum/read.php?f=3&i=1438&t=1438) that dates it back to 78s from the turn of the 20th Century.

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