The Frying Pan. It is widely considered the first commercially successful electric guitar. The Frying Pan was created by George Beauchamp and subsequently manufactured by Electro String Instrument Corporation under the name Electro, later named Rickenbacker. The guitar gained its nickname because of its resemblance to a frying pan (shocker). 

It was created to take advantage of Hawaiian music's heyday in the 1930s. The instrument was constructed from cast aluminum and included a pickup with two horseshoe-shaped magnets arched over the strings, which were the result of Paul Barth and George Beauchamp's collaboration. The guitar was first sold in 1932 by Beauchamp and machinist Adolph Rickenbacker. However, Beauchamp did not receive a patent for his invention until 1937, which prevented other guitar manufacturers from manufacturing electric guitars at the same time.  

The Frying Pan wasn't played like a normal guitar. The guitar would lay flat on your lap and you would slide your fingers along the fretboard while using your fingers to pick the strings. There is very little information on such a historic piece.

• Hal Kemp - Hal Kemp was born in Marion, Alabama. During his high school years, he started his first band. At the age of 19, he became the director of the Carolina Club Orchestra, a band at Charlotte University. On their way back, they met the Prince of Wales, who joined them on stage, after sailing to England, where they recorded their first recordings in London.