One of the earliest music videos I have found is what most people in the modern day know to be the first music video ever. The artist of the song was Bessie Smith St.lous blues and the video was performed in a theatre, although this isn't a video in TV but it was still classed as a music video. it was shown in 1929 in theatre however modern day technology allows us now to see it online as a video.
Tony Bennett claimed the video for his song Strangers in Paradise, which featured himself walking along a river in Hyde Park, was the first 'proper' music video. He made this claim because the video was distributed and played on American and British TV stations.
Tony Bennett claimed the video for his song Strangers in Paradise, which featured himself walking along a river in Hyde Park, was the first 'proper' music video. He made this claim because the video was distributed and played on American and British TV stations.
The Beatles:
A huge part of the development of music videos was triggered by The Beatles' in 1964 with their first motion picture 'A Hard Days Night'. Following up on the motion picture, their videos for 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and 'Penny Lane' were a huge hit. They were particularly good because they were some of the first videos to use effects which before were only used in films. They were created at the peak of the psychedelic music period, and were some of the first videos which attempted to illustrate the music in a more artistic way rather than the idealized performance video.
A huge part of the development of music videos was triggered by The Beatles' in 1964 with their first motion picture 'A Hard Days Night'. Following up on the motion picture, their videos for 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and 'Penny Lane' were a huge hit. They were particularly good because they were some of the first videos to use effects which before were only used in films. They were created at the peak of the psychedelic music period, and were some of the first videos which attempted to illustrate the music in a more artistic way rather than the idealized performance video.
The Jackson 5:
Music videos are known to be promotion videos and through the 80's rock videos proved to be a great promotional strategies for artists songs. For example the Jacksons brought out music videos to accompany all their singles which made them millions of dollars.
The introduction of 'Music Television' (MTV) in 1981 had a large impact for music videos. It was the first channel where audiences could see music videos for songs on television all day every day. The first music video to be played on the channel was 'Video killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles. The television channel was perfect for promoting music videos and increasing their popularity.
The introduction of 'Music Television' (MTV) in 1981 had a large impact for music videos. It was the first channel where audiences could see music videos for songs on television all day every day. The first music video to be played on the channel was 'Video killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles. The television channel was perfect for promoting music videos and increasing their popularity.
Many other artists in this era are very well known for the success in music videos, Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran and Madonna all used skilful construction and seductive appeal in their videos.
Here is a timeline of music video history starting from 1941. It shows the different music videos released by certain people throughout the years and how music videos have changed over the years.
MTV came in around 1981, this proved to be a huge history turner as it was the first 24 hour satellite music channel, this changed culture and was a huge hit throughout America. MTV continued to thrive in years to come and music videos gained huge popularity just purely through this television channel.
MTV continued to dominate until 2005 when YouTube came in ,it changed the way people viewed music videos for the first time and till present this has still been he most popular way of watching music videos. To this day different record labels have their own YouTube accounts to put up their music videos, millions of people view the music videos and YouTube now is used for making money through this.
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