Music Video timeline

Music video timeline

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'Song Of The Cabin Boy'

1895- ‘The Dickson experimental sound’

‘Song of the cabin boy’ video includes two men dancing, employees at editon’s studios.

The video is very old fashioned, slightly fuzzy.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1930-

Musical films- ‘Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend’ with Marilyn Monroe

Screen songs- cartoon films used this to get audiences to sing along by using a bouncy ball

 

Louis Armstong- Dina

 1940- 

Arrival of promotional clips, short films of many famous jazz artists with their band.

Louis Armstrong- Dinah, uses his band in the video alongside himself performing

 Jailhouse Rock 1957

1950-

Elvis! Jailhouse rock, the video is from the film ‘Jailhouse rock’

Colour starts being used more in TV and Music videos

Strawberry Fields Forever

 1960-

The Beatles, 8 years after Elvis, some believe ‘Strawberry Fields Forever was in fact the first proper music video as Jailhouse Rock was from 

the film itself.

1970-

Swedish pop band, ABBA broke out.

Won the Eurovision contest with 'Waterloo' and then went on to make a music video for the song.

1980-

MTV introduced in 1981.The one hit wonder band, The Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star first song to be played on the channel, ironic? 

Thriller by Michael Jackon- most influential music video to this day.VH1 also announced in 1985

1990-

Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson release 'Scream' The most expensive music video to produce ever, costing 7 million.

 

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