History of music videos

1900-06-01 00:00:00

•Thomas Alva Edison created the gramophone in 1900.

This had an impact on the future of music videos because the gramophone allowed people to record and play sound for the first time .

1927-06-01 00:00:00

First film which incluced music.

This film was half silent and half musical which was based around jazz music which was very popular at the time.

1933-06-01 00:00:00

•The gold- diggers

This was music and chorography on a video, first time seeing a big production on a cinema screen. This was the start of the music video era.

1935-06-01 00:00:00

Fred Astaire ( musical star) appers in a film.

He was a big stage star but was a bit to old for the arrival of films. But this is when they brought big musical stars into films, so he fit in perfectly.

1940-06-01 00:00:00

Fantasia Disney

It was arguably the first ever music video, since the cartoon was created to work alongside the music.

1961-06-01 00:00:00

West Side story

Since the telly vision was well established, it made west side story a success because the musical theme and the links to Romeo and Juliet made it very popular.

1963-06-01 00:00:00

Ready steady go

This was a British programme dedicated to music. Since bands wanted to appear on the show but couldn't make the show they sent in a video of them miming their song.

1967-06-01 00:00:00

Monkees

TheMonkees was the first totally fabricated band , it was made up of fours actors and they had total control over the artist. Early example of convergence because they had a tv show and also released music .

1975-06-01 00:00:00

Queen released on of the most significant music videos.

Queens music video for bohemian rhapsody was seen as one of the most significant music video, since it broke the convention of video length.

1981-06-01 00:00:00

MTV

MTV was the first TV station which was music only. It had a massive impact on popular culture. Now people were expecting good quality music videos.

1983-06-01 00:00:00

Thriller Michael Jackson

This was the first time when big Hollywood directors got involved in music videos. Thriller turned out to be a massive success.

2005-06-01 00:00:00

Youtube was created

This had a massive impact on the music video industry because now every band created a music video so it could be viewed on youtube..

History of music videos

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