Gus Visser and his singing duck was one of the first music videos ever made, the video is made in black and white due to the lack of technology in 1925.
Bessie Smith had originally covered the song in 1925, but was later asked to sing the song in 1929 for a music video by W.C Handy.
The song Over The Rainbow was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz in 1939, as the very first colour full feature film.
Tony-Bennett's 'Stanger in Paradise' was one of the first music videos to feature on Tv, in which it was played over UK and USA Tv Stations.
A Hard Day's Night was a huge development point for music videos influencing the filming of music videos.
Penny Lane is one of the first music videos to use the codes and conventions that music video producers are using today.
This music video saw the music video change with more emphasis on just the artist singing. This style lead to music videos to the "Cross-Cutting" stage where the song would portray a story that accompanied the lyrics and to the artist singing it.
This was a new era for music videos and a new style. This music video was promoted on 'Top of the Pops' and has lead the way to other artists creating promotional music videos.
This music video was one of the fist high budget music videos costing about $50,000 USA dollars to create.
This music video was on of the pioneering factors in the 'Storyline' videos including a plot and a theme.
A'Ha's song Take On Me was a high budget visual effect music videos using a computer generated program to product most of the music video.
This popular music video has a distinct reverse narrative, as the music video is shot in reverse, which the main singer Chris Martin learnt the song backwards so the movement of his mouth could look normal when shot in reverse.
In the current music video era there is a mainstream of music videos that have adopted the 'Sex appeal' in there music videos, dominantly females, as these have been proven to gain move profitability than the more traditional music videos.
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