Music Video History
1925-01-22 00:00:00
Gus Visor and his singing duck
This is considered to be the first music video
1925-03-14 00:00:00
Bessie Smith St Louis Blue's
This song appeared in a two- reel film.
1928-10-28 08:40:54
The Ingenues The Band Beautiful
The video is simply performance based. shown in black & white due to the time period and the expenses.
1931-08-02 14:59:50
Harry Richman Puttin' On the Ritz
The video is performance based and includes dancers.
1936-03-18 02:27:17
Bing Crosby ~ Pennies from Heaven
The music video from 1936 is both performance and narrative based and allows the audience to effectively feel involved within the environment.
1940-01-18 00:00:00
Spike Jones and his City Slickers
Part of the Parody phase of Christian Metz's genre theory. It is considered to be the earliest parody on record.
1942-11-24 00:36:20
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Jam Session
The video has both performance and narrative aspects which develop throughout the video.
1945-05-09 08:48:57
The Ross Sisters Solid Potato Salad
The music video starts with a narrative discussion between four characters. This later turns into a performance of three dancers.
1947-07-13 12:44:11
Sammy Davis Jr.Boogie Woogie
The video consists of three men performing the song and dancing alongside singing it.
1952-03-06 07:06:10
Betty White Getting to Know You
This video is simply a performance based video of Betty White singing the song.
1955-11-25 11:49:25
Dean Martin Memories are Made of This
The music video is completely performance based and consists of three men on stage singing and playing instruments.
1957-08-25 17:00:31
Broadway Musical Jamaica -Calypso music
This is part of Christian Metz's parody phase.In 1957 the Broadway musical Jamaica parodied a variety of Calypso music.
1960-01-27 05:43:44
Little Mary Sunshine - Operetta
In 1959 the musical Little Mary Sunshine used very heavy parody, which was based off of old-fashioned Operetta.
1964-01-10 00:00:00
The Beatles A Hard Days night
The band created the film in order to promote their music as there was no MTV or music video broadcasting facilities in the 60s.
1969-01-17 00:51:21
David Bowie Space Oddity
The video incorporates an equal about of performance and abstract features into one five minuet clip.
1975-01-17 00:00:00
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
The song made the number one spot in 1975; the band was on tour and with the take off of Top Of The Pops, they were requested to attend however they recorded a special video for the occasion.
1977-01-21 00:00:00
The Camera Club Video Killed the Radio Star
This is an iconic video for the music video industry this is because it was the first music video to be played on MTV.
1983-01-13 00:00:00
Michael Jackson Thriller
An iconic music video which incorporated narrative breaks in the video, replicates a short film.
1984-01-08 00:51:21
Duran Duran Hungry Like The Wolf
Russell Mulachy directed the band going through the Sri Lanka jungle which creates a great atmosphere for the music video.
1994-04-14 01:03:46
Nine Inch Nails Closer
Incorporating horror and controversial issues throughout Mark Romanek applied Nine Inch Nails' domineer to the music video with exposing issues such as religion, animal cruelty.
1998-01-07 00:00:00
Britney Spears' Baby One More Time
The music video is now considered a cheesy high school – centric video. It was directed by Nigel Dick and immediately attracted the MTV audience and resulted in worldwide fame.
2002-04-11 19:00:57
The Scientist
Said to based off of "The Pharcyde's 'Drop'" video, the video features a car crash and the affects in reverse. It adds another aspect of the video that makes it more interesting. Directed by Jamie Thraves.
2006-05-01 01:48:03
Muse Knights Of Cydonia
Joseph Kahn added the aspects to the video that wasn't really seen before, using a band such as Muse, he took advantage of their futuristic conventions and music.
2008-01-10 00:00:00
Beyoncé Single Ladies
The video was filmed in black and white and nothing but Beyoncé and two dancers, its cut to flow with continuity editing to make it seems to be one take (it isn’t).
2011-12-17 01:19:47
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
The seven-minute long video brings features from the famous Michael Jackson Thriller, with a number of guises and facial protrusions, which was prosthetic makeup instead of sub-dermal implants. It contains multiple references to Greek and Roman mythology and an impression of Michael Jackson himself.