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The Little Lost Child
Sheet music publishers Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern creates the first ever music video by projecting a series of still images on a screen simultaneous to live performances. They hired electrician George Thomas along with various performers to promote sales of their song "The Little Lost Child". from 1894 This started to become a popular form of entertainment, it became known as an illustrated song, the first step toward music video. -
The Scopitone
The Scopitone, a visual jukebox, was invented in France and short films were produced by many French artists to accompany their songs. -
Oldest example of a promotional music video
The oldest example of a promotional music video with similarities to more abstract, modern videos seems to be the Czech "Dáme si do bytu" ("Let's get to the apartment") created in 1958 and directed by Ladislav Rychman. -
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
The Beatles starred in their first feature film, A Hard Day's Night, directed by Richard Lester. It was shot in black-and-white and presented as a mock documentary, it interspersed comedic and dialogue sequences with musical tones. The musical sequences furnished basic templates on which countless subsequent music videos were modeled. -
Top of the pops
Top of the Pops, a British music chart television programme which was made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006 -
Countdown and Sounds
The Australian TV shows Countdown and Sounds, both of which premiered in 1974, were significant in developing and popularizing the music video genre in Australia and other countries. -
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen employed Bruce Gowers to make a promotional video to show their new single "Bohemian Rhapsody" on the BBC music series Top of the Pops. -
David Bowie's - Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" became the most expensive music video ever, it had a production cost of $582,000. This was the first music video to have a production cost of over $500,000. The video was made in solarised color with stark black-and-white scenes and was filmed in multiple locations, including a padded room and a rocky shore. The video became one of the most iconic ever made at the time, and its complex nature is seen as significant in the evolution of the music video -
MTV - Video Killed The Radio Star
The hit U.S. video channel MTV was launched, the first song they ever aired was "Video Killed the Radio Star" and this was the beginning an era of 24-hour-a-day music on television. -
Michael Jackson's Thriller
A 14-minute horror-themed music video for the song of the same name, released on December 2, 1983. Directed by John Landis, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Jackson, the song was released from Jackson's sixth studio album of the same name. It was MTV's first world premiere video and was aired on Channel 4 in the UK. It was later voted as the most influential pop music video of all time. -
Material Girl
Madonna's 1985 video for Material Girl is one of the best known examples of a music video that is said to have imitated the style of classic Hollywood musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s -
Listing of directors
In November 1992, MTV began listing directors with the artist and song credits, reflecting the fact that music videos had increasingly become an auteur's medium. -
YouTube
YouTube was launched in 2005, an online video sharing site that was to make viewing online videos much faster and easier. -
Vevo
Vevo is a music video website which was launched by several major music publishers in December 2009. The videos on VEVO are syndicated to YouTube, with Google and VEVO sharing the advertising revenue -
Controversial music video
Released in two versions, with one featuring models Emily Ratajkowski, Jessi M'Bengue, and Elle Evans being topless, while the other censored nudity. The uncut version of the video was removed from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service regarding nudity; later restored with an age restriction. The song's lyrics and music video have claims that it is misogynistic and promotes date rape.
