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Edison invents the gramophone in the USA
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music as a solely live and audiovisual experience to recorded
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Fischinger experiments with sound/vision synchronisation onfilm
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First sound film, The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, USA)
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Creation of first ‘soundies’
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Introduction of the Panarom
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Peak period of MGM Hollywood musical
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Elvis Presley records That’s All Right (Mama)
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Scopitone introduced in France
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UK’s first music TV programme, Ready Steady Go (ITV)
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Top of the Pops TV programme begins (BBC)
The Beatles release the film and album, A Hard Day’s Night
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The Monkees’ TV show starts on NBC in the USA
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The Beatles release TV promos for Penny Lane andStrawberry Fields Forever
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Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (Bruce Gowers)
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Saturday Night Fever (John Badham, USA)
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Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star (Russell Mulcahy)
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David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes (David Mallet and David Bowie)
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Pop Clips on NickelodeonMTV starts
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Pop Clips on NickelodeonMTV starts
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ichael Jackson: Thriller (John Landis)Beginning of Country Music Television (CMT)
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Music Box starts in EuropeMTV Video Music Awards launched
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VH1 beginsMTV taken over by ViacomLive Aid
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Dire Straits: Money for Nothing (Steve Barron) is top videoTimeline of music video history
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MTV-Europe (MTV-E) launched, broadcasting to 1.6m homesPeter Gabriel: Sledgehammer (Stephen Johnson), wins bestdirector award
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MTV-Europe achieves 3.5m subscribers
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MTV-Europe reaches 6.7m homesLive broadcast from Moscow Peace FestivalMadonna: Express Yourself (David Fincher ), wins bestdirector award
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Madonna: Vogue (David Fincher), wins best director awardLaunch of MTV-Unplugged
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Madonna: Justify My Love (Jean-Baptiste Mondino)
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MTV launches TV series Beavis and Butthead
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MTV launches The Real World, a fly-on-the-walldocumentary following the lives of seven people sharing aNew York loft
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REM: Everybody Hurts (Jake Scott), wins best director awardLaunch of VH1 in UKLaunch of MTV-Europe Music Awards
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MTV UK and Ireland launches as stand-alone channel via Sky
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Fatboy Slim: Praise You (Spike Jonze), wins best directoraward; Napster begins.
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Launch of Jackass
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Launch of MTV Dance
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iTunes launches, ipods go on sale.
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VThe Pirate Bay goes online. iTunes store opens; MySpace enters cyberspace; Last FM begins broadcasting
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Facebook goes live
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YouTube starts; The Hype Machine blogs; Guitar Hero slides in
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Google buys YouTubE
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iPhone hits the market
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Amazon sells MP3s; Spotify live
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Bandcamp gains prominence