The Real History of Music Video

By Dr Pat
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    The Real History of Music Video

  • Bessie Smith

    Bessie Smith
    possibly the first music video ever made, this was shown in cinemas 3 years later
  • Louis Jordan

    Louis Jordan
    Louis Jordan created a few films to accompany his music, these were later stitched together to make a full leangth film named Lookout Sister.
  • The Beatles

    The Beatles
    Ijn the mid sixties, the Beatles showed off their conceptual videos for their songs: Paperback Writer, Rain, and penny Lane,
  • Queen

    Queen
    In the 1970's Queen released what is considered to be the first modern music video, Bohemian Rapsidy
  • The Buggles

    The Buggles
    "Video Killed The Radio Star" bacame the first music video to appear on MTV in 1979
  • Micheal Jackson

    Micheal Jackson
    In the late 80's, Michael Jackson released what is arguably the best music video of all time, Thriller
  • Britney Spears

    Britney Spears
    In 2003 Brittney Spears released "Toxic" which set a standard in modern music video
  • Gotye

    Gotye
    In 2011, Gotye released, "Somebody That I Used to Know" which showed off a very recent example of a well thought out and styleish music video