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One of the earliest Videos of a Top 40 hit, was Jan & Dean's "Surf City", produced in July 1963. It was filmed on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, capturing much of the atmosphere and vbe of southern California.
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The Beatles made their first feature film 'A Hard Day's Night' in 1964. It was directed by Richard Lester and was shot in Black and White.
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A clip from Bob Dylan's music video 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' was featured in Pennebaker's Dylan film documentary 'Don't Look Back'.
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In the late 1970s, the British TV music show 'Top of the Pops' began showing music videos. This was a good way of increasing artists song sales.
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The Who released their all music feature film based on their 1969 rock opera, Tommy.
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The old Grey Whistle Test, a long-running British rock music show, produced many pioneering videos especially for the show. This included Frank Zappa's 'City of Tiny Lights'.
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David Bowie had achieved his first UK number 1 after nearly a decade thanks to his directors eye catching promotion for 'Ashes to Ashes', David Mallet.
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In 1981, The US Music video channel MTV was launched, airing 'Video killed the radio star'. This was the start of an era of 24 hour a day music video channels.
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In 1983, the most iconic and influential music video was released, Michael Jackson's Thriller. A nearly 14 minute long music video
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MTV launched a new music channel, VH1. This was to cater for older people as it featured softer music.
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In 1992, MTV began listing directors with the song artists and credits. Directors like Hype Williams got their start around this time
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In 1995, two of the most expensive music videos were made, these were Michael and Janet Jackson's 'Scream' and Madonna's 'Bedtime Story'.
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Youtube was released which made viweing music videos much easier. This was a good way of artists gaining more sales as viewers had easy access.
