Music Video History By emilygavin Jan 1, 1900 Edison invents the gramophone in the USA: first shift frommusic as a solely live and audiovisual experience to recordedaudio on various forms of disc Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1929 Fischinger experiments with sound/vision synchronisation onfilm Jan 1, 1927 First sound film, The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, USA) Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Dec 31, 1939 Creation of first ‘soundies’ Jan 1, 1939 Introduction of the Panarom Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Dec 31, 1949 Peak period of MGM Hollywood musical Jan 1, 1954 Elvis Presley records That’s All Right (Mama) Jan 1, 1960 Scopitone introduced in France Jan 1, 1963 UK’s first music TV programme, Ready Steady Go (ITV) Jan 1, 1964 Top of the Pops TV programme begins (BBC) Jan 1, 1964 The Beatles release the film and album, A Hard Day’s Night(Richard Lester, UK) Jan 1, 1966 The Monkees’ TV show starts on NBC in the USA Jan 1, 1967 The Beatles release TV promos for Penny Lane andStrawberry Fields Forever Jan 1, 1975 Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (Bruce Gowers) Jan 1, 1977 Saturday Night Fever (John Badham, USA) Jan 1, 1979 Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star (Russell Mulcahy) Jan 1, 1980 David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes (David Mallet and David Bowie) Jan 1, 1981 Pop Clips on Nickelodeon Jan 1, 1981 MTV starts Jan 1, 1981 Duran Duran: Girls on Film (Kevin Godley and Lol Creme) Jan 1, 1983 Michael Jackson: Thriller (John Landis) Jan 1, 1983 Beginning of Country Music Television (CMT) Jan 1, 1984 Music Box starts in Europe Jan 1, 1984 MTV Video Music Awards launched Jan 1, 1985 VH1 begins Jan 1, 1985 MTV taken over by Viacom Jan 1, 1985 Live Aid Jan 1, 1986 Dire Straits: Money for Nothing (Steve Barron) is top video Jan 1, 1986 Timeline of music video history Jan 1, 1987 MTV-Europe (MTV-E) launched, broadcasting to 1.6m homes Jan 1, 1987 Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer (Stephen Johnson), wins bestdirector award Jan 1, 1988 MTV-Europe achieves 3.5m subscribers Jan 1, 1989 MTV-Europe reaches 6.7m homes Jan 1, 1989 Live broadcast from Moscow Peace Festival Jan 1, 1989 Madonna: Express Yourself (David Fincher ), wins bestdirector award Jan 1, 1990 Madonna: Vogue (David Fincher), wins best director award Jan 1, 1990 Launch of MTV-Unplugged Jan 1, 1991 Madonna: Justify My Love (Jean-Baptiste Mondino) Jan 1, 1992 MTV launches The Real World, a fly-on-the-walldocumentary following the lives of seven people sharing aNew York loft Jan 1, 1993 MTV launches TV series Beavis and Butthead Jan 1, 1994 Launch of VH1 in UK Jan 1, 1994 REM: Everybody Hurts (Jake Scott), wins best director award Jan 1, 1994 Launch of MTV-Europe Music Awards Jan 1, 1997 MTV UK and Ireland launches as stand-alone channel via Sky Jan 1, 1999 Fatboy Slim: Praise You (Spike Jonze), wins best directoraward; Napster begins Jan 1, 2000 Launch of Jackass Jan 1, 2001 Launch of MTV Dance Jan 1, 2001 iTunes launches, ipods go on sale Jan 1, 2003 The Pirate Bay goes online Jan 1, 2003 iTunes store opens Jan 1, 2003 MySpace enters cyberspace Jan 1, 2003 Last FM begins broadcasting Jan 1, 2004 Facebook goes live Jan 1, 2004 The Hype Machine blogs Jan 1, 2005 YouTube starts Jan 1, 2005 Guitar Hero slides in Jan 1, 2006 Google buys YouTube Jan 1, 2007 iPhone hits the market Jan 1, 2008 Amazon sells MP3s Jan 1, 2008 Spotify live Jan 1, 2010 Bandcamp gains prominence
