Music Video History

  • The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer
    An American musical film. As the first feature-length motion picture with not only a synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech
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    Soundies

    An early form of music video which were one song films, these films were displayed on the Panoram, a coin-operated film jukebox, mostly used for the jazz musicians
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    Music Centered Films

  • Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops
    videos began to be produced for music programmes. This included promotional clips used for groups such as 'The Beatles' in 1960's, then other groups in 1970s
  • MTV First Released

    MTV First Released
    First musc video played on MTV was The Buggles "Music Killed The Radio Star".
  • Michael Jackson- Thriller

    The most successful, influential and iconic music video of all time was released: the nearly 14-minute-long video for Michael Jackson's song "Thriller", directed by John Landis.
  • Michael Jackson- Scream

    Michael Jackson- Scream
    One of the most gound breaking music videos, as well as the most expensive with the budget of $7 million.