1926 - short musical films where produced due to the creation of talkies (Sound film).
Blues singer Bessie Smith appeared in a two-reel short film called St. Louis Blues (1929) featuring a performance of the song.
1930's - cartoons featured popular musicians performing their songs on camera in live-action segments during the cartoons.
1950’s - Tony Bennet claims to have made the first ever music video for his song "Stranger in Paradise" recorded in 1953.
Music videos are promotional tools, therefore often called promotional videos or simply 'promos'. Although, during the 1980's the term Rock video was commonly used due to the popularity of this genre.
1966 - Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues
Released a full music video for his single subterranean homesick blues. The clips ironic performance changed the way music videos were performed.
The video was recorded in just four hours on 10 November 1975, at a cost of £4,500.
This started a whole new era of using music videos as promotional tools.
1978 - Devo: Satisfaction
This Rolling Stones cover feature a somewhat subversive, self-produced music video.
Alongside this included a pioneering compilation called, The Truth About Devolution which were arguable among the first long-form video productions.
1981 - MTV starts
The first video played was Buggles-Video killed the radio star.
This created a whole new way that music promotional videos could reach the mainstream audience.
1980's
David Bowie gains his first number one in nearly a decade due to his eye catching promotional video of 'Ashes to Ashes'.
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