1920s - surprisingly videos have been made to accompany music as far back as the 1920s. Many jazz musicians of the time, including Bessie Smith, made short films to accompany their songs.
1965 - 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' is widely credited as being the first music video. The short segment was made for D.A Pennebaker's film, 'Don't look back'
1970s - record companies discovered TV shows as a great way to promote artists. These began to include short 'promos' to replace live performances.
1975 - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was a groundbreaking video released by Queen at the beginning of the music video era. It is considered one of the first to use advanced visual effects.
1981 - MTV, the first TV channel dedicated to showing music videos, began broadcasting in New York.
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