Two shows are inextricably tied to music and teenage culture in the United States: American Bandstand and the Ed Sullivan Show. and UK and it played several times on American Bandstand. The video was sent to TV networks in the U.S. ” His label at the time filmed the crooner walking through London’s Hyde Park and added that song behind it. Tony Bennett claims he created the first music video with 1956’s “ Stranger in Paradise. By the 1930s, we have the legendary incorporation of opera music into Looney Tunes cartoons - Elmer Fudd as a viking, anyone? - followed soon thereafter by Walt Disney’s Fantasia, one of the most visually and artistically stunning creations of all time (think about how painstakingly it was produced and how incredibly imaginative it was at the time before arguing this point).īy the 1940s, we’re into the era of short films set to music, such as those from musician Louis Jordan, including a feature-length film called “Lookout Sister.” That’s been added to the LIbrary of Congress to be preserved for its historical significance. Max Fleischer, an animator, produced a series of short cartoons called “Screen Songs,” which were kind of like a precursor to karaoke, in that the audience was encouraged to sing along. Jump ahead to the late 1920s, as the “talkies” started to take the world by storm, and Vitaphone started producing shorts with bands, singers and dancers.
” Using a very early form of movies, a series of images set to live performed music was displayed and came to be known as the “illustrated song.” Does that make it the first video? What qualifies as the first music video is up for some debate.įor example, waaaaaaay back in 1894, a pair of sheet music publishers, Edward Marks and Joe Stern, hired an electrician named George Thomas, along with some musicians, to promote the sale of their new song, “ The Little Lost Child. It was far from the first time music appeared on TV, that’s for sure.īut the two pop culture staples have often worked hand-in-hand for entertainment and cross-promotional purposes, a practice that dates back to at least the 1950s. Nor was it the first music video ever made. MTV airing The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” to launch the network was not the first music video ever broadcast. MTV is pushing 40?!? Tarzan Dan from YTV’s Hit List drops by Studio 3B to talk about those in music television who came before him, he and Alan swap tops on how to interview a rock star, and we find out how he reacted to landing in the pages of Canadian music history. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Email | RSS Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:32 - 89.9MB) | Embed
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