The invention of film and cinema brought about the possibility of combining music and moving images.
Advances in techonolgy have turned the music video into what it is today but you might be surprised at where it came from.
In the early years surprisingly, music videos have been around since the 1920s. Many jazz musicians of the time, such as Bessie Smith, made short films to accompany popular songs.
Here is an example of one of her most famous pieces:
Bob Dylan
1965: Bob Dylan films Subterranean Homesick Blues as a segment for D.A Pennebaker's film, 'Don't Look Back.' - widely credited as one of the first modern music videos.
Pop Music TV Shows
1970: The record industry discovers TV-shows as a great opportunity to promote their artists.
They focus on producing short 'promos' early music videos which started to replace the live performance of the artists on the TV-stage.
Bohemian Rhapsody
1975: Bohemian Rhapsody, a groundbreaking video released by Queen, marked of the beginning of the video era and sets the language for modern music video. The video is considered one of the first to use advanced visual effects.
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