Music video

In 1927 Al Jolson made a music video for his song Mammy

1927

musicals were a big inspiration and were a reason why artists started to make music videos

1930-40s

The Beatles were one of the first artists who took advantage of the music video giving them a much wider audience and also starting to use colour in hits like 'Penny Lane'

1960-70

Top of the pops were another reason music videos started be a common thing as they would show videos of artists playing on national Television.

1970

Also MTV was another T.V. show which broadcasted music videos which helped artists get more publicity

1981

From the mid 1960s to the 80s many famous music videos came out which set the boundary for the next generation of music videos some of these music videos were Penny Lane, Bohemian Rhapsody, Thriller and Take On Me.

1965-80