1900 Edison invents the gramophone in the USA; first shift from music as a solely live and audiovisual experience to recorded audio on various forms of disc.
1920s Fischinger experiments with sound/vision synchronisation on film
1927 First sound film, The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, USA)
1930s Creation of first "soundies"
1939 introduction of the panarom
1940s peak period of MGM Hollywood musical
1954 Elivs Presley records 'that's alright(Mumma)'
1960 Scopitone introduced in France
1963 UK's first music TV programme, Ready Steady Go (itv)
1964 Top of the Pops tv programme begins (bbc).
The Beatles release the film and album 'A hard days night' (Richard Lester), UK.
1966 The Monkees tv show starts on NBC in the USA.
1967 The Beatles release tv promos for Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields forever.
1975 Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (Bruce Gowers)
1977 Saturday night fever (John Badham) USA
1979 Buggles: Video killed the Radio Star (Russell Mulcahy)
1980 David Bowie, Ashes to Ashes (David Mallet and David Bowie)
1981 Pop clips on Nickelodeon.
MTV starts.
Duran Duran 'Girls of Film' (Kevin Godley and Lol Creme).
1983 Michael Jackson 'Thriller' (John Landis).
Beginning of country music television (CMT).
1984 Music Box starts in Europe.
MTV Video Music awards launched.
1985 VH1 begins. MTV taken over by Viacom.
Live Aid.
1986 Dire Straits 'Money for Nothing' (Steve Barren) is top video.
1987 MTV Europe (MTV - E)launched, broadcasting 1.6 million homes. Peter Gabriel 'Sledgehammer' (Steven Johnson) wins best director award.
1988 MTV Europe achieves 3.5 million subscribers.
1989 MTV Europe reaches 6.7 million homes.
Live broadcast from Moscow Peace Festival.
Madonna 'express yourself' (David Fincher) wins best director award.
1990 Madonna 'Vogue' (David Fincher) wins best director award. Launch of MTV Unplugged.
1991 Madonna 'Justify My Love' (Jean-Baptiste Mondino).
1992 MTV launches 'the real world', a fly-on-the-wall documentary following the lives of seven people sharing a New York loft.
1993 MTV Launches tv series 'Beavis and Butthead'.
1994 R.E.M: 'Everybody hurts' (Jake Scott) wins best director award.
Launch of VH1 in the UK.
Launch of MTV Europe awards.
1997 MTV UK and Ireland launches as stand alone channel.
1998 Launch of celebrity death match.
1999 Fat Boy Slim 'Praise You' (Spike Jonze) wins best director award.
2000 Launch of Jackass
2001 Launch of MTV dance.
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