Early music videos were called promotional videos, as I have explored with The Beatles. They were films of gigs but back in 1981 a new TV channel aired for the first time. This channel was MTV and it would go on to become one of the most viewed music channels in television history.
The first Music video to air on MTV was the 'Buggles' track 'Video Killed the Radio Star followed by the Pat Benatar tune "You Better Run".
Originally the music videos centred on helping artistes gain exposure. The videos where introduced by the young Video Jockeys (VJs). Since it first aired the channel has helped audiences connect to music on a completely new level compared to the feature films back in the 60's The Beatles produced.
BBC's Top of The Pops began playing music videos in the late 70's but was limited on how many they could show. Instead they had the band play live in the studio.
Early on MTV concentrated on rock music and played artists such as Journey and The Police. Other 80's rock acts like Van Halen and Eurythmics found fame promoting their videos on the channel.
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