Anyone know what the very first music video was? Who was the singer? What was the song?

It was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The buggles

That's not the first music video. It is the first music video played on MTV, though. Music videos go back to the 1960s, when they were known as "promo films."

Originally posted by AKA
That's not the first music video. It is the first music video played on MTV, though. Music videos go back to the 1960s, when they were known as "promo films."
Really? I never knew that!

Maybe Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan. The one with the flashcards.

Originally posted by sara
Maybe Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan. The one with the flashcards.

That's definitely one of the first. It was used for the movie "Don't Look Back" (1967). A lot of people credit the film "A Hard Day's Night' (1964) for the creation of music video.

Originally posted by sara
Maybe Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan. The one with the flashcards.
Yup. That was the one.

Originally posted by AKA


That's definitely one of the first. It was used for the movie "Don't Look Back" (1967). A lot of people credit the film "A Hard Day's Night' (1964) for the creation of music video.

You sure know your music. :)

Hmmm, I thought that Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was the first music video like that which we see today....but I guess I was wrong.

Oh well, I gotta get my facts straight.

Nope!

1961 Ricky Nelson sang "Travelin Man" with a travel video superimposed on the TV show (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet). It wasn't a promo. Ozzie filmed the backup footage and made it into the first music video. This was areal innovation at the time.