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1895: The “first” music video is filmed at Thomas Edison’s studio
1920s: Sound-on-film ushers in the era of musical shorts
1925: Audiences learn how to follow the bouncing ball
A bouncing ball over song lyrics on TV shows to encourage the audience to sing
1940-1946: Soundies put coins in jukeboxes across the United States
(soundies were three-minute films featuring music and dance performances, designed to display on
jukebox-like projection machines)
1959: The Big Bopper coins the term “music video”
(Jiles Perry Richardson, who went by The Big Bopper, became the first person to use the phrase
“music video” in a 1959 interview with a British magazine.)
1960s: The Beatles marry movies and music
1974: Australia paves the way with “Countdown” and “Sounds”
(Two weekly teen-oriented music programs premiered in Australia in 1974. Both prominently featured
music videos, some of which were created especially for the shows.)