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.)