The document discusses the history of music videos from the 1920s to 2015. It provides examples of influential early music videos from the 1920s featuring Bessie Smith and the 1950s featuring Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock". It then highlights the emergence of popular music videos in each subsequent decade from the 1960s onward, including works by Bob Dylan, Queen, Michael Jackson, Ace of Base, Eminem, Beyoncé featuring Shakira, and Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" video from 2015.

1. Music video history
by: Hamzaa Zamir

2. 1920’S
This is Bessie smith in a 1920’s film and
the song was called st Louis blues.
The early sound film features Smith in an
African-American speakeasy of the
prohibition era singing the Handy
standard, St. Louis Blues. Directed by
Dudley Murphy, it is the only known film
of Bessie Smith, and the soundtrack is her
only recording not controlled by Columbia
Records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTXBZFvF
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3. 1950’s
Jailhouse Rock is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike
Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song
was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957,
to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture,
Jailhouse Rock.
The song as recorded by Elvis Presley is 67 on Rolling
Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and
was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500
Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2004, it finished at
21 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in
American cinema.
Presley's performance of the song in the film,
choreographed as a dance routine involving himself and
a large group of male prisoners, was featured among
other classic MGM musical numbers in the 1994
documentary That's Entertainment! III. The film version
differs from the single version of the song, featuring
backing instrumentation and vocals not heard on the
record.
https://www.youtube.com/wat
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4. 1959
The Bat is an American mystery film from
1959 directed by Crane Wilbur, and
starring Vincent Price and Agnes
Moorehead. It is the fourth film adaption
of the 1920 play of the same name
written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and
Avery Hopwood. During the movie a song
comes called batman which has a music
video. This movie also inspired the
present day Batman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSm0Nlg
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5. 1960’s
Subterranean Homesick Blues is a song by Bob
Dylan, recorded on January 14, 1965, and
released as a single on Columbia Records,
catalogue 43242, on March 8. It appeared
some two weeks later as the lead track to the
album Bringing It All Back Home. It was
Dylan's first Top 40 hit in the U.S., peaking at
39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also entered
the Top 10 on the singles chart in the United
Kingdom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mb3Co
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6. 1970’s
Liar is a song by the British rock band Queen,
written by the lead singer Freddie Mercury in
1970, and originally titled Lover. The song
featured on the band's 1973 debut album
Queen. A heavily truncated version of Liar was
released as a single backed with Doing All Right
in the United States by Elektra Records in
February 1974.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhl1pjxX
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7. 1980’s
Thriller is a song recorded by American singer
Michael Jackson, composed by Rod
Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. It
is the seventh and final single released by Epic
Records from his 1982 studio album Thriller. A
14-minute video showing Jackson in a
Halloween themed performance was first
shown on December 2, 1983. The song was
not released as a single until January 23, 1984.
Thriller has appeared on multiple greatest hits
compilation albums from Jackson, including
History (1995), Number Ones (2003), The
Essential Michael Jackson (2005) and Michael
Jackson's This Is It (2009) and was remixed for
the Immortal album in 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJT
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8. 1990’s
All That She Wants is the second single by
Swedish group Ace of Base. The song was
produced by Denniz Pop, Jonas Berggren, and
Ulf Ekberg. In early 1993, the song reached the
top of the charts in many countries, including
Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and
Australia. The single was certified platinum in
the United States, where it peaked at number
two. On 7 July 2014, the single was re-released
with new remixes as a digital EP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d73tiBBzv
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9. 2000’s
My Name Is titled in the CD cover as Hi, My
Name Is Slim Shady, stylized as "HI! MY NAME
IS SLIM SHADY” is a song by Eminem. It is
released in January 25, 1999 as the second
single from his second album, The Slim Shady
LP, following Just Don't Give a Fuck. The song
samples Labi Saffre's I Got The…. The song
was ranked at 26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs
of the 90’s. My Name Is was also ranked 6 on Q
Magazine's 1001 Best Songs Ever. The
recording garnered Eminem his first Grammy
Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the
42nd Grammy Awards in 2000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPnbI1a
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10. 2005
Beautiful Liar Spanish: Bello Embustero is a
song recorded by American singer Beyoncé
and Colombian singer Shakira. It was written
by Beyoncé, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, and
Stargate members Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor
Erik Hermansen, and produced by Stargate and
Beyoncé for the re-release of Beyoncé's
second solo album, B'Day 2006. The mixing of
the song was done by Gustavo Celis. "Beautiful
Liar was released on March 14, 2007, by
Columbia Records as the first single from the
deluxe edition of the album. A Spanish and
English mixed version of the song was
produced and titled "Bello Embustero".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrOe2h9
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11. 2015
Taylor Swift Bad blood is a very
popular music video in 2015 as it is
in top of the music charts. The
music video features famous
models and actors and singers such
as selena Gomez and Elli Golding.
The music video is about Taylor
swift who has been betrayed by
selena Gomez and she goes out for
revenge after healing from her
injuries. The video is targeted to
Katy Perry so it caused a lot of
attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiN
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