The first incarnations of music television came in the form of variety shows like Ed Sullivan and with live youth programming like American Bandstand and Soul Train. With the eighties came MTV, which would dominate the format until YouTube links posted on Facebook became a new and democratic source for music videos. This series of video mixes highlights music from the small screen. For my feature of music in cinema follow this link.
A HISTORY OF MUSIC TELEVISION – VOLUME ONE – 1950s
Buddy Holly – Everyday
Richie Valens – Come On Let’s Go
The Big Bopper – Chantilly Lace
News Report – Buddy Holly Plane Crash
Everly Brothers – Bye Bye Love
Budweiser TV Commercial
Camels TV Commercial
Newsreel – The Fifth Wheel
Chuck Berry – Maybelline
Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel
The Wild One Trailer
Wanted Criminal Alert
Howdy Doody Time
Rocky Fellers – Little Darling
Dion & the Belmonts – Teenager In Love
The Stroll – February 1958
Boys Beware – Homosexual Alert
Dion – The Wanderer
Jackie Wilson – Lonely Teardrops
Marilyn Monroe Coke Commercial
Some Like It Hot Trailer/ I Wanna Be Just Like You
Sweater Girls – 1952
Le Notti Di Cabria Trailer
Sam Cooke – You Send Me
Johnny Mathis – Someone
R.C.M.P. TV Promo
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Commercial
Duck and Cover Commercial
Platters – Smoke Get In Your Eyes
The Five Satins – In the Still of the Night
News Magazine of the Scene – Atomic Energy
Cab Calloway – Minnie Moocher
Charlie Parker feat. Dizzy Gillespie – Hot House
Louis Armstrong – Mack the Knife (Live London, 1956)
Sarah Vaughan – These Things I Offer You
Billie Holiday Interview – Sweden 1954
Billie Holiday – I Only Have Eyes For You
Frank Sinatra – I Get a Kick Out of You
Jack Kerouac on the Steve Allen Show
A HISTORY OF MUSIC TELEVISION – VOLUME TWO – 1960s
The Beatles – First Appearance on Ed Sullivan
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Sexist Commercial Break
The Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud (Live 1967)
The Hollies – Bus Stop
Movie Trailer – Teenage Gang Debs
Movie Trailer – Blow Up
BBC News Insert – The Mod Generation
The Who – I Can’t Explain
The Ronettes – Be My Baby
Question Mark and the Mysterions – 96 Tears
Booker T and the MGs – Green Onions
News Bulletin – Announcement of JFK Assassination
The Four Tops – Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
The Animals – House of the Rising Sun
CBS News Break – Reporting Murder of Sharon Tate
Procol Harem – Whiter Shade of Pale
Radio Report w Photographs – Woodstock Festival
Canned Heat – Goin’ Up To Country w Woodstock Footage
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit – Live at Woodstock
Janis Joplin – Work Me, Lord – Live at Woodstock
Medley of Vietnam Footage
James Brown – It’s a Man’s World
Sam and Dave – When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Dave Brubeck – Take Five – Live on Jazz Casual
Woody Allen – CBC News Feature
News Report – Martin Luther King Assassination
News Report – Stanley Kubrick at Premiere of 2001
News Footage – Neil Armstrong Lands on the Moon
The Beatles – Marlboro Commercial
The Beatles – Don’t Let Me Down – Live Rooftop Performance
A HISTORY OF MUSIC TELEVISION – VOLUME THREE – 1970s
K-Tel Record Selector Commercial
Soul Train Line
Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady (Live on Soul Train)
James Brown – The Payback (Live in Zaire)
Foxy Brown Trailer
Funkadelic – Dr. Funkenstien Trailer
Giorgio Moroder TV Promo
Donna Summer – I Feel Love (Live)
Cerrone – Je Suis Music
Saturday Night Fever Trailer
Southwest Airlines Commercial
David Bowie Interview
Iggy Pop & The Stooges – The Passenger
The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Pop
The Clash – Armageddon Time (Live)
Sex Pistols – Anarchy In the UK
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
KISS Album Commercial
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Interview – New York 1970
Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love (Live at Royal Albert Hall)
The Rolling Stones – Hip Shake
Tab TV Commercial
Kraftwerk – The Hall of Mirrors
Grace Jones – Libertango
Woody Allen Banana’s Trailer
Dodge Charger Commercial
Richard Nixon Resignation
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
Al Green – People Get Ready (Live)
Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are
ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
A HISTORY OF MUSIC TELEVISION – VOLUME FOUR – 1980s
MTV Launch – August 1, 1981 12:01am
David Lee Roth – Just a Gigolo
Talking Heads – And She Was
Weird Science Trailer
The Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
The Cure – Close to Me
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Trailer
The Smiths – This Charming Man
Prince – Sign of the Times
The Smiths – This Charming Man
Twisted Sister – I Wanna Rock
Wendy’s Where’s the Beef Commercial
Maxell Cassettes Commercial
Pet Shop Boys – What Have I Done To Deserve This
Godley and Creme – Cry
Downtown 80 Trailer
20/20 Report – Introducing: Rap Music
Public Enemy – Night of the Living Baseheads
NWA – Straight Outta Compton
LL Cool J on Hip Hop Slang
Alfonso Riberio – Breakin’ and Poppin Commercial
Michael Jackson – Pepsi Generation Commercial
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Live Motown 25th Anniversary)
Prince Talks About Michael Jackson
Prince – Sign of the Times
Ronald Regan “The Bear” Commercial
Paul Hardcastle – 19
Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F-11
The Terminator Trailer
CBS Premiere Week Promo, Magnum PI
The Cosby Show – Stevie Wonder Guest Appearance
Lionel Richie – Hello
A HISTORY OF MUSIC TELEVISION – VOLUME FIVE – 1990s
Pulp – This Is Hardcore
Siouxsie & the Banshees – Kiss Them For Me
Blur – Parklife
Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat
Daft Punk – Around the World
News Report – Chicago Rave Scene
Massive Attack – Protection
Nightmares on Wax – Les Nuits
DJ Shadow – Midnight in a Perfect World
DJ Roc Raida – DMC Championship
Juice – Movie Trailer
Digable Planets – 9th Wonder (Blackitolism)
In Living Colour – Main Titles
Twin Peaks – Georgia Coffee Commercial
Julee Cruise – Falling (Twin Peaks Video)
Air – All I Need
Bjork – It’s Oh So Quiet
Kids – Movie Trailer
Spiritualized – Let It Flow
UNKLE feat. Thom Yorke – Rabbit In Your Headlights
News Report – Kurt Cobain Dies
Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot
The Stone Roses – Spike Island 1990
The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
The Verve – On Your Own
The Sundays – Here’s Where the Story Ends
A HISTORY OF MUSIC TELEVISION – VOLUME SIX – 2000s
Fischerspooner – Sweetness
Playgroup – Number One
Basement Jaxx – Romeo
Avalanches – Since I Left You
Armando Iannucci – Ibiza Uncovered
The Maury Povich Show – Not My Baby
Snoop Dogg – Sensual Seduction
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
Miss Teen USA – Miss South Carolina
Frankie Valin – Beggin (Pilooski Re-Edit)
Feist – I Feel It All
Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World
Flight of the Conchords – Flight of the Conchords
M83 – Kim and Jesse
Bat For Lashes – What’s a Girl to Do
Fever Ray – If I Had a Heart
Battles – Atlas
Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs – Maps
Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Doubt/ Hope (Live)
Sigur Ros – Untitled
Gary Jules – Mad World
Tim and Eric – The Universe Pt. 1
Carl Sagan feat. Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science) – A Glorious Dawn
Tim and Eric – The Universe Pt. 2
Air – Surfing on a Rocket
R Kelly – Trapped in the Closet
Jermaine Jackson Announces Michael Jackson’s Death
Michael Jackson – Rock My World
