1929 - The first music video, 'Saint Louis Blues' by Bessie Smith, was made. It was shown in theatres until 1932.
1940 - Walt Disney released Fantasia, an animation to classical music, most noticeably 'The Sorcerers Apprentice'.
1950 - Cad Calloway performed 'Minnie the Moocher' to a camera in front of a live audience.
1960 - The introduction of Scopotone Jukeboxes, which started in France.
1 January 1964 - Top of the pops broadcasts for the 1st time.
1964 - The Beatles released 'Hard Days Night', it was recognized as defining work in the development of modern music videos.
1966 - Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues music video was created.
1967 - The Beatles released 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and 'Penny Lane.
1975 - Queen released Bohemian Rhapsody. It was recognised as the first modern music video.
1981 - MTV is launched and the first music video which is played was Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Store.
1982 - Queen's Body Language becomes the 1st music video to be banned by MTV.
1983 - Michael Jackson became the first artist to release a music video as a short film, Thriller, it took music videos to a whole new level costing $500,000 to make.
1985 - VH1 is launched, playing softer music for an older demographic.
1986 - The Chart Show is launched on Channel 4, it moved to ITV in 1989 before launching as its own TV channel in 2002.
1986 - Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer uses special effects and animation techniques and wins 9 MTV Music Awards.
1989 - MTV renames its Video Vanguard Award to the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award in honour of Michael Jacksons contribution to the art of music video.
1989 - Madonna's controversial video for Like a Prayer is released.
1992 - MTV starts to credit music video directors
1996 - M2 is launched as a 24 hour music video as MTV begins to replace music videos with other content.
1999 - M2 is renamed to MTV2.
2005 - YouTube is launched providing easier access to music videos.
