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This Country Music Legend Had The First Country Music Video Ever Played On MTV
That being said, the country music genre was a little underrepresented on MTV, at least in it’s early years. CMT launched in 1983, and Vh1 in 1985, so there were other options, but it wasn’t until 1986 (five years after MTV launched) that a country music song was selected to be played on the network dedicated to music videos.
MTV in 1983 was a true phenomena. Your TV came alive and it mainlined music into your blood stream 24-7. It wasn't brain surgery. It was effective presentation and marketing creating a demand.
Long before most others in the industry, the Thin White Duke called for more black artists on MTV. In the wake of David Bowie’s death, the network resurfaced a now-infamous 1983 interview in … ...
MTV is 33 years old today. Has reality TV killed the video star? MTV went on the air Saturday, Aug. 1, 1981, with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.
MTV also made superstars out of a couple of acts who were at the top of the music charts this week in 1983. Billboard's Hot 100 had one of those acts in the number five position.
Remember MTV? Music Television was the preeminent source of culture for young people and made many songs famous.
In this 1983 MTV interview, David Bowie turns the tables on his interviewer—“original five” VJ, Mark Goodman—and asks why the newly-burgeoning cable station wasn’t airing more music ...
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