The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier in the 1940s, there were short music films called Soundies. The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier ...

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The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier, in the 1940s, there were short music films called "soundies." KJZZ's Jill Ryan takes a look at how Soundies brought Black ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - PBS is helping produce a two-hour special about "Soundies," three-minute music video clips that were popular in the 1940s -- four decades before the so-called birth ...

Forty years before MTV and music videos, there were "soundies." Between 1940 and 1947, about 1,800 were made, three-minute black-and-white films designed to be shown on Panorams, coin-operated film ...

Once upon a time you could drop a dime in a movie jukebox to hear — and watch — musical greats like Duke Ellington and Gene Krupa. By Manohla Dargis Hair slicked and smile set to dazzle, Duke ...

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Liberation Entertainment, the year-old entertainment company headed by former MCA Records president Jay Boberg, is digging deep in the music video vaults for its next project. By Thomas K. Arnold, The ...

The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier in the 1940s, there were short music films called Soundies. KJZZ's Jill Ryan looks at how Soundies brought Black performers to the ...

The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier, in the 1940s, there were short music films called "soundies." The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades ...

This is FRESH AIR. Decades before there were music videos, there were soundies. In the 1940s, you could not only listen to your favorite bands and vocalists on records or the radio, but you could also ...