TV Specials would only show the top half of someone's body because they believed it was to revealing and promiscuous to show the bottom half.
During the 40s Bing Corsby was a very famous singer who would be seen of films and on television specials.
This is a video of 'White Christmas' which he performed and he was also in the film. He was also heard on the radio.
Frank Sinatra then took over as the most famous singer. He also appeared on TV specials and performed in concerts where girls first began screaming.
This video shows Frank's first appearance on television
This is another video showing Frank singing 'Come Fly with Me' live at one of his concerts.
In the 50's it was all about Elvis Presley. He also appeared in TV specials and films such as Blue Hawaii and Jailhouse Rock.
This video shows Elvis Presley's music video from the set of the film 'Jailhouse Rock'. He never left the USA to tour and only performed concerts in America.
Then in the 60's The Beatles came out. Top of the Pops wanted them to play on their television programme because the band were so popular, however after doing this a few times they decided they didn't just want to do this. They performed in their own concerts around the world, touring all the different countries so their fans could see them. However they got tired of girls screaming and being unable to hear themselves/other fans being unable to hear them. They also got tired of touring around the world.
This is when the Beatles performed 'Twist and shout' at Shea Stadium on August 15th 1965. After this in 1966 they made their first and the first music video ever. They went to Kenwood House and recorded videos for their songs so fans would be able to see them. This included Paperback Writer and Rain. They were both filmed in the same place. Modern music videos have got idea's of shooting music videos from these very first videos by The Beatles using close ups etc.
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