The first music videos, better known as Soundies, were three-minute American musical 16mm films, produced in New York City, Chicago, and Hollywood, between 1940 and 1946, each containing a song, dance and/or band or orchestral number. The completed Soundies were generally made available for rental within a few weeks of their filming, in film collections of eight to a reel, primarily by the Soundies Distributing Corporation of America, from which the name Soundies was generalized to any similar film, including later, single pieces shot as filler for early television. The last true Soundies group was released in March 1947. The films were displayed on the Panoram, a coin-operated film jukebox or machine music, in nightclubs, bars, restaurants, factory lounges, and amusement centers, Produced in 1942, one of the best Soundies can be seen here, featuring the super-talented Bill Bojangles Robinson. Can you see the early origins of the moonwalk?? - Lets Scuffle..AVI - YouTube buff.ly/1A1bljP
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