And it was all due to the massive push it got from a music video featuring a comedy legend. In an interview at the time, Crosby explained that the band had a connection to Berle. “It’s funny, ...

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This program last aired on July 4, 2023. The year 1984 was a watershed moment for American pop music. The rise of MTV, the music video channel, helped to usher in a new era of visual spectacle and ...

Billy Squier was one of the biggest artists of the early MTV era. With songs such as ”The Stroke,” “In the Dark,” and “My Kinda Lover,” Squier was featured in heavy rotation on the music video channel ...

ZZ Top has long been the perfect addition to any party plan, as we all know. But they really amplified that concept in a new way on July 4, 1986 when they helped MTV celebrate America and the Statue ...

In 1984, you were wise to make friends with MTV if you were trying to make it as a musician. The marketing power of music videos was expanding by the moment as artists realized the scope and power of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zombies, werewolves, and monsters—oh my! When Michael Jackson's iconic music video for "Thriller" debuted on MTV on December 2, ...