Flashback Friday

Ever wondered what the first music videos to broadcast on MTV on its first day, August 1, 1981.  
Well here's a list.

1. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles -MTV Video
2. "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar - MTV Video
3. "She Won't Dance with Me" by Rod Stewart - MTV Video
4. "You Better You Bet" by The Who - MTV Video
5. "Little Suzi's on the Up" by Ph.D. - MTV Video
6. "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard - MTV Video
7. "Brass in Pocket" by The Pretenders - MTV Video
8. "Time Heals" by Todd Rundgren - MTV Video
9. "Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon (The video cut off after a few seconds)- MTV Video
10. "Rockin' the Paradise" by Styx - MTV Video
11. "When Things Go Wrong" by Robin Lane and the Chartbusters - MTV Video
12. "History Never Repeats" by Split Enz - MTV Video
13. "Hold On Loosely" by 38 Special - MTV Video
14. "Just Between You and Me" by April Wine - MTV Video
15. "Sailing" by Rod Stewart - MTV Video

Stewart's "She Won't Dance with Me" was the 3rd video played; with this video, Stewart became the first artist to have two different videos played on MTV.

Here are some other firsts in music:

• In 1990, Irish rock singer Sinéad O'Connor became the first musical recording artist to refuse a Grammy Award, which she won for her recording of, ironically enough, "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got." She claimed that too much emphasis was placed on the pop charts, and not enough on the ills and abuses of the world. O'Connor, already controversial because she shaved her head, was savagely lambasted by the press and the public for her controversial statements.

• The first jukebox was installed at Palais Royal Hotel in San Francisco in 1899.
• Loretta Lynn was country music's first female millionaire, at age 30 in 1965.
• Beatle John Lennon appeared on the first cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine, which debuted on November 9, 1967.
• During their 1976 tour, The Who was the first rock group to use lasers in a live performance.
• The first American pop group to tour the U.S.S.R. was the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band during their 1977 concert tour.

CMT was positioned to play country music videos 24 hours a day, seven days a week, while TNN was geared toward programming lending itself to a "country lifestyle". The very first video clip to air on CMT was a performance clip of country music legend Faron Young's classic hit, "It's Four in the Morning".

"It's Four in the Morning" (also known as "Four in the Morning") is a song made famous by the country music singer, Faron Young. Originally released in 1971, the song became his first No. 1 hit single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart since 1961's "Hello Walls."^[1] The song was written by Jerry Chesnut.^[1]