Post #405254 by vintagegirl on Mon, Sep 1, 2008 1:41 AM

I love Korla, but he didn't invent the music video. Soundies were already being produced by 1941, several years before Korla went on TV in 1948 (the same year that another Exotica legend, eden ahbez, had his first hit with "Nature Boy.")The"telescriptions" to which you may be referring were actually produced by Louis Snader in the early 50s. Korla was one of the many artists for which he produced "music videos." Both Soundies and Telescriptions were shot on film, but the Soundies usually had the music dubbed over and presented in public places while the Telescriptions were performances shot for TV in which both visual and audio were recorded live.

[ Edited by: vintagegirl 2008-09-01 01:58 ]