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Re: Who #10 TV Moment On VH-1 July 31st



List of Rock Music's Top TV Moments
.c The Associated Press
The top music moments on television, as selected by VH1 and Entertainment 
Weekly magazine: 
1. The Beatles' debut on ``The Ed Sullivan Show,'' 1964 
2. Elvis Presley's comeback special on NBC, 1968. 
3. MTV launches with first video, ``Video Killed the Radio Star'' by the 
Buggles, 1981. 
4. ``Saturday Night Live'' premieres, showcasing musical acts each week, 
1975. 
5. ``Motown 25'' special featuring Michael Jackson's first moonwalk, 1983. 
6. Dick Clark's ``American Bandstand'' series premieres, 1957. 
7. Live Aid aired by ABC and MTV, 1985. 
8. Madonna rolls around the stage in a wedding gown singing ``Like a Virgin'' 
on the MTV Video Awards, 1984. 
9. Elvis Presley performs on ``The Ed Sullivan Show,'' shown only from the 
waist up, 1956. 
10. The Who's use of too much explosives ending their performance on the 
``Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' in 1967. 
11. Michael Jackson's ``Thriller'' video debuts on MTV, 1983. 
12. Elton John performs his ``Candle in the Wind'' remake at Princess Diana's 
funeral, 1997. 
13. ``The Monkees'' TV series premieres, 1966. 
14. John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-host a week of ``The Mike Douglas Show,'' 
1972. 
15. The Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Chuck Berry and James Brown perform on 
``The T.A.M.I. Show'' on ABC, 1964. 
16. The Doors sing ``girl we couldn't get much higher'' on ``The Ed Sullivan 
Show'' after censors tell them not to, 1968. 
17. Dancer with ``Soy Bomb'' written on his chest crashes Bob Dylan's Grammy 
Awards performance, 1998. 
18. Nirvana's ``Smells Like Teen Spirit'' video debuts on MTV, 1991. 
19. Musicians tape the ``We Are the World'' video, 1985. 
20. James Brown appears live from the Boston Garden after Martin Luther 
King's assassination, 1968. 
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