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Film composer Hans Zimmer was a member of the The Buggles who had the first music video on MTV with “Video Killed the Radio Star”

The 1979 song "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles had a music video created for it and was the first music video to air on MTV in the United States at 12:01 A.M. on August 1st, 1981.

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1. The Buggles' Video Killed The Radio Star was the first music video that aired on MTV

2. The first song ever shown on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles on August 1981.

3. Hans Zimmer was the synth player of The Buggles, the band behind the hit song 'Video Killed the Radio Star.'

4. The song "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles was the first song to air on MTV on August 1st, 1981 at 12:01am

5. The Buggles (Video Killed The Radio Star) merged with the band Yes.

6. Hans Zimmer worked with the band, Buggles, who had the hit "Video Killed the Radio Star". He even appears towards the end of the music video for the song.

7. Hans Zimmer started his work playing piano and synthesizers and can be seen briefly playing piano in black in the music video of "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles.

8. After achieving success with their hit, Video Killed The Radio Star, The Buggles joined progressive supergroup Yes.

9. Australian Russell Mulcahy directed many 1980s music videos including "Video Killed the Radio Star" for The Buggles, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for Bonnie Tyler, "Bette Davis Eyes" for Kim Carnes, and several for Ultravox, Duran Duran, and Elton John

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Movie composer Hans Zimmer appeared in the music video to 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles.

Hans Zimmer was the synth player in The Buggles, the band famous for "Video Killed The Radio Star." - source

Hans Zimmer featured in the video of The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star at 2:52 - source

This (below) was the *original* version of "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. There were 3 original members, one of whom broke off and got his version out early. As you can hear, the remaining two members worked a bit longer on their version, which is the hit we all know today

Video Killed the Radio Star singer Trevor Horn from The Buggles was later briefly lead singer and bass player for Yes. - source

The Buggles music video for Video Killed the Radio Star was the first music video to appear on MTV

The first music video to be aired on MTV (on 8/1/1981) was ironically, Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.