The story, sound, and soul of a nation come together in the most American of art forms: Jazz. Ken Burns, who riveted the nation with The Civil War and Baseball, celebrates the music's soaring achievements, from its origins in blues and ragtime through swing, bebop, and fusion. Six years in the making, this "soundbreaking" series blends 75 interviews, more than 500 pieces of music, ...

Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video
Starring: Charles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden, Edward R. Murrow, Richard Nixon, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

On August 1, 1981 at 12 midnight, music history was made! Although it didn't seem like it at the time, the launch of MTV, the world's first 24-hour music channel, not only revolutionalized the music business, but also transformed film, fashion and television around the world. Not bad for a cable channel that started with a mere eight hours of programming, no advertisers, and very few supporters. ...

Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Starring: MTV, Robert Palmer, Gary Numan

Manufacturer: WEA/Rhino
Starring: Grateful Dead

Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Starring: Frank Sinatra

Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Starring: Julian Bream

The short-lived (1965-66) Shindig! knockoff Hullabaloo epitomizes the often-faltering steps U.S. network television made to keep up with the explosion of rock & roll culture in the wake of Beatlemania. Sometimes inspired, sometimes silly (definitely the latter with hosts and guests like Jerry Lewis, Michael Landon, Freddie and the Dreamers, and Vikki Carr), seven episodes plus bonus ...

Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Starring: Patrick Adiarte, Brian Epstein, Johnny Holliday, Michael Bennett (XI), Lada Edmund Jr.
Directed By: Steve Binder

Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Starring: Liberace

Manufacturer: Entertainment Distributing
Starring: Live from Greenwich Village Ne

Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Starring: Perry Como

Elvis Presley's performing career, punctuated by its extra-musical achievement as the first global satellite broadcast devoted to a single entertainer. Both the broadcast and its companion album captured the King in his most grandiose persona, fueled by Hollywood scale and Vegas glitz, as a caped pop superhero. He may have looked trim, but posthumous accounts (especially Peter Guralnick's ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Elvis Presley, James Burton, Jerry Scheff, Charlie Hodge, John Wilkinson
Directed By: Gary Hovey, Marty Pasetta, Todd Morgan