Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

What this video is

Released in 1981, Juice Newton's 'Angel of the Morning' music video occupies a uniquely pivotal moment in both music video and broadcast history. As the first country music video to air on MTV — broadcast on the network's very first day of operation — this video represents the initial convergence of country-pop crossover with the nascent music video medium. The song itself, written by Chip Taylor and first made…

Why it matters

This video is a defining artifact of the country-pop crossover movement of the early 1980s, demonstrating how Nashville-aligned artists used the music video format to penetrate mainstream pop markets. Its status as the inaugural country video on MTV marks it as a genre-bridging document, directly…

The director

John Goodhue is an American music video director and producer active primarily from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. He directed early landmark music videos including KISS: I Was Made for Lovin' You (1979), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Here Comes My…