The Super Bowl Half-Time Show has been one of the greatest music showcases of the world, the biggest names of the music biz have been staples of this great stage. Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, and Snoop Dogg have been at the center stage of one of the most viewed shows, however, who were the show’s first performers?
For NFL fans, and for those who are not, the halftime show of a Super Bowl is almost as anticipated as the game itself thanks to the spectacularity of the great artists that the NFL usually invites to be part of one of the most watched sporting events of the year around the world.
Great figures and legends of American and world music have been part of the event, and are even constantly remembered every time the NFL title game approaches, which this time will be held in Arizona, between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.
For the halftime event, the NFL and Apple Music, the new Super Bowl halftime sponsor, announced a performance by Rihanna, which has sparked great interest among NFL and music fans.
Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Madonna and The Rolling Stones
Throughout the 56 previous editions, great artists and bands that have participated in the Super Bowl Half Time Show are remembered as Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, U2, Paul McCartney, The Who, Lady Gaga, Aerosmith, Madonna, Tom Petty, and more recently Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Coldplay, The Weekend, Maroon 5, Bruno Mars and the previous year the grouping of several of the best rappers and Hip Hop singers such as Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop, Snoop, Snooki, Snooki and others. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Mary J. Blidge.
Who was the first great artist to perform at a Super Bowl?
When answering this question, most people talk about Michael Jackson, who had one of the greatest performances in the history of the event, at Super Bowl XXVII, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, in 1993.
But before the King of Pop, there were some figures who dressed the game for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
The first editions of the NFL title game, the halftime show was entertained by bands from universities across the United States, and later by the famous Up With People, an international educational group.
Perhaps the first great performer at the Super Bowl halftime show was the so-called Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, although the event did not have the importance and publicity it acquired in the late 1980s.
The pop group New Kids on the Block, is considered the first great artist in the halftime of a Super Bowl, when they performed in the XXV edition, which was produced by The Walt Disney Company.
A year later, Miami Sound Machine’s vocalist, Gloria Estefan, performed along with several Disney characters, and a year after that, Michael Jackson gave a different direction to the show by generating a show that was marked forever in the lives of those who could enjoy it live, either in the stadium or through a television.
Since then, the Half-Time Show has never been the same.
