112: Madonna performs Like A Virgin at the first MTV Video Music Awards
There have been many memorable moments – notorious and controversial — at MTV’s Video Music Awards since they started in 1984. Madonna’s performance at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards is considered to be the singer’s first of many controversial incidents over her twenty-five-year career. She took the stage to sing “Like a Virgin” wearing a combination bustier/wedding gown, which included her trademark “Boy Toy” belt. During the performance which started out on top of a giant wedding cake, she rolled around on the floor, revealing lacy stockings and garters, and made a number of sexually suggestive moves. It was a classic moment in the career of an artist who has never shied away from controversy.
Rolling Stone Magazine on Madonna at the VMA’s
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