When he first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1956, Elvis Presley had yet to earn the nickname the "King of Rock 'n' Roll." But Ed Sullivan was very much a kingmaker. Producer-director ...

Ed Sullivan was 46 years old and a relative unknown when, on June 20, 1948, the CBS television net-work introduced him as the host and co-producer of a new Sunday The Ed Sullivan Show turns 75 ...

4. The Doors (1967) This September 17, 1967 performance was actually the first and the last by The Doors on The Ed Sullivan Show.After being asked to change the lyric "couldn't get much higher" in ...

She and husband Charlie Brill bombed with their sketch act on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' between sets by The ... the tumbling acrobats Wells & the Four Fays; and then McCall & Brill.

The Beatles’ appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” that Sunday evening was watched by some 73 million people, sending many viewers on completely new paths in their lives. As we celebrate the ...

Elvis Presley, at age 21, broke television records with his first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on this day in history, Sept. 9, 1956. Elvis — along with his famous "gyrations" — had ...

Languages: English, French George Harrison, John Lennon and drummer Ringo Starr are all smiles as they chat with show host Ed Sullivan after making their television debut in America 60 years ago.

They became mainstays on the era’s variety shows, including “The Ed Sullivan Show” — and were even on the episodes where The Beatles made their American debut. “Mitzi McCall’s life was ...

The television legend, 90, stopped by "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday and chatted about one of her previous times at the Ed Sullivan Theater: when she appeared on "The Ed Sullivan ...

Beatlemania hit the U.S.A. in full force after John, Paul, George and Ringo played 'The Ed Sullivan Show' on Feb. 9, 1964 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE.