Ed Sullivan has gone down in history as one of the most influential figures in rock & roll — without playing an instrument or singing a single note. The Ed Sullivan Show, which ran from 1948 to ...

Ed Sullivan, the legendary TV host whose eponymous variety show helped launch Elvis Presley and the Beatles to superstardom, was one of the key figures in the early evolution of rock & roll ...

Videos by American Songwriter However, on May 30, 1971, when Lynn appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, likely to promote her new album Coal Miner’s Daughter, it wasn’t the iconic song it is today.

On July 21, Netflix debuted Sunday Best, a documentary about The Ed Sullivan Show —the longest-running variety show in U.S. broadcast history—and how it featured Black American performers at a ...