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 "Light My Fire ...

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 ...

Credit: CBS Television - The Ed Sullivan Show On the evening of September 10, 1967, Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist for Los Angeles rock band The Doors, was sitting at home with his fiancee Dorothy ...

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 ...

If there was any doubt that the Beatles – comprised of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison – were bonafide superstars, their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show ...

They also went to Miami for the [Sullivan Show] appearance there." As for how Ed Sullivan lined up the band to be on his show in the first place? Speciale said to Womack, "There are two stories ...

By Richard Sandomir Robert H. Precht, who for more than a decade produced “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Sunday night variety extravaganza that for 23 years brought singers, comedians ...