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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leno filmed his scenes as Sullivan — negotiating the Beatles' appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show with Epstein — well over a year before Midas Man first released in the U.K. in October 2024.

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 ...

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 ...