The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show was a television variety program that aired on CBS from 1948-1971. For 23 years it aired every Sunday night and played host to the world's greatest talents. The Ed Sullivan Show is well known for bringing rock n' roll music to the forefront of American culture through acts like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. The entertainers each week ranged from comedians like Joan Rivers and Rodney Dangerfield, to Broadway stars Julie Andrews and Richard Burton, to pop singers such as Bobby Darin and Petula Clark. It also frequently featured stars of Motown such as The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5. The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the only places on American television where such a wide variety of popular culture was showcased and its legacy lives on to this day.
Nancy Ames "So What's New" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Margo Albert & Eddie Albert "Never Marry An Actor (A Dancer)" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Melina Mercouri "Piraeus My Love" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera & The Witnesses "Buona Sera/Old Man River" | Ed Sullivan Show
Tessie O'Shea "Two Ton Tessie" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Sandler & Young "Mashup: Dominique, When The Saints Go Marching In and more" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Jane Morgan "Almost Like Being In Love" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Liberace "A Foggy Day & Tico Tico" on The Ed Sullivan Show, April 15, 1962
Charlton Heston Teaches Ed Sullivan How To Become A Chariot Driver On The Set of “Ben-Hur”
Vivien Leigh & Byron Mitchell "Wilkes-Barre, PA" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Johnny Mathis "Call Me" on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Doodletown Pipers, Al Hirt & Jane Morgan "Medley: What I'd Say and more" on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Barry Sisters "My Yiddishe Momme" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Julius La Rosa "You Make Me Feel So Young" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Maria Neglia "The Happy Doll" on The Ed Sullivan Show
NYPD Emerald Society Pipe Band "Minstrel Boy & The Wearing Of The Green" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Patricia Neway & Regina Sarfaty "To This We've Come (From "The Consul")" on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Platters "Indiff'rent" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees on The Ed Sullivan Show, Part 2
Rudy Vallée "Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Sleep)" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Lana Cantrell "Love Is Stronger Far Than We" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Maria Neglia "Minute Waltz (Chopin Op. 64 No. 1)" on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Young Americans "Medley: Chicago, San Francisco, Young Americans" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Ed Talks To Announcers & Players from The Brooklyn Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves and Cincinnati Redlegs
The McGuire Sisters "It's Today/Milk & Honey/Shalom/It Only Takes A Moment" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Leon Bibb "The Ox Driver's Song" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Johnny Mathis "Witchcraft" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Kate Smith "Seems Like Old Times" on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Brothers Four "This Train" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Jane Morgan "Love Is Like Champagne" on The Ed Sullivan Show