There is much media frenzy over the 60th anniversary of the famous debut of The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb. 9, 1964, which launched Beatlemania in the U.S. as well as in other parts of ...

On February 9, 1964, a group of four 20-something musicians from Liverpool made their debut on U.S. television and forever changed popular music. The Beatles’ appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” that ...

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. On February 9, 1964, the Fab ...

Sixty years ago today, on February 9, 1964, The Beatles made their American television debut in front of a record audience of 73 million people with the first of three pre-recorded appearances on The ...

Even the Beatles didn’t quite comprehend what awaited them in New York on Feb. 7, 1964. Six days after “I Want to Hold Your Hand” broke through as their first No. 1 hit in the U.S., Paul McCartney, ...

Sullivan said, “While hosting the show, I never asked performers about their religion, race, or politics. I contracted ...

Vince Calandra, the charismatic Ed Sullivan Show talent booker who graduated from gofer and cue-card guy to bringing such talent as The Beatles, Julie Andrews, Alan King and Jackie Mason to the ...

The Beatles arrived in America 60 years ago this week, changing American music and culture. And they caught Dennis Hodo's imagination. The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and ...

(RNS) — Sixty years ago today, my life changed. Forever. I am not speaking of myself alone, but for an entire generation — or two. It wasn’t only the music, though that would have been sufficient. It ...

Most of us know Ed Sullivan as, well, Ed Sullivan—the legendary host of “The Ed Sullivan Show,” which ran from 1948 to 1971, and was responsible for playing a role in introducing some of the most ...