Elvis Presley was just 21 when he made his debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 9, 1956. The appearance catapulted him to superstardom and earned him a payday that outshone most performers of ...
Sullivan said, “While hosting the show, I never asked performers about their religion, race, or politics. I contracted ...
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 ...
Noted filmmakers Margo Precht Speciale and Andrew Solt joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about how the Beatles really got booked on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the lasting legacy of the television ...
After the really big finale 54 years ago, and the death of its legendary host three years later, "The Ed Sullivan Show" is having an extended moment. A YouTube channel on the classic variety show ...
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 ...
Vince Calandra Sr., who as a longtime booker for CBS juggernaut The Ed Sullivan Show helped introduce The Beatles to America’s TV audience, has died. He was 91. According to a local mortuary’s obit, ...
The life and career of the groundbreaking host is examined in the Netflix documentary 'Sunday Best' Jeremy Helligar is an Executive Editor at PEOPLE and an author (Is It True What They Say About Black ...
Among the highlights of his long tenure was supervising the Beatles’ appearances and filming their 1965 Shea Stadium concert. By Richard Sandomir Robert H. Precht, who for more than a decade produced ...
Jane Morgan, the singer of “Fascination” and fixture on the “Ed Sullivan Show, died Monday. She was 101. Morgan, her family announced, was in hospice care and passed away in her sleep of natural ...
After working as a cue-card guy, he spent nearly 14 years on the CBS program, where he told Jim Morrison not to sing “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher” and dealt with the Jackie Mason controversy. By ...