On January 31, 2011, stand-up comedian Charlie Callas died in Las Vegas at the age of 83. Callas had worked on television and in film for over five decades. He was a regular on variety shows, appeared in numerous Mel Brooks films and toured around with Frank Sinatra and Tom Jones in the 1950s […]
On January 24, 2011, David Frye, best known as a comic satirist and President Nixon impressionist, passed away in Las Vegas at the age of 76. David Frye began his comedy career while in school at The University of Miami, performing his bits at campus shows and clubs. After serving in the Army, he moved […]
On February 9, 1964 history was made as The Beatles appeared live for the first time on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show. A record setting 73 million people tuned in that evening making it one of the seminal moments in television history. Nearly fifty years later, you can now own a piece of […]
On November 19th 1967, a special Ed Sullivan Show took place featuring two of Motown’s biggest acts – The Supremes and The Temptations. Once again, Ed Sullivan and Berry Gordy had worked together to put on a great show that would include a special treat for everyone watching that evening. Diana Ross & The Supremes […]
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Today, as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we remember the country’s most prominent civil rights leader and his work to end racial […]
Ed Sullivan was always a huge sports fan and enjoyed having famous athletes on his show. The Ed Sullivan Show, being right in Manhattan, was in close proximity to so many great New York sports teams like The New York Yankees, The Brooklyn Dodgers, The New York Jets, The New York Giants, The Harlem Globetrotters […]
On January 10, 2011, iconic standards singer Margaret Whiting died at 86 years old in Englewood, New Jersey. Margaret made a name for herself in the 40’s & 50’s singing golden-age pop songs and warm renditions of standards like “That Old Black Magic” and “Come Rain or Come Shine.” Her father, Richard Whiting was a […]
On this day 52 years ago, just as the Cuban Revolution was coming to an end, The Ed Sullivan Show aired an incredible interview between Fidel Castro and Ed Sullivan. By the end of 1958, Fidel Castro’s Cuban Revolution was making its final push to overthrow Fulgencio Batista’s regime. In December, Che Guevara, who was […]
For those of you looking for great video performances to download to your iPod, iPhone, iPad or computer, here is a list of the most popular iTunes downloads of Ed Sullivan Show performances: Jackson 5 “ABC” on iTunes Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” on iTunes James Brown “I Got You (I Feel Good)” on iTunes The […]
Today marks what would have been Elvis Presley’s 76th Birthday. On January 8, 1935, Elvis was born in a two-room shotgun house in Tupelo, Mississippi. A little known fact about Elvis is that he actually had an identical twin brother who was delivered before him but did not survive. To celebrate Elvis’ birthday thousands of […]