The Roku Channel has become one of the most well-known free streaming services, and today, it has quietly added 11 new channels. This includes multiple 24/7 channels, including The Ed Sullivan Show and more The Roku Channel now has over 450 live TV channels and 80,000 free movies and TV shows. It does not stop there, […]
Beatles ’64 repeats the bold declaration that when the Beatles first appeared on American TV, crime across the US stopped for an hour, but the truth is not quite as magical. The Beatles undoubtedly sparked a new wave in music when they began to climb in popularity during the 1960s. The band may have been four young boys […]
On Friday, October 23, 1964, The Rolling Stones were at London’s Heathrow Airport where they boarded a BOAC, Boeing 707, to fly to New York’s JFK Airport to begin what was to be their second US tour, including a coveted performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. When they arrived in America there were around 500 fans at the […]
The Beatles‘ 1964 trip to America will be chronicled in a new documentary from producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi. Titled “Beatles ’64,” the film will be released on Disney+ on Nov. 29 and features never-before-seen footage of the band and its legions of young fans during the height of Beatlemania. It also includes new interviews with the two […]
Lady Gaga won gold along the Seine river, as she transformed the Parisian waterway into a recreation of a vintage Ed Sullivan Show performance at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning pop star kicked off the Summer Olympics Friday in Paris with a wealth of dapper dancers flanking her on the banks of the river as she danced through […]
In the 1960s, practically every rock band wanted to be The Beatles, or at the very least, sought to knock them off their lofty perch. In the UK, The Rolling Stones caught up with their Liverpudlian rivals as a rival hit-making machine but always maintained a degree of respect, given that John Lennon, Paul McCartney and […]
Carol Burnett reflected on the time she guest starred on “The Ed Sullivan Show” the same day as Elvis Presley. As a guest on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” promoting the Apple TV+ series “Palm Royale,” the 90-year-old Burnett was prompted to look back at her legendary career in television. Since she guest starred on “The […]
TO MARK THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEATLES’ FIRST U.S. TV APPEARANCE, INSIDE THE SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW THAT REVOLUTIONIZED LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT. There could never be another Ed Sullivan. And there could never be another Ed Sullivan to showcase what was a 24-year global potpourri of music, theater, opera, comedy and drama. Yet, with the help of […]
On Feb. 9, 1964, Americans witnessed the first truly seismic television event. What stands out most 60 years later, is just how ready The Beatles were for their invasion. In the days before everyone cut their cable because no one had cable yet, there were these things called networks. Only a handful of these networks […]
Beatlemania hit the U.S.A. in full force after John, Paul, George and Ringo played ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ on Feb. 9, 1964 It was 60 years ago today… that Ed Sullivan helped the band to play! The Beatles touched down in New York City for the first time in February 1964, and Friday marks the 60th […]