On February 9, 1964, The Beatles stepped onto the stage at CBS Studio 50 in New York City to open an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show. "Their lyrics (punctuated by nutty shouts of “yeah, yeah, yeah!”) ...

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 ...

Comedian Alan King once said of Ed Sullivan that he “can’t sing, can’t dance and can’t tell a joke, but he does it better than anyone else.” And TV audiences couldn’t get enough of Sullivan’s Sunday ...

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 ...

Beatlemania hit the U.S.A. in full force after John, Paul, George and Ringo played 'The Ed Sullivan Show' on Feb. 9, 1964 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

George Harrison discussed the behind-the-scenes of The Beatles' first 'Ed Sullivan Show' set, and what was "tacky" about the show's production. Sullivan’s crew wasn’t all that helpful. “The band did a ...

Pioneering television host Ed Sullivan is the subject of Netflix's "Sunday Best," a documentary that examines the groundbreaking impact of Black artists featured on his iconic eponymous variety show ...

Every morning on my Facebook page, I post three items: some words of wisdom to get us through the day, a song, and then a link to a story of interest. Thanks to my colleagues at WCBS-FM 101.1 in New ...

Ed Sullivan has gone down in history as one of the most influential figures in rock & roll — without playing an instrument or singing a single note. "When I first went on TV with our Toast of the Town ...

The Los Angeles band called The Doors would take the world by storm for only a short while, but their sound still lives on to this day. The band was formed in 1965 and consisted of the vocalist and ...

(CBS News) And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: October 13th, 1974, 39 years ago today . . . the final curtain for a TV showman. Ed Sullivan died of cancer that day at the age of 73.