1956-10-07, WCBS, 3 min.
The guest is Yankee outfielder Enos (Country) Slaughter who is participating in the current 1956 World Series vs. the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1956-10-07, WCBS, 00 min.
The guest is Yankee outfielder Enos (Country) Slaughter who is participating in the current 1956 World Series vs. the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1956-10-28, WCBS, 11 min.
Ed Sullivan's guest is Elvis Presley.
1961-08-27, WCBS, 30 min.
Guests Jerry Lewis, Connie Francis and Sophie Tucker perform. This program is a repeat of the show from November 20, 1960.
1962-01-07, WCBS, 24 min.
Jimmy Durante makes his first appearance on an Ed Sullivan Show, most of which is devoted to the loveable "schnozzola" and company. With Eddie Jackson and Sonny King.
1962-01-28, WCBS, 16 min.
Sid Caesar stands in for ailing Ed Sullivan. Guests introduced are Connie Francis and Frank Gorshin.
1962-04-15, WCBS, 12 min.
Larry Storch does John F. Kennedy impressions and Mahalia Jackson sings gospel songs.
1962-05-27, WCBS, 12 min.
Guests are stand up comedian Red Buttons and singer Connie Francis.
1962-06-03, WCBS, 23 min.
Dave Barry, Rudy Vallee, Paul Anka and Bill Dana perform.
1962-06-10, WCBS, 24 min.
Stand up comedian Larry Storch, Danny Lewis, (father of Jerry Lewis), Jackie Mason, and Julie Wilson perform. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris make special appearances.
1962-06-17, WCBS, 26 min.
Nipsey Russell, Eagle and Man, Frank Gorshin, Robert Goulet and Dave Brubeck perform.
1962-06-24, WCBS, 24 min.
Steve Allen, Kathyrn Murray, Jack Carter, Phil Silvers, Jack Benny, Kate Smith, Johnny Carson, and Lucille Ball honor "Mr. Stoneface," Ed Sullivan. Orchestra leader Ray Bloch joins in the tribute.
1962-07-22, WCBS, 15 min.
The Novelites, Patti Page and Rickie Layne and Vel Vel perform.
1962-07-29, WCBS, 29 min.
Kate Smith, Wayne and Shuster and Jackie Wilson perform.
1962-08-26, WCBS, 18 min.
Dorothy Loudon and Jerry Lewis perform.
1962-09-02, WCBS, 9 min.
Stand-up comedian Jackie Mason and singer Johnny Mathis perform. The program was joined in progress.
1962-09-09, WCBS, 11 min.
Louis Armstrong performs.
1962-09-30, WCBS, 20 min.
Guests are Bill Dana, Eddie Fisher, Al Hirt and appearances by Sonny Liston, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle. There is a CBS News Bulletin reported by Charles Collingwood, interrupting the Ed Sullivan Show. It relates to "Negro" James Meredith, who successfully entered the University of Mississippi as a student.
1962-10-21, WCBS, 14 min.
Ed Sullivan's guests are Rip Taylor and Kate Smith.
1962-10-28, WCBS, 16 min.
Guests Steve Allen, Jackie Mason, and Louis Prima perform.
1962-11-04, WCBS, 55 min.
From Carnegie Hall, a Salute to Richard Rodgers with Gordon MacRae, Roberta Peters, Steve Lawrence, Nancy Dussault, Peggy Lee, Cesare Siepi and Diahann Carroll. Ed Sullivan reads telegrams in tribute from Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adlai E. Stevenson and others.
1962-11-18, WCBS, 17 min.
There is a Sophie Tucker tribute and performances from Dick Contino, Van Johnson, Kaye Stevens and Paul Lynde.
1962-12-02, WCBS, 29 min.
Guest performers are Phil Foster, Bill Dana, Pearl Bailey, Al Hirt, and Pat Henry.
1963-00-00, WCBS, 10 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
Guests:Jack Carter, Harry Belafonte.
Joined in progress.
Songs: "Scarlet Ribbons" "Joy, Joy, Joy."
1963-01-13, WCBS, 45 min.
A salute to Sophie Tucker on her 75th Birthday with additional performances by Robert Goulet, Jackie Mason, Brenda Lee and Sophie Tucker.
1963-02-10, WCBS, 44 min.
Ed Sullivan's guests are The Three Stooges, Patti Page, Bill Dana, Dave Madden and Hal Holbrook, who recites his "Against A House Divided" Lincoln speech from his play "Abe Lincoln In Illinois."
1963-02-24, WCBS, 23 min.
Jimmy Durante, Eddie Jackson, and Sonny King make a very entertaining guest appearance. Ed Sullivan gives them over twenty minutes of show time.
1963-03-03, WCBS, 33 min.
Ed Sullivan's guests are Anita Bryant, Mike Clifford, Bob Newhart and Kate Smith. Academy Award nominations for 1962 are introduced and Ed has Jack Benny take a bow from the audience.
1963-03-10, WCBS, 39 min.
Guest performers are Pinky and Perky, Jimmy Roma, Kaye Stevens, Jan Murray, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, Leon Bibb and Izumi Yukimura.
1963-04-28, WCBS, 32 min.
Performers for Ed Sullivan are Connie Francis, Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane, Jack Carter and Wayne and Shuster.
1963-05-19, WCBS, 30 min.
Ed Sullivan's guests are Kate Smith, Ann-Margret, Steve Lawrence, Vaughn Meader (in a JFK sketch), and sound imitator Lucho Novarro.
1963-09-29, WCBS, 39 min.
Ed Sullivan's performing guests are Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra Jr., Helen Forrest, and the Tommy Dorsey Band. Ed introduces N.Y. Yankee stars Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Al Downing, Roger Maris, Elston Howard and Ralph Houk.
1963-10-06, WCBS, 36 min.
Ed Sullivan's guest performers are Totie Fields, The Three Stooges, Kate Smith, comics Alan Gale, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, The Angels, who sing "My Boyfriend's Back" and Ed introduces Sonny Liston.
1963-10-13, WCBS, 6 min.
Impressionist Frank Gorshin does a classic routine, "Actors in Heaven."
1963-12-15, WCBS, 36 min.
Performers include Burt Lancaster, Milton Berle (his first guest star variety show appearance on CBS since 1951), the Amen Brothers, Al Hirt and Y.A. Tittle. Ed Sullivan refers to Frank Sinatra Jr.'s "safe return to his family." There is a tape clip from Sinatra Jr.'s appearance on the Sullivan show two weeks before. Also heard are the following commercials: Domino Sugar, El Producto Cigars, Burt Lancaster for Christmas Seals, CBS Promo reminding viewers to watch the CBS late night sports with Frank Gifford.
1963-12-22, WCBS, 8 min.
Ed Sullivan's guest is stand up comic George Kirby who does his routine.
1964-01-05, WCBS, 11 min.
Ed Sullivan's performing guests are Count Basie and Keeley Smith.
1964-02-09, WCBS, 59 min.
Ed Sullivan presents the USA television debut of the Beatles. This was to be the highest rated program of the 1963-1964 season. The Beatles sing five songs. Also on the show are Georgia Brown, Tessie O'Shea and impressionist Frank Gorshin. All original commercials are included in this complete historic broadcast, including the KENT cigarette commercial eliminated when this broadcast was originally converted to digital mastering, and not seen/heard since this broadcast originally aired.
1964-03-01, WCBS, 17 min.
Guest performers are George Raft, Jack Carter, who satirizes "The Beatles" and John Byner, his first television appearance.
1964-03-08, WCBS, 17 min.
Phil Silvers gives a classic rendition of "Old Man River" in this Tin Pan Alley salute.
1964-03-22, WCBS, 19 min.
Ed Sullivan's quest performers are George Kirby, Van Johnson and The Hook Sisters.
1964-03-29, WCBS, 27 min.
Ed Sullivan's performing guests are the Kessler Twins, Jack Carter, and Harry Belafonte.
1964-05-03, CBS, min.
June 20th, 1948-May 30th, 1971 (CBS)
Stevie Wonder, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Patti Page, Louis Gossett, Burt Lancaster, (on film), Bill Dana, May Barnes, Bibby Oscarwall. Lola Falana, Vaughn Meader, cast of America Be Seated.
1964-05-24, CBS, 6 min.
June 20th, 1948, May 30th, 1971. (CBS)
Duke Ellington and his orchestra salute the Beatles with a medley of their songs including:
"All My Loving"
"All The Lonely People"
"She's Lonely Home"
"A Ticket To Ride"
1964-05-31, CBS, min.
June 20th, 1948,-May 30th, 1971 (CBS)
For 23 years, the Ed Sullivan variety show (originally titled "Toast Of The Town") reigned supreme Sunday nights on CBS. Guest celebrities ranged from the very famous, to young, up and coming performers. Tens of millions of viewers would tune in every Sunday night to enjoy the best in entertainment and the most interesting and latest trends in pop culture.
Guests: The Dave Clark Five, Helen Hayes, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Bill Cosby, Abbe Lane.
1964-06-14, WCBS, 19 min.
Ed Sullivan's guest performer is Sammy Davis Jr.
1964-11-08, WCBS, 16 min.
Jimmy Durante performs his nightclub act with Eddie Jackson and Sonny King.
1964-12-06, WCBS, 49 min.
Ed Sullivan's guest performers are Sid Caesar, Piccolo Pupa, Betsy Palmer, Jerry Lewis, comic Bob Lewis, and Jerry's son, Gary Lewis (in his T.V. debut). Gary and his group, The Playboys, sing "This Diamond Ring." Also, Sophie Tucker performs.
1965-01-31, WCBS, 20 min.
Ed Sullivan's performing guests are Mickey Rooney, Bobby Van, and Burt Lancaster.
1965-02-07, WCBS, 20 min.
Ed Sullivan's guests performers include Jimmy Durante who celebrates his 72nd Birthday and Sonny King.
