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Apr 16, 2011 · Bruce details the fascinating story behind Ed Sullivan's decision to book the Beatles for his prime time variety show at a time when the group was virtually unknown in America and what caused Beatlesmania to explode in America leading to a TV audience of 73 million.
For 40 years, the story of The Beatles on Sullivan has been told in countless books, articles and documentaries, but often with myths and misinformation. The official version of how Ed Sullivan learned about The Beatles begins on Oct. 31, 1963.
Jun 27, 2023 · Emmy- and Grammy-winning producer Solt (who co-wrote and directed the 1988 documentary “Imagine: John Lennon”) was a teenager at the time and distinctly remembers the days leading up to the Beatles’ “pivotal” appearance on “Sullivan.” “It was so exciting,” he told Womack.
- The Beatles Didn't Come Cheap.
- They Ended Up Being A Relative Bargain.
- Technically, It Wasn't The Beatles's American Television Debut.
- More Than 700 People Got to Witness Their Performance Live.
- Many People Linked Beatlemania to JFK's Assassination.
- The Beatles Weren't The Evening's only performers.
- One of The Monkees Was on The Show That Night, too.
- No, The Crime Rate Did Not Drop The Night The Beatles played.
- The Band Failed to Impress Ed Sullivan's Musical Director.
Much like The Tonight Show today, being asked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Showin the 1960s was a huge honor for up-and-coming (and established) artists in the 1960s. The publicity generated from an appearance on the show was enough for most talent to say yes. But The Beatles would only agree to appear if the show covered their travel expenses and ...
Though forking over travel expenses and an appearance fee wasn't the norm for The Ed Sullivan Show, it ended up being a great deal for the program, and proof that Beatlemania was just as thriving in America as it was in the UK. It's been estimatedthat close to 74 million people—40 percent of the country's population at that time—tuned in to watch T...
While The Ed Sullivan Show marked the first time The Beatles had performed live on American television, it wasn't the first time they had appeared on American television. On November 18, 1963, NBC's The Huntley Brinkley Report aired a whopping four-minute-long segment on Beatlemania—the craze that was sweeping England. Just a few days later, on Nov...
While more than a third of America's population witnessed music history in the making the night The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, 728 very lucky individuals got to see it all go down live as part of the show's audience. And when we say "very lucky," we mean it: the program received a record-setting 50,000 requestsfor tickets to the show...
In terms of timing, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the rise of Beatlemania in America were closely linked. While many people at the time decided that the band's popularity was in part due to the president's death—that Americans needed something upbeat and positive—others believe it's purely coincidental. In 2013, Slate ran a pie...
Remember Charlie Brill and Mitzi McCall? No? That's OK. Neither do the majority of the 74 million people who watched The Ed Sullivan Show that night. Brill & McCall were the unfortunate act who had to follow the Fab Four's Earth-shattering, industry-altering performance. The married sketch comedy duo pretty much bombed, as the audience was rather d...
Davy Jones was also on The Ed Sullivan Show that night, but not as part of The Monkees. Jones was performing with the cast of Broadway's Oliver!Jones played the Artful Dodger, first in London and then in New York, and ended up being nominated for a Tony for the role.
You've surely heard that old legend that the crime rate in the U.S. dropped dramatically during The Beatles's appearance on the show. Apparently, the whole nation was so transfixed by the lads from Liverpool that everyone preferred to tune in instead of running around committing felonies and such. It's a nice story, but according to Snopes, it's no...
The crowd (and a third of America) may have been going crazy when The Beatles performed, but Ray Bloch—The Ed Sullivan Show's musical director—wasn't as impressed. When asked for a comment about the performance by a reporter for The New York Times, he was blunt: "The only thing that’s different is the hair, as far as I can see. I give them a year."...
- Stacy Conradt
Oct 9, 2024 · Ed Sullivan, American television personality who was best known as the master of ceremonies for the immensely popular early TV variety program known as Toast of the Town (1948–55) and later as The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–71).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 24, 2023 · 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...
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Feb 9, 2024 · Sixty years ago, on February 9, 1964: The Beatles make their legendary American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. A record-shattering 73 million people tune in to see John, Paul, George, and Ringo...
