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The Beatles with Ed Sullivan (February 8, 1964) During the February 8 rehearsals for their first performance, lead guitarist George Harrison was confined to the hotel while recovering from strep throat; Beatles road manager Neil Aspinall and an Ed Sullivan Show staffer took turns standing in for George during the rehearsals. [11]
First Appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show [3:55] All My Loving – Footage of the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York, 9 February 1964. Paul remarking later: "It's still supposed to be the largest viewing audience ever in the States". Footage of a congratulatory telegram from Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker
For millions of American teenagers, the Beatles‘ Feb. 9, 1964, debut American television performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was the equivalent of an atomic bomb. Indeed, nothing would ever be ...
When The Beatles performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964, Dennis Hodo was overwhelmed. "It was life-changing," the musician recalled. The Beatles appeared on 'Ed Sullivan' 60 years ago ...
On Feb. 9, they did what they came to the U.S. for — to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. There were over 50,000 ticket requests for the 728-seat studio and those that were there screamed through it.
Ed Sullivan with Cole Porter in 1952. Carmen Miranda and Ed Sullivan on Toast of the Town, 1953.. From 1948 until its cancellation in 1971, the show ran on CBS every Sunday night from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time, and it is one of the few entertainment shows to have run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two decades (during its first season, it ran from 9 to 10 p.m. ET).
Elvis holds the unprecedented feat of starring in 17 box office top-ten films between 1956 and 1965, with 17 number one singles and 8 number one albums in the same time period. [7] [8] A feat unmatched then and now. Elvis was also landing hit films, singles, and albums all at the same time, in the same calendar year [9]
The Beatles went viral before there was viral.. In 1964, after playing to a staggering 45% of American households on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in February, the band embarked upon a chaotic tour ...