This guy is trying to rewrite history with misleading information. Elvis and Ed got along fine. It was the Government Censors that banned Elvis' body movements. Ed Sullivan was on at 9. And Jim Morrison sang Light My Fire exactly like the recording.
Funny story I'd like to share. My grandmother was watching the Ed Sullivan show one evening and he presented his slate of acts that included some animals. Well, my grandmother couldn't wait to see a nice animal show on Ed Sullivan! Finally, the moment arrived and behold, the animals appeared---but not quite the kind of animals my grandmother expected. Yes, it was a great performance and an outstanding act---all compliments of Eric Burdon and The Animals! True story. My siblings and I laugh about it to this very day! Talk about generation gaps...😄
Might wanna look up the meaning of “life story” - you actually meant a story from the post-er’s life. No wonder you got so many things wrong in your video. BTW, why does the teaser video depict Ann-Margret when she’s never mentioned or shown in the video? - very misleading, and just one more inaccuracy in this package.
Showing Gary Busey (playing Buddy) instead of the real Buddy Holly is misleading and confusing to younger people who don’t really know Buddy Holly. Come on , that’s just lazy.
The whole premise of this silly video is deceptive. Actually, it was Ed Sullivan who saved Elvis’s career in the very early days, when much public opinion was going against Elvis, yet just before Elvis’s appearance Ed announced to the national audience that he had come to know Elvis, and that he was actually a fine and respectful fellow. And as for poseur and drunkard Morrison, he lied to Sullivan, and no one wants a second meeting with a sleaze who lies to your face.
We always visited my Grandparents on Sundays. I would always watch a Chuck Connors western series but this particular Sunday my Mom and Dad and Grandparents came in from dinner and said there was a musical group that was causing a lot of fuss and they were going to be on the on the Ed Sullivan show so they wanted to see what the fuss was about. So we switched channels and they made it through about half a song and told me I could switch back to my Western. They left the room but the channel never changed. I couldn't believe what I just had seen and heard. The Beatles had just altered my life forever and the better. I was mesmerized!
Had you heard any Beatles tunes before that? I've always wondered what a "raw" take on their sound would be like... man, they jammed out on "I Want to Hold Your Hand" that night -- it wasn't one of my particular favorites, but I watched a replay in HD of their Sullivan show and was blown away by it
@@bucksdiaryfan no, actually I had not. I'd been to a Johnny Cash show thanks to my Grandfather. He was always very ahead of the curve in his musical picks. I remember him telling my Mom and Dad they had to hear his 45 of Sound Of Silence when it came out. He really loved music. I was completely blown away especially after the Beatles played I Want To Hold Your Hand. That was it for me.
@@kevindick7485 Yeah, who knows if it's the actor or the writer, or if they're the same guy, but this channel is sloppy as hell. I keep hoping to learn one new thing from one of their videos, but at this point, if I hear something new, I tend to doubt its veracity.
I’m pretty skeptical of this whole video. Not only did he praise Elvis for what a nice young man he was, but then showed Gary Bussey in the Buddy Holly Story. Take this whole thing with a grain of salt.
This is correct, whoever put this clip together should do their research before broadcasting something. It puts the entire post in question so I am not watching the rest.
I watched one of the Elvis Presley performances on The Ed Sullivan show, through my antenna TV on METV. And after one of his very early performances, Sullivan fairly gushed over Presley, went out of his way to profusely compliment Presley, and through his words more or less invited America to do the same.
These idiots make all kinds of mistakes... I'm surprised they didn't confuse Ed McMahon with Ed Sullivan... they're just pumping out content without researching their subject matter
I've often felt that it was strange that Ed Sullivan was associated with the entertainment industry at all. He always had the demeanor of an accountant or a high school science teacher.
Not much personality. Actually, I think he had NO personality. I guess he had an insiders edge somehow, maybe money, or broadway connections or maybe he owned the TV studio. Anyone out there know?
In high school, Ed Sullivan was a champion swimmer. But in early adulthood he was in a car crash that left him with lifelong arthritic pain and stiffness. Despite that "huge" career and personal disappointment, he devoted his career in print and on tv to showcase catapult other young talent.
he was a big time columnist in his day covering entertainment like Walter Winchell was in his day...to all America and the ships at sea. You'd have to be older to even understand x-ers
At 10 yrs old I had just gotten my first guitar for my birthday. On a Sunday night, the Rolling Stones were on the Sullivan show. When my dad saw them, he told me if that was the kind of music I wanted to play, he'd make firewood out of my new guitar. So, I answered correctly..."Oh no sir! I don't wanna play THAT stuff!" Some 50+ yrs later, I still play and think of dear old Dad (rest his soul) any time I play 'Stones'! (My mom always said the Beach Boys were the group she disliked the least...and rest her soul, as well.)
As a teen, it amazed me that a totally square guy with an awkward personality like Ed Sullivan could book the coolest singers and musicians on his variety show.
He had no choice! Like Dick Clark on American Bandstand during the week, he knew his weekend show had to give the audience the top-selling, most popular acts of the day. With only 3 TV channels available (ABC, CBS, & NBC), competition was tough in those days. (Yes, I was there)
His show was on for a long time. Initially he would book conservative acts. As time went on, the wilder acts became more popular and he had to book them to remain relevant
Boy, how times have changed. These performers look like choir boys compared to what we have today. Elvis may have wiggled al lot but he could do without the tats.
It mattered because in those days parents controlled the family TV set and what their kids watched. Ed Sullivan un-demonized Elvis with that brief speech as Elvis stood there. Then whoosh! Elvis mania became Elvis hyper-mania.
How good of friends would they have been. Ed was an elderly suit wearing conservative. This was all ratings and money. Sullivan never shut them down and he got ratings. Bands got instant street cred for the times.
The Ed Sullivan Show was on during prime time. He was known to have musical acts from all genres for his audience. In order to remain current, he had to book these different acts.
He actually provided the start of the British Invasion. When they came to America, that was the show to go on!. In addition to the Stones, Beatles, Animals, getting going, they had Gerry and the Pacemakers, Freddie and the Dreamers,etc The Implosion of music began in the late 60's,, and continued through the 1970's, It tailed off and now all we have are studio drum beats and voice slide faking, yuk.The Dave Clark 5 were on 8X!
I was 9 years old when I watched the live performance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I knew my parents were wrong when they said the Beatles would just be a flash in the pan!!! 🍳 📸 😅😊
Every Sunday night my 3 younger brothers and I would sit in the living room with our popcorn, soda and our grandparents and watched Ed Sullivan, I sure miss those days. There were only 2 songs by The Doors that I actually liked, People are strange and Riders on the Storm. My grandpa used to say, if you make it on Ed Sullivan's show, you know you've hit the big time.
Remember the plate spinners, the guy on the 10 foot unicycle, the guy doing shadow images with his hands, comics like Jackie Vernon, Alan King and Myron Cohen, Topo Gigio the little mouse, Lamb Chop... and the list goes on and on ?
@@A2D4 Thank God for vaudeville. Early television was a descendant of vaudeville. Clever talented performers that made everyone feel better. No snide, snarky comments. No excessive attitude like today.
Ed Sullivan’s show was a must every week. As closest can be, the entire family would watch. When I said is closest gonna be, at least one of my parents watch, at least part of it. Both were extremely busy and had a little spare time, but they made an effort to catch some of it Sullivan. At my grandmothers house everything stopped to watch Ed Sullivan. I guess you could say I saw them all, but I do not remember them all.
@@minnieg.4835”Goodnight, Sleep tight, and pleasant dreams to you, There’s a wish and a prayer that every dream come true….” 🌽 I love Big Band music but Lawrence Welk was beyond cheesy.
I remember some interview about Morrison, the story goes that Morrison was told by one of the Ed Sullivans guys that, "You will never play on the Ed Sullivan show again", and Morrison simply said, "I just did the Sullivan show"! As we know, Jim never needed to play that show again.
He couldn't. He ODed because -- aside from having a decent voice -- he was a self-absorbed jackass in real life. The lyrics he composed for songs he didn't write (Ray Manzarek was the musical talent behind The Doors) were sophomoric and embarrassingly awful. Who cares if Jim got his fire lit? Only thing that would light his fire was physically torturing his girlfriends. A total waste of human DNA. Hard to imagine a person more undeserving of legendary status.
Typical of his utter arrogance. He thought HE was the Doors, he never gave a stuff about the other three and how his crap behaviour affected their careers.
@@zzzbbbooobollocks. What you've said is total bs because one concert, a promotor or MC introduced them as Jim Morrison & The Doors. He was livid and said you go back out there, introduce us as The Doors or no show. He was also harassed by their first managers to go solo all the time but he didn't. He told the other three and in the end, the managers were fired. Going back to this first point, John Densmore has said it was him that said "We just did the Sullivan show..." So no one really knows who said it. Ultimately, you've talked a load of crap. Stop believing Oliver Stone and his completely erroneous version of Morrison
@@Sidneyyoungblood75thank you for this!! L-O-V-E The Doors🫶 The whole sound is what gets me. I think Ray Manzarek is the greatest keyboardist ever, may he rest in peace. Jim is not all I hear😍
He didn't hate him at all. Off the stage Elvis was famously polite. But Sullivan had a hit television show and the audience was a solidly family oriented one. And he had his own reputation to adhere to. Some of the artists he had on his show were notoriously unpredictable - and backstage, created drama. What Sullivan was worried about most - was a lack of control.
I turned this video off after less than a minute. "The Ed Sullivan Show" was NOT a "late-night show." Instead, the show aired for many years on Sunday nights at 8 PM. Secondly, Ed himself was not a "very conservative." Instead, he was quite progressive as it relates to the acts he had on his weekly show. NO OTHER SHOW, at least in the 50s, featured more Black acts and personalities than Sullivan. This probably held true for the 60s too, even when other networks started to catch up featuring Black musical acts. Thirdly, Sullivan DID NOT dislike Elvis Presley. In fact, he called him over after his performance and said to his audience that Elvis was a "fine young man" and shook his hand. These three points were falsely stated on this video within the first minute of this eight-minute video; another case of someone too young to know what he's talking about, doing poor research. I turned it off. Horrible job done by whoever did this.
Sullivan was shrewd and perceptive enough to not allow his personal prejudices to get in the way of good ratings. Thus, he not only booked the rock musicians but occasionally (as was almost the case with Bob Dylan) allowed the performance of controversial songs. I remember Creedence Clearwater Revival performing the draft protest song "Fortunate Son" on Sullivan's show.
You have omitted - deliberately? - the way it ended up with Elvis and Ed. Ed stood with him at the end of one of his performances and declared that Elvis was a fine young man, very polite and an incredible talent.
After Elvis’ third appearance on the show, Sullivan stood by Elvis after he performed and said something along the lines of, despite what you may have heard here is a really fine, decent boy. I don’t know if he endorsed him like this on Elvis’ earlier appearances. This third appearance was filmed from the waist up, though, just in case Elvis did any of that pelvic action like he’d done earlier on Sullivan.
Ed Sullivan was a family watch show. Lots of different kinds of acts -- musicians, magicians, dancers, you name it. Why he was the arbiter of success back in the day is unfathomable. Ed Sullivan had the personality of a toll booth operator.
As a 5 or 6 year old, I already had enough experience with a dad who was SQUARE, whose idea of music was Mitch Miller AND who always insisted I get a crew-cut at the barber shop. Seeing Sullivan in his stuffy suit jacket and tie was bad enough. AND watching his body language, that STIFF SHOULDER and torso, was a turn off. My siblings and I watched his show only for the acts that featured cooler people -- NOT HIM. We saw Sullivan as an old fuddy-duddy, like our old man. AND that talking Italian mouse act I ESPECIALLY HATED, being 2nd generation Italian-American. THEN, one night, Ed BROKE INTO A BIG SMILE as he extended his arm, gesturing to the curtain/stage announcing " T H E BEATLES !! " THAT ONE TIME Ed seemed human and maybe not so square. AND, a few years later, with my constant begging, pleading, and a little help from my aunt ( whom I recently learned my dad had a crush on, before he married her sister -- my mother !! ), my dad finally gave in. I was allowed to grow my hair longer for the first time, 1967 or '68. THREE OR FOUR YEARS AFTER THE FAB FOUR MADE LONGER HAIR POPULAR !! Better late than never, I guess. : D 11 p.m. 10/26/23
@@peersen-m2e Loved them dearly but my folks thought Ed Sullivan was their kind of a guy. Sounds like your Mom might have bought you cheap, low-brow, polyester clothes like my Mom did? We had polyester pants and bad haircuts. We were discount people. Ugh
Have you ever noticed that Ed Sullivan and Richard Nixon were never seen at the same place at the same time I think Ed Sullivan was actually Richard Nixon
I have a few memories of Elvis on Sullivan (and my mother explaining to me why they only showed him waist up during one show. ) However, I do remember at one point Ed shaking Elvis' hand and making some positive remark about his being a good guy despite the image.
Ed Sullivan was the king of entertainment. He almost single handidly brought in the new generation of music with the acts he had on, and plus he actually allowed them to play live. This is something almost all of the other music variety shows rarely did
Yes, Ed Sullivan liked Rock music and liked to have all these bands on. He just didn't want anything too sexual, because it was a family show. Thats why he didn't want Mick Jagger to say lets spend the night together. Watch the Dean Martin show ... he Really Didn't like Rock music and made comments about how long their hair was and how the music was just noise
What I do remember about the Ed Sullivan Show was that it was NOT, as you stated at the opening of the video, a "late night" show. It was "prime time" for the entirety of its run and, if I recall correctly, it was every Sunday evening at 8 pm.
I think the folks who created this post should go back- check their facts and try again later. I'm disappointed everytime I see such poor work pass as research!
Ol' Grand dad was responsible for elevating the careers of many of the greatest artists in history, he had been trying to get the Beatles over for over a year, they didn't want to go until they had a #1 in America, Ed and Murry pushed SLY on radio in the major markets and made it happen
All of them! It was the first time that I heard of Bo and the next week I brought his album and drove my family nuts playing it over and over! I was born in 1958 so I was young and I think that influenced my love for rock and roll! ❤
The song that Ed Sullivan wanted Bo to play instead was Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons". How ridiculous is THAT! That's a country/folk song that's not his style at all, and Bo Diddley was one of the most original artists of that time, or any! His guitar style is known as the "Diddley Beat", and people wanted to hear HIS music, not a song by a white country musician. That's almost as bad as when Richard Nixon asked Johnny Cash to perform a song that Johnny didn't write and would _never_ play in a million years because it's disgusting. Nixon asked the great Johnny Cash to play, "Welfare Cadillac". I hope Johnny told him to eff _all_ the way OFF!
When the Rolling Stones were on his show, he asked them to change the lyrics to "Let's Spend The Night Together " to "Let's Spend Some Time Together." Jagger did it, but rolled his eyes when he said it. Sometimes it's better to comply, as crossing Sullivan could really derail your career at the time. Same with Johnny Carson. When Sullivan liked you, you could be asked back several times, as some performers were. Some artists even set appearance records.
@@FactsVerse Many. "HeartOf Stone" "Happy" "One Hit To The Body" "Ruby Tuesday " "Angie" "Dandelion " "Have You Seen Your Mother Lately " "Get Off Of My Cloud"
Yep but jim mortison didnt sell himself out, he didn't take out the word higher, Ed said he would never be invited back, but who cares they already played the Sullivan show, besides the ed Sullivan audience isnt the audience the doors wanted. Those people want to hear child molesting frank sinatra and wife and child beating Perry Como singing bibbity bobbity boo, and sinatras only good stuff was when he was singing with Tommy Dorsey , after that . And he was sleeping with Natalie Wood when she was 13, piece of trash, i mean he didn't murder her like his buddy robert Wagner of course what dinatra did might have been worse, ed suklivam was probably the samd too, these prople should be called out for what they are. Trash.
As if The Doors could care what Ed Sullivan thought. We watched this show, as my family did every Sunday night, and we all knew Jim Morrison was going to give Sullivan a stroke ... "couldn't get much higher" ... and the much ado over Dylan's choice of song, which caused him to cancel his appearance, forever ruined his career. That was a real shame. He had so much potential. But, if you wanted the best music and bands of that time, you never ever missed The Smothers Brothers Show. Loved it!
If the show was truly a "live" broadcast, then it was on TV at different times in the different time zones of the USA. The time difference between NY and HI is 6 hours.
Ed Sullivan's Show was a Prime Time Show on Sundays. Very Mainstream, and that is what made these guys in your video controversial to Sullivan. I grew up watching it as my parents watched it, mainly my mother. NOT a late night show like Johnny Carson at all. He featured Vaudeville acts as well, like the guys that balance spinning plates on sticks.
Ed Sullivan gave Elvis one of the greatest pitches ever! Saying he is a genuinely talented and upright young man after he sang a gospel song instead of his scheduled rock song. You can check out the video on YT…
I'm old enough to remember the Sullivan show and he really did showcase a variety of talent. I remember watching Sonny & Cher (wearing those hideous fur vests), Mamas and the Papas, the Seekers, and various other folk, folk/rock performers. There is a photo on RU-vid showing Ed in a room with the Beatles and Peter, Paul & Mary. The Beatles of course were on his show more than once but I don't recall PP&M ever being showcased. Oh well, maybe Ed didn't approve of the guys' beards. 😮
He didn’t hate Elvis, he just didn’t know what to expect from him since rock n roll music was just coming out but once he found out how popular he was, he booked him on his show for 3 appearances 😂
Thius was not a late night show: 8 or 9 PM Sunday evenings. I know, I watched! It was a fine time for the whole family to watch. I think it was just after 'The Walt Disney Hour'.
I don't think Ed was a fan of most of his guests. But ratings pay the bills. Dick Clark : You could tell he was really into music and loved to give new bands national exposure on Saturday afternoons. Don Kirshner too
One of the factors that contributed to Sullivan not liking some of the artist was men's hair length. People today don't have a clue to this aspect in the gap in the youth culture between and the older establishment. Men in those days were expected to have very short hair, like a hair cut every two weeks and when men grew their hair long it really rubbed the establishment the wrong way a lot. Sad but true, youth these days have so much freedom in this aspect they really don't know how good they got it, they take their freedom of physical self expression for granted. I remember getting expelled from high school more than once in 1968 because my hair just barely touched my ears and collar and it was like this all over the country! They even considered Elvis Presley's hair too long when he first started out!
Long hair on a man was out. Folks frowned on it. It was better then, than now, looking back in other ways. I didn’t give one way or the other on the hair. The only thing I don’t miss, are pay phones. I hated using them.
I was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, 1967-71, the height of the counter culture/anti-war movement. Men:s hair was long, often shoulder length. I was more conservative and had a "normal" haircut. I went directly from graduation into the army (1971-74).. When I got out I let my hair grow a couple months then revisted campus. I was shocked to discover I had "long hair" while the the male students had short hair. College culture had changed radically in the three years I was in the service.
well, no shit he wouldn't have liked it. that's too bad. it was his "shew", and he was obligated to act like a professional and be however polite someone was to him.
We all watched Sullivan ask kids, every night, yet we never spoke about what we saw. Looking back, this was mysterious, because we knew what we were seeing was changing everything, especially after we saw The Beatles on this show.
If Eddie baby was so straight laced and Conservative, then maybe he should have booked Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music Makers? With them, his Shuuuu would have lasted on Prime Time for a week.
There is a video of Elvis performing on Ed Sullivan show and Ed praising him after the performance as a fine young man and enjoyed working with him! Also I remember Ed getting really mad because of the girls screaming and yelling but he finally had to put up with it when he found out rock and roll wasn't going away!
@@FactsVerse - One where you actually SHOW what you are claiming the video is about, and not just a bunch of random IRRELIVANT clips. Some of which were nothing more than actors portraying artists on 1970's TV shows and documentaries. This was no different than listening to someone spewing unsubstantiated info from a bar-stool. Yeah... FACTS would be a start.
I saw the Doors perform Light My Fire, I was only 9 years old at the time, and didn't understand what was going on, but now I think it's great that Morrison sang the original, correct lyrics
I am a big fan of the Doors, but I really think that if Jim had an agreement with Ed, he should have stuck to the agreement. If he he had a problem with it, he should not have gone on.
Growing up in the time era of the "Ed Sullivan Show," I remember all of these people shown on this video. My parents "religiously" watched the "Ed Sullivan Show," each time it aired...never knew Ed Sullivan was so "rigid" in his expectations of the guests that appeared on his show.
Ed Sullivan introduced The Muppets to everyone in the 60s. Like nothing before! I remember loving them. "Music hath charms..." Just watched it again on RU-vid. Great act!
Don't forget the Beatles. Ed Sulivan seemed to mellow out in the late 60s and early 70s. He seemed to like the Mamas and Papas so much so that he joined them on the stage after their performance.
The Beatles were white bread tame, particularly in '64 and '65 when they appeared. Even in the later years, when they (mostly John) became performatively off-putting with their public personae and statements, they were never going to be controversial musically, much less lyrically.
John Byner, a frequent guest, said he loved Ed Sullivan and saw him as a father figure. Byner's dad died when he was young. Byner said Sullivan also did live shows in Lake Tahoe, which Byner also appeared on.
Ah correction. Sullivan was not a late night show. It came on at 8pm on Sunday. And I've seen the Jackson performance & didn't see any animosity toward MJ at all. In fact he was in awe. Who researches this stuff???
Every one has the right to give their options, but please get the facts right,,, a lot of this video has mistakes in the info and the sources of such are not given. Ed Sullivan gave many performers their chance to be in the spot light to show their talent to a nation wide audience and championed black artists even before the civil rights movement took hold in the mid 60's,
I watched Ed back one 60’s just to see which new vocal group or solo artist would be performed. Once The Beatles performed it got be interesting for me. Elvis was on when I was to young to appreciate or care about Ed’s musical guests.
Ed Sullivan gave all these performers the largest live audience they could possibly have. He did more for them than they did for him. Ed Sullivan was not perfect and neither were the performers who graced his stage. It seemed everyone watched his show way back when and today the videos and are still available for all to enjoy for many years to come. Thanks Ed.
Wrong. If he had not booked these performers, he would have lost his ratings and his job. You need to realize that these performers were chart topping groups BEFORE they appeared on his show. That's the only reason he booked them. Appearing on his show did give them a bit of a boost though.
@@FRLN500A bit of a boost? Everyone I knew was watching the night the Beatles first appeared on Ed Sullivan. That started Beatlemania in America (where the money is). Yeah the Beatles were big in England but Ed Sullivan put them in everyone's living room. And why would other acts appear on Ed's show? They felt sorry and didn't want him to lose his job? They needed the money he paid them? Nationwide exposure was hard to come by back then. Today you don't need talent but do need the folks who pull the strings or you are going nowhere.
@@FRLN500 You are wrong. Yes most were chart toppers at the time on the RADIO but they all knew being on his show live in front of millions of people of all ages would launch them into International stardom. You are out of your mind if you think those bands did not want to be on his show!
There are many televised performances available by Sam Cooke from Arthur Murrrays Dance Party in the late 1950s to Shindig in 1964-the year he was murdered. Furthermore Ed Sullivan invited Sam back to the show the week after he was cut off. Both of those performances are available on dvd.
I remember when the Doors were on Ed Sullivan and only later on heard about the riff over Morrison singing "Higher" in their song "Light my Fire". Ed Sullivan did a similar thing to the Rolling Stones when they performed "Let's Spend the Night Together" Ed Sullivan didn't like the lyrics and wanted them to change the lyrics of "Let's Spend the Night Together" to "Let's Spend Some Time Together". In this case the Stones complied with Ed's demand and changed the lyrics. You can look up the Rolling Stones performance on Ed Sullivan with Mick Jagger singing "Let's Spend Some Time Together" on RU-vid. Check out the expressions on their faces when Mick sings to the changed line. 😉
Actually many people who witnessed the Miami concert testified Morrison never exposed himself and there was no photographic evidence. I believe the governor reversed Jim’s conviction in some manner in recent years, which essentially means the state admits the charges were trumped up & politically motivated.
@@FayeKramer-rl9xzturns out you're a jerk for believing tripe. Sensationalised rubbish spread by the nascent media at the time. They now do the same thing as a matter of course. Easier for them to lie and invent stuff than breathe
Not at all. Remember this was an entirely different time. There were 3 networks - no cable, no streaming, nothing else. If you wanted to see musicians playing "live" there weren't many other options, especially if you didn't live in a huge city. Sullivan was an excellent producer and his show was by far the best variety show on the air. He had half a dozen different acts on each show, varying from puppetry to comedy skits to plate spinning to acrobats to tap dancing to every kind of music. He briefly introduced each act, usually chatted with them briefly afterwards, but otherwise let the talent have the spotlight. And his so-called "conservatism" was no different from what the vast majority of educated white males his age believed. He could have just refused to have these rock'n'rollers on his show at all, but instead he gave them nationwide publicity worth millions to their career, which they couldn't have gotten any other way. So he may not have liked the music, but he knew that it was going to bring in the viewers, and boy did it.
@@gaileverettYou've got to identify people as white males. People today just have to identify everybody. Up until 1965 it was a white European majority country...so there's that.
@@patcola7335 I agree that people are too caught up in identity politics. Also, America still is a majority white nation, for now, as the most recent census from 2020 showed that 71% of the population identifies as white.
John Byner was interviewed a few years ago on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast for over an hour. Ed Sullivan and John Byner got along and joked back stage. So, put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Why does your introduction picture show Ann Margaret who isn't even mentioned ? She only had one record out anyway. And she was basically a dancer in movies like Viva Las Vegas.
You couldn't be more wrong, especially about Elvis, Ed Sullivan loved Elvis and Ed told Elvis he was a good person and was proud to have Elvis on his show, and I think everyone that is old enough to have seen it knows.
Sullivan had vowed never to have Elvis on his show at all, but Elvis was so popular, Sullivan had no choice but to hand him on, especially after Elvis had performed on Milton Berle’s show. But Sullivan really changed his mind about Elvis when Elvis did perform on his show. He was genuinely impressed with Elvis and he called him a “fine young man”. I think Elvis could be really very humble and charming and Sullivan had to change his own mind.
As for Elvis, Sullivan at first said that he would never have him on his show. Was only when Steve Allen(had his show same time as his on sunday night) had Elvis as his guest and for the first time beat Sullivan's rating that he changed his mind and offered him 50,000 I believe for 3 appearances (2 in 1956 and 1 in early 1957). But there were never any animosity between the two as far as I know. Was animosity with Bo Didley in late 55 when Ed had asked him to sing 15 Tons(hit by T Ernie Ford) but Bo being Bo decided to sing Hey Bo Didley and swore that he would never have him on his show agaIn.
@@zenawarrior7442, you nailed it; once when I was small, I wanted to see Natalie Cole's TV special, but my parents made me go to bed at 8:00 PM, both of the two times it aired (on CBS and here in Canada on CBC.)
The Ed Sullivan Show was before my time, but I can see things from Ed's POV. Ed was a product of his generation and probably his upbringing. I am a former headbanger who still rocks some. That said, rock and roll was new and the older generation didn't know where it would lead their kids or the country. You have to look at things through the other perso's side to understand them.
When Rock and Roll started to become popular many people thought it was satanic because of the effects it had on the youth. Rock and Roll records were burned in a musical auto da fe ,They may have been right.
It seems like he considered himself to be the big star of the show, and that the artists should have felt honoured to be invited. I kind of like watching super square people interacting with the coolest artists of the 60’s. The generation gap is a crevasse, and really adds to the edginess of the performances, and interactions between an old fuddy duddy and coolest rock and roll artists of the day.
@@crankyoldperson6871 No, just the opposite. This video is a little misleading. He may not have approved of the music, but he still had the bands on, stood back and let them play. He knew perfectly well that nobody was tuning in to watch HIM, and he knew talent and popularity when he saw it.
Why do you keep popping in thanking people for “loving your video” even when they never said they loved your video? Guess it’s to be expected from a misleading, sloppy and inaccurate production like yours, though!
At least he had them on his show. Today, few conservative performers are allowed on the main stream media. Fortunately, the MSM is a much smaller part of today's society.
Like who exactly? First you have to find conservative 'talent'. You're going to have to face the sad fact that Rob Ritchie and the Nooge are the best you got.
