For 23 years from 1948 to 1971, families gathered in front of their TV sets at 8 PM every Sunday to watch The Ed Sullivan Show. With its impressive high ratings, a booking on the variety show was a golden opportunity for any performer to boost their career and hopefully become a household name across the country. To wrap up 2020, we decided to compile the top 10 most viewed videos on our rapidly growing YouTube Channel that commemorate some of the biggest acts that took center stage at the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.  

Ed Sullivan enjoyed the holidays because it was always a wonderful opportunity to showcase so many ways to celebrate the season, and this year we premiere a music- and laughter-filled holiday playlist. Classics include “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby, “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” by Gene Autry, “Jingle Bells” by Paul Anka, and more. Festive fun lights up things with “Mrs. Claus Interview” by Stiller & Meara, “Deck The Halls” by the Baird Puppets and holiday cheer with The Muppets. Watch them all on our channel 

For the past three months, we have been celebrating Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show YouTube Channel. Twelve iconic Elvis performances are now available to view in HD including "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender" and "Peace In The Valley." Watch them all on our channel here!

UMe and SOFA Entertainment have partnered on a global deal involving “The Ed Sullivan Show” catalog. For the first time ever, full performance segments will be officially available worldwide via streaming platforms on June 12th. Nearly 50 years after The Ed Sullivan Show wrapped its final episode and charmed TV viewers for the final...

Jerry Stiller, legendary comedian and actor, passed away on Monday morning. He was 92 years old. Stiller and Meara were a husband-and-wife comedy team made up of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. The couple were Ed Sullivan Show regulars, appearing over 30 times alongside musical guests such as The Rolling Stones, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald. They would become fan favorites and gain notoriety nationwide for their comedy routines. Take a look back at the classic comedy duo:

“Ford v Ferrari” and “Walk the Line” director James Mangold will direct Timothée Chalamet as the young Bob Dylan in an upcoming film. The movie will focus on the period in Dylan’s life when he traded in his acoustic guitar for an electric guitar and completely changed his sound.  "Chalamet is reportedly taking guitar lessons but some pundits wonder if the greater challenge will come from Dylan, who...

We’re sad to say that our dear friend Maria Perego, creator of Topo Gigio, passed away yesterday morning in her beautiful home in Milan. The mouse puppet that she made in the late 1950s in Italy became a worldwide phenomenon on The Ed Sullivan Show. Topo Gigio was a regular from his first appearance in 1962 to the end of the show’s run in 1971. Topo went on to appear in magazines, cartoons, albums, and even his own full length motion picture. To this day the little mouse is still a pop icon. R.I.P. Maria Perego (1923-2019)

Rip Taylor, the confetti-tossing actor and comedian, died Sunday.Here is Rip Taylor on The Ed Sullivan Show. February 2, 1964. https://youtu.be/8DVB4xD7W0c

"Willful Shadows tells the story of Sonny James and The Southern Gentlemen, written by one of The Southern Gentlemen himself, Gary Robble. During their time with Sonny James they were voted 1969’s Country Music Artist of the Year, were the first to record a live album in the Houston Astrodome, appear on The Ed Sullivan Show 4 times, and be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Sonny James witnessed the birth of rock-n-roll and by 1957, had sold over 3,000,000 singles of the first country-pop crossover hit “Young Love”. From 1964-1972 he and his vocal band of...

  Musician Dick Dale, “The King of the Surf Guitar” died in Loma Linda, California on March 16, 2019. He was 81. The American guitarist was a pioneer of surf music and his 1962 single “Let’s Go Trippin’” is often regarded as the first surf rock song. His signature sound mixed staccato picking and reverb with Middle Eastern melodies. Although his chart success in the 1960s was brief, his influence was immense. Dale’s most iconic...