The archive of The Ed Sullivan Show is marking a milestone for a fellow, much-loved entertainment institution, The Sound of Music.

The Ed Sullivan Show YouTube channel has celebrated the hit movie Licorice Pizza by sharing the original segment that was recreated in the film.

On this day in 1964, the Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, one week after “I Want to Hold Your Hand” became their first #1 hit in America. While 728 audience members in the theatre experienced the Beatles singing to them in person, the estimated audience watching the much-hyped event at home was 73 million. Sullivan […]

(WGHP) — “All you need is love, love, love is all you need.” The lads didn’t sing that right away, of course, but there was plenty of love, love, love in the air 58 years ago today, when the Beatles first landed in America. News reports at the time said there were 3,000 “screaming teenagers” on […]

A vintage country performance is among the latest clips to emerge from the archives of The Ed Sullivan Show. Loretta Lynn’s classic, autobiographical hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter” can now be seen at the official YouTube page of the famous variety institution, as sung on the edition of October 11, 1970. The song, written by Lynn and produced on […]

A vintage performance by fondly-remembered 1960s hitmakers Gary Lewis and the Playboys is among the latest clips to be shared from the archives of The Ed Sullivan Show. The group, fronted by the son of comedian Jerry Lewis, are seen on the February 27, 1966 edition of the famous variety series performing their Top 10 single “Sure Gonna […]

A vintage performance by Brenda Lee of her classic ballad “All Alone Am I” has been newly shared from the archives of The Ed Sullivan Show. As the annals of the long-running variety series continue to be restored and made available to modern audiences, the clip gives audiences a flavor of the show in its […]

Since launching in June 2020, The Ed Sullivan Show YouTube channel has brought a nearly daily dose of nostalgia. Cherry-picked from the show’s two decades in primetime, fans both new and old are able to relive Sullivan‘s most memorable performances. With 2021 coming to a close, The Ed Sullivan Show has compiled its most-watched videos from this past year. The videos […]

We all know now of the tragic and vile arc of Michael Jackson’s life as an adult, the bizarre behavior, the accusations of pedophilia and the slow disintegration of a man who once thrilled millions. As a boy though, Jackson and his brothers were the Jackson Five and even when he was just 11, as […]

A unique version of The Beatles’ “Octopus’s Garden” by the Muppets has been shared from the archives of The Ed Sullivan Show. The song, written by Ringo Starr under his real name of Richard Starkey, is of course fondly-remembered from the group’s 1969 album Abbey Road. It was Ringo’s final lead vocal with The Beatles. The version by Jim Henson’s Muppets, […]