The Ed Sullivan Show’s official YouTube channel has shared two more classic, rarely-seen performances from Peggy Lee – this time dating from 1961 and 1965. You can check them both out below. The earlier of the two Peggy Lee performances, dating from February 12, 1961, features the iconic singer performing a spirited renditions of Kansas Joe McCoy’s “Why […]
An outdoor performance by a 21-year-old Hank Williams Jr. can be viewed on the official YouTube channel of The Ed Sullivan Show. The country star, nicknamed Bocephus by his famous father, sang “All For The Love Of Sunshine” on the November 8, 1970 edition of the famous variety series, a matter of weeks after the MGM […]
A performance by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra of “The Faithful Hussar” has been newly added to the ever-expanding archive of The Ed Sullivan Show, and is now available to view via the show’s official YouTube channel. The clip dates from the October 8, 1961 instalment of the world-famous series, taped on location at the Sportspalast in west […]
Fans of revered country star, instrumentalist, TV host, and actor Roy Clark can see a clip of him in action in a 1970 edition of The Ed Sullivan Show. Here’s the hitmaker performing the flamenco-influenced instrumental “Malagueña” on the November 1 show that year. The video is part of the huge archive of performances that are now […]
A rare video of Vanilla Fudge performing on The Ed Sullivan Show has been shared online, spotlighting the band’s appearance on an episode in 1969. In the classic clip from The Ed Sullivan Show archives, the New York rock band delivers a fervent cover of “Shotgun,” which was originally released by Junior Walker & The All Stars on Berry […]
In a newly released video from The Ed Sullivan Show archives, Dorothy Dandridge performs a thrilling rendition of the Nat King Cole classic “That’s All,” originally released in 1953.
Two rarely-seen clips of Peggy Lee performing on The Ed Sullivan Show are newly available on the long running variety show’s official YouTube channel.
A rarely-seen clip of The Mamas & The Papas performing a medley of their hits, “Monday Monday”, ”I Call Your Name” and “California Dreamin’” is one of the latest gems to emerge from the vaults of The Ed Sullivan Show. You can check the footage out below.
These performances on The Ed Sullivan Show occurred almost exclusively between 1957 and 1964, and that’s not happenstance. They coincide with the only slice of time when different styles of jazz ever got a significant airing on television.
A clip of Peggy Lee performing for injured American servicemen in a hospital in 1960 is newly available on the official YouTube channel of The Ed Sullivan Show.