It's an unlikely love story. Four skinny lads from Liverpool touched down in New York Feb. 7, 1964. Two nights later — after Ed Sullivan's stilted introduction — they played pop music on live ...

On February 9, 1964, The Beatles stepped onto the stage at CBS Studio 50 in New York City to open an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show. "Their lyrics (punctuated by nutty shouts of “yeah, yeah, yeah!”) ...

Sunday night, Feb. 9, 1964, was a groundbreaking moment in the history of television and entertainment in the United States. That evening, the Beatles, already famous across Europe, made their ...

American R&B group The Supremes (L-R: Cindy Birdsong, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross) pose with host Ed Sullivan on stage on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' New York, N.Y., Dec. 20, 1969. American R&B group The ...

If you’re a fan of The Beatles, the Muppets, Elvis Presley, or even classical violinist Itzhak Perlman, then you have celebrity Ed Sullivan to thank. The Ed Sullivan Show was instrumental in ...

Ed Sullivan has gone down in history as one of the most influential figures in rock & roll — without playing an instrument or singing a single note. "When I first went on TV with our Toast of the Town ...

It is perhaps assumed by some that because their lives were never the same after they saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan’s television show in February 1964, the night must have had a similar effect on ...

Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...

Throughout its 23-year run, The Ed Sullivan Show repeatedly made history with its penchant for marking the debut of a wide array of musical artists. Between 1948 and 1971, the variety series pulled in ...

Most of us know Ed Sullivan as, well, Ed Sullivan—the legendary host of “The Ed Sullivan Show,” which ran from 1948 to 1971, and was responsible for playing a role in introducing some of the most ...

Pioneering television host Ed Sullivan is the subject of Netflix's "Sunday Best," a documentary that examines the groundbreaking impact of Black artists featured on his iconic eponymous variety show ...