S9.com / Biographies /
1901 - Edward Vincent Sullivan, born on the 28th of September in New York. He was an American entertainment writer and television host.
1930 - He was married to Sylvia Weinstein.
1948 - The CBS network hired him to do a weekly Sunday night TV variety show, Toast of the Town, which later became The Ed Sullivan Show.
1955 - Bo Diddley was asked by him to sing Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit "Sixteen Tons". Come air time, Diddley sang his #2 hit song, "Bo Diddley". He was banned from the show.
1956 - He was injured in an automobile accident that occurred near his country home in Southbury, Connecticut.
1961 - He was asked by CBS to fill in for an ailing Red Skelton on The Red Skelton Show. He performed some of Skelton's characters successfully.
1964 - the first live American appearance on his show, of The Beatles, on February.
1969 - Presented the Jackson 5 with their first single "I Want You Back", which ousted B. J. Thomas's "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" from the top spot of Billboard's pop charts.
1971 - The show was no longer in television's top 20. New CBS executives, who wanted to attract younger viewers, canceled the show along with virtually all of the network's oldest shows.
1973 - He was so upset and angry he refused to do a final show, although he did return to CBS for several TV specials and a 25th anniversary show.
1974 - Died on the 13th of October.
  | Page last updated: 2:58am, 06th Feb '08 |
Related Books
  |
1948: The Crossroads Year by James F. Nagle (Paperback - Nov 9, 2007) 1948: The Crossroads Year by James F. Nagle is a fascinating exploration of how 1948 forever changed America-and why. The turning point in the struggle between Western democracy and Eastern... Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan by James Maguire (Hardcover - Jun 1, 2006) A perfect mirror of its time, "The Ed Sullivan Show" ran from 1948 to 1971, echoing this period's every chapter: the birth of television, the conformist 1950s, the dawn of the rock era - featuring a...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
A thousand Sundays: The story of the Ed Sullivan show by Jerry G Bowles (Unknown Binding - May 18, 1980) |
|
 |
A Really Big Show A Visual History of the Ed Sullivan Show by Claudia Falkemburg, Andrew Solt Leonard John (Hardcover - May 18, 1992) |
|
 |
A Really Big Show: A Visual History of The Ed Sullivan Show by John Leonard (Hardcover - Nov 1, 1992)  |
|
 |
ALWAYS ON SUNDAY ED SULLIVAN AN INSIDE VIEW by Michael David Harris (Paperback - May 18, 1968) |
|
Related DVDs
  |
Surviving Desire (DVD) Surviving Desireis actually three short films, two of which--"Theory of Achievement" and "Ambition"--demonstrate writer-director Hal Hartley at his most quirky and abstract. They consist mostly of a... |
|
 |
Deviant Obsession (DVD)  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
