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The Ed Sullivan Show was the definitive and longest running variety series in television history (1948-71). For twenty-three years the Sullivan show fulfilled the democratic mandate of the variety genre: to entertain all of the audience at least some of the time.
His show presented some of the all-time great musical acts like:
The Beach Boys, The Jackson Five,
Lesley Gore, Fifth Dimension, The Temptations, Petula Clark, The Mama's and the Papa's, The Righteous Brothers, Sam & Dave, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, The Four Tops, Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Four Seasons,
Connie Francis, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Santana, James Brown, Martha & the Vandellas, Turtles, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Animals, Paul Anka, Gerry & the
Pacemakers, Fabian, Dusty Springfield, Stevie Wonder, Herman's Hermits, Sly & the Family
Stone, Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello, Young Rascals, Everly Brothers, Ike & Tina Turner.
There was something also for the adult/contempary crowd like:
Johnny Mathis, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Mancini, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Engelbert Humperdinck, Robert Goulet, Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, Buddy Rich, Tony Bennett,
Bernadette Peters, John Davidson, Ed Ames, Polly Bergen, Patti Page, Liza Minnelli, Tom Jones, Pat Boone, the McGuire Sisters, Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney.
The worlds leading comedians:
Bob Hope, George Burns, Jack Benny, Smothers Brothers, Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, Charles Nelson Reilly, Buddy Hackett, Shelly Berman, Flip Wilson, Jackie Mason, Alan King, Norm Crosby, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Frank Gorshin, Rich Little,
David Frye, Anne Meara & Jerry Stiller, Rip Taylor, Sid Caesar, Robert Klein.
Jazz greats:
Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Harry James
Not to mention the legendary appearances by such greats as:
The Doors, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Elvis Presley...and much, much more!!!
Buyer pays $5 for shipping of this great quality DVD set...inter-active menus with show selection. |
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