I remember when the Beatles first played on The Ed Sullivan Show back in '64. My dad was disgusted because of their "long" hair and watched about five minutes of the show and turned the channel.

If he could only see my hair now which reaches down between my shoulder blades. Perhaps he's still rolling over in his grave.

That's All Right 'Papa'

RIP dad.

I remember watching them on B/W TV on the Ed Sullivan show. I was 9. I thought they were great because my father thought the "long" hair was ridiculous. As a kid I always had a "crew cut" haircut and hated it. When I broke free of parental leadership I let my hair grow and to this day I have long hair.

Thanks Beatles.

I remember my dad saying similar things when the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan show.

As you get older you begin to see your world change into your children's and grandchildren's world.

But, in the long run, "same as it ever was..."

I'm thinking I'm probably on the short list of people here who saw the Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

love it Happy Easter everyone!

Reminds me of Kermit's first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.

CBS network censors demanded that Morrison change the lyrics to Light My Fire, by altering the line, "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" (because of the possible reference to drugs) before the band performed the song live on September 17, 1967, on the Ed Sullivan Show. However, Morrison sang the original line instead, and on live television with no delay, CBS was powerless to stop it. A furious Ed Sullivan refused to shake the band members' hands, and they were never invited back.

When The Beatles came back to America in 1965, and while preparing for their famous concert at Shea Stadium in New York, they taped six songs on August 14, to be aired on the Sullivan Show on September 12, 1965. The Beatles played six songs; I Feel Fine, I'm Down, Act Naturally, Ticket To Ride, Yesterday and Help! Although taped, this would be the last "live" performance The Beatles did for The Ed Sullivan Show.

Background to clip:

1958
17. January 26 - The Crickets make their second and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing only one song, "Oh, Boy!"

Further stuff from R&R Hall of Fame:



Buddy Holly


Buddy Holly played rock and roll for only two short years, but the wealth of material he recorded in that time made a major and lasting impact on popular music. Holly was an innovator who wrote his own material and was among the first to exploit such advanced studio techniques as double-tracking. He pioneered and popularized the now-standard rock-band lineup of two guitars, bass and drums. In his final months, he even began experimenting with orchestration. Holly's catalog of songs includes such standards of the rock and roll canon as "Rave On," "Peggy Sue," "That'll Be the Day," Oh Boy!" and "Maybe Baby." Though Holly lacked the arresting sexuality of Elvis Presley, he nonetheless cut an engaging, charismatic figure with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses and vocal hiccup. His creative self-reliance and energetic, inspired craftsmanship prefigured the coming wave of rock and rollers in the Sixties. Holly was a professed influence on the Beatles and Hollies (both of whom derived their names from his). Even the Rolling Stones had their first major British hit with Holly's "Not Fade Away."

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