Allen had the singer on July 1 and trounced Sullivan in the ratings. When asked to comment, [Sullivan] said that he wouldn't consider presenting Presley before a family audience.
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Less than two weeks later he changed his mind and signed a contract. The newspapers asked him to explain his reversal. I hadn't even seen the guy.
Seeing the kinescopes, I don't know what the fuss was all about. For instance, the business about rubbing the thighs. He rubbed one hand on his hip to dry off the perspiration from playing his guitar. Sullivan's reaction to Presley's performance on The Milton Berle Show was, "I don't know why everybody picked on Presley, I thought the whole show was dirty and vulgar.
Elvis mythology states that Sullivan censored Presley by only shooting him from the waist up. Sullivan may have helped create the myth when he told TV Guide , "as for his gyrations, the whole thing can be controlled with camera shots. Sullivan, however, was not able to host his show in New York City because he was recovering from a near fatal automobile accident.
Charles Laughton guest-hosted in Sullivan's place. Laughton appeared in front of plaques with gold records and stated, "These gold records, four of them And this, by the way, is the first time in record-making history that a singer has hit such a mark in such a short time.
And now, away to Hollywood to meet Elvis Presley. However, according to Greil Marcus , Laughton was the main act of that particular telecast of Sullivan's show. Laughton had to make the moment invisible: He did it instantly, with complete command, with the sort of television presence that some have and some—Steve Allen, or Ed Sullivan himself—don't. Host Laughton introduced the singer from New York.
Once on camera, Elvis cleared his throat and said, "Thank you, Mr. Laughton, ladies and gentlemen. Wow", and wiped his brow. There's not much I can say except, it really makes you feel good. We want to thank you from the bottom of our heart. When the camera returned to Laughton, he stated, "Well, well, well well well. Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis Presley. Presley, if you are watching this in Hollywood, and I may address myself to you. It has been many a year since any young performer has captured such a wide, and, as we heard tonight, devoted audience.
Elvis's second set in the show consisted of "Ready Teddy" and a short on-air comment to Sullivan, "Ah, Mr.
We know that somewhere out there you are looking in, and, ah, all the boys and myself, and everybody out here, are looking forward to seeing you back on television. According to Marcus, "For the first of his two appearances that night, as a performer Elvis had come on dressed in grandma's nightgown and nightcap. Fontana on drums, three Jordanaires on their feet, one at a piano. They were shown from behind; the camera pulled all the way back.
They went into 'Ready Teddy. Compared to moments on the Dorsey shows, on the Berle show, it was ice cream—Elvis's face unthreatening, his legs as if in casts Although Laughton was the main star and there were seven other acts on the show, Elvis was on camera for more than a quarter of the time allotted to all acts. Elvis Presley had 'injected movements of his tongue and indulged in wordless singing that were singularly distasteful. Sullivan hosted a second appearance by Presley on October 28, Sullivan then addressed the audience as he stood beside Elvis, who began shaking his legs, eliciting screams from the audience.
By the time Sullivan turned his head, Elvis was standing motionless. He just does this [Ed shakes his legs] and everybody yells. Later on, he sang a nearly four-minute-long version of " Hound Dog " and was shown in full the entire song. For his last set he sang " Peace in the Valley ". According to Sullivan's co-producer Marlo Lewis , the rumor had it that "Elvis has been hanging a small soft-drink bottle from his groin underneath his pants, and when he wiggles his leg it looks as though his pecker reaches down to his knee!
Although much has been made of the fact that Elvis was shown only from the waist up, except for the short section of " Hound Dog ", all of the songs on this show were ballads. From the make-up over his eyes, the hair falling in his face, the overwhelmingly sexual cast of his mouth, he was playing Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik , with all stops out. That he did so in front of the Jordanaires, who this night appeared as the four squarest-looking men on the planet, made the performance even more potent. Sullivan praised Elvis at the end of the show, saying "This is a real decent, fine boy.
We've never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we've had with you You're thoroughly all right" [31] —a remark that could either be interpreted as a "ringing endorsement" that "legitimized the singer with an adult audience" [32] or as "a somewhat hypocritical statement considering what the CBS censors had just done to his performance on that show. At that particular time there was a lot of controversy—you didn't see people moving—out in public. They were gettin' it on in the back rooms, but you didn't see it out in public too much.
So there was a lot of controversy They photographed me from the waist up.
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And Sullivan's standing over there saying, 'Sumbitch. Years later, Sullivan "tried to sign the singer up again He phoned Presley's manager, Col. Tom Parker, and asked about a price. Parker came up with a list of instructions and conditions and after hearing the demands Sullivan said, 'Give Elvis my best—and my sympathy,' and he hung up. In late , Sullivan and his entourage happened also to be passing through Heathrow and witnessed how The Beatles ' fans greeted the group on their return from Stockholm, where they had performed a television show as warmup band to local stars Suzie and Lill Babs.
Sullivan was intrigued, telling his entourage it was the same thing as Elvis all over again. He initially offered Beatles manager Brian Epstein top dollar for a single show but the Beatles manager had a better idea — he wanted exposure for his clients: Their first appearance on February 9 is considered also along with the appearance of Elvis Presley a few years earlier on that show a milestone in American pop culture and furthermore the beginning of the British Invasion in music. The broadcast drew an estimated 73 million viewers, at the time a record for US television which would not be broken until three years later by the series finale of The Fugitive.
The act that followed Beatles in the broadcast, magician Fred Kaps , was pre-recorded in order to allow time for an elaborate set change. The following week's show was broadcast from Miami Beach where Muhammad Ali then Cassius Clay was in training for his first title bout with Sonny Liston. The occasion was used by both camps for publicity.
On the evening of the television show February 16 a crush of people nearly prevented the band from making it onstage. A wedge of policemen were needed and the band began playing " She Loves You " only seconds after reaching their instruments. They were shown on tape February 23 this appearance had been taped earlier in the day on February 9 before their first live appearance.
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The Beatles appeared live for the final time on August 14, The show was broadcast September 12, , and earned Sullivan a percent share of the nighttime audience for one of the appearances. This was later recognized by CBS and others including music historian Jim Dawson in his book on "Rock Around the Clock" as the first performance of a rock and roll song on a national television program. In addition to 14 appearances, [39] they were a personal favorite of Sullivan, whom he affectionately called "The Girls". The Supremes' final appearance on the show, shortly before it ended, served as the platform to introduce America to Ross's replacement, Jean Terrell , in March In an era when few opportunities existed for African American performers on national television, Sullivan was a champion of black talent.
He launched the careers of many performers by presenting them to a nationwide TV audience and ignored the criticism. In an NEA interview, Sullivan commented:. Before his death in a plane crash in December , soul singer Otis Redding had been booked to appear on the show the following year.
One telecast included African-American bass-baritone Andrew Frierson singing " Ol' Man River " from Kern and Hammerstein 's Show Boat , a song that, at that time, was usually sung on television by white singers, although it was written for a black character in the musical.
However, Sullivan featured "rockers", and gave prominence to black musicians "not without censorship". For instance, he scheduled Fats Domino "at the show's end in case he had to cancel a guest". All seven of Domino's band members were visible to millions of viewers. Sullivan rebooked Cooke for the December 1 show to overwhelming success. Between and , Jim Henson performed some of his Muppet characters on the show. Look inside 1 Look inside 1 Instrument: Rate this product's difficulty level: Review Guidelines Explain exactly why you liked or disliked the product.
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