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6 unusual facts about Ed Sullivan


Grand Orchestra of Paris

The orchestra appeared on two Ed Sullivan programs with the Les Djinns Singers in the early 1960s.

Jim Bonfanti

Bonfanti's music career began in 1965 when he saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan.

José Melis

Melis also appeared on other TV shows, including Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town, and he portrayed himself in the musical comedy film Senior Prom (1958).

Les Djinns Singers

The Les Djinns Singers never toured the United States, but two separate filmed sequences were shown within two separate Sunday-evening Ed Sullivan variety shows.

The Kim Sisters

Their successful performances at the Thunderbird led them to the Stardust where Ed Sullivan saw the trio and invited the sisters to perform on his show.

This Boy

The Beatles performed it live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.


Benny Fields

In 1959, Fields asked Ed Sullivan, who was arranging a floor show for the Nevada hotel and casino, the Desert Inn for a spot on the bill for himself and his wife.

Gil Hayes

Also teaming with Danny Babich against Joe Tommaso & Ed Sullivan, Hayes also faced Buck Jones, The Stomper, the Quebec Giant, Dan Kroffat and Stampede North American Champion Les Thornton, losing to him on April 23.

Walter Kaner

Kaner once stood in for Ed Sullivan, jokingly reminding his television audience that he was the one who rejected acts such as Harry Belafonte and Barbra Streisand.

Wes Harrison

He appeared on the Ed Sullivan, Jack Paar, Garry Moore, Mike Douglas, Dean Martin, Roger Miller, and the Merv Griffin shows, and filled a complete schedule of night club work.


see also

Hanukkah bush

In a 1959 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, actress Gertrude Berg described her father's substitution of a "Chanukah bush" in place of a Christmas tree.

Lovelace Watkins

In addition to appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, Lovelace also appeared on the Johnny Carson and Mike Douglas shows.

Morty Gunty

Gunty appeared on Ed Sullivan February 23, 1964, following The Beatles (3rd appearance) He appeared as himself in the Woody Allen film Broadway Danny Rose.