The Four Historic Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Beatles

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Movie
German title The Four Historic Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Beatles
Original title The Four Historic Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Beatles
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2003/2010
length 240 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Tim Kiley
production
  • Andrew Solt
  • Robert Precht
  • Greg Vines
music The Beatles and other artists

On October 28, 2003, the four Ed Sullivan shows from February 1964 and September 12, 1965 with a total of 20 live recorded titles by the Beatles as well as performances by other artists were published under the title The Four Historic Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Beatles . The VHS cassette / double DVD was released as part of other ED Sullivan shows releases. The re-release on September 3, 2010 with the modified title The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles also contains bonus material.

Emergence

Ed Sullivan
Beatles in Key West, Florida, 1964
Beatles, 1964
The Beatles in August 1965 during a press conference

On October 31, 1963, Ed Sullivan was at London Heathrow Airport and watched the Beatles fans greet the group on their return from Stockholm . Sullivan was intrigued and told his staff it was the same as Elvis Presley . On November 11 and 12, 1963, Beatles executives Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan met at the Delmonico Hotel in New York . Sullivan initially offered Epstein a single show with a fee for 10,000 US dollars , but Epstein had another proposal, which should bring the Beatles more attention in the United States and agreed to be here: The Beatles should instead occur three times in the show , at the beginning and at the end. The total fee was also $ 10,000. The contract was sealed with a handshake. Producer Bob Precht was concerned that the Beatles were unknown in the US, but Ed Sullivan thought it was a good investment.

On December 26, 1963, I Want to Hold Your Hand / I Saw Her Standing There was the Beatles' first single on Capitol Records . The single rose to number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 18, 1964 . Two weeks later, I Want to Hold Your Hand topped the charts. It was the commercial breakthrough for the Beatles in the United States. The album Meet the Beatles! reached number one position on February 15, 1964 on the US Billboard 200 , where it remained for eleven weeks.

On January 3, 1964, a video of the song She Loves You from the Royal Variety Show of November 4, 1963 was played on US television on The Jack Paar Show . Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan tried to prevent this in advance, as the Beatles were to appear exclusively in the USA for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show . But the Jack Paar Show further increased the popularity of the Beatles in the United States and it was noted on the show that the Beatles would appear in the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964 . From February 7 to February 22, 1964, the Beatles went on a promotional tour of the United States. On February 7, 1964, the group landed in a PanAm plane at New York Airport , where 5,000 fans and 200 journalists received them on the tarmac.

The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show at CBS Studio 50 on three consecutive Sundays in February 1964 . Her first appearance on February 9th was watched by an estimated 73 million viewers, a record for US television at the time. The Beatles' songs were:

  1. All my loving
  2. Till There Was You
  3. She loves you
  4. I saw her standing there
  5. I want to hold your hand

The first three songs were played at the beginning, tracks four and five at the end of the show.

The following week's Ed Sullivan show , on February 16, aired from Miami Beach , where Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) was training for his first title shot with Sonny Liston . The event was used by the Beatles and Clay for promotional purposes. Three songs each opened and closed the show:

  1. She loves you
  2. This boy
  3. All my loving
  4. I saw her standing there
  5. From me to you
  6. I want to hold your hand

The third show with The Beatles was broadcast on February 23, but the performance was already recorded on February 9. Two songs were played at the beginning of the show and one title at the end.

  1. Twist and Shout
  2. Please Please Me
  3. I want to hold your hand

The Beatles last appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on August 14, 1965, the day before their US tour . The program aired on September 12, 1965. This time the Beatles played the middle and final part with three songs each.

  1. I feel fine
  2. I'm down
  3. Act Naturally
  4. Ticket to Ride
  5. Yesterday
  6. Help!

In the show, joined, among others, Cilla Black on. The following day, the Beatles gave a concert at Shea Stadium in New York that was announced by Ed Sullivan.

Although the Beatles had their last live appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on August 14, 1965, music videos of the songs Paperback Writer , Rain , Penny Lane , Strawberry Fields Forever , Hello, Goodbye , Two of Us and Let It were released in the following years Be broadcast on the show.

Ten songs from the three February 1964 shows were used in the documentary The Beatles: The First US Visit , which was released on November 13, 1991. For the documentary series Anthology , which first aired in November 1995, two songs from the Ed Sullivan Show of February 1964 were used.

On October 28, 2003, the four Ed Sullivan shows on February 9, 16 and 23, 1964 and September 12, 1965, with a total of 20 live recorded titles by the Beatles as well as performances by other artists and the commercial breaks under the title The Four Historic Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Beatles Released. The VHS / double DVD was released as part of other ED Sullivan shows. The audio restoration was done by Greg Miller. The publication was made by SOFA Entertainment . The re-release of September 3, 2010 with the modified title The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles still includes 13 minute bonus material, which also includes an interview with Ed Sullivan and the Beatles on the occasion of their first feature film A Hard Day's Night . A digitally revised version of The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles was released on May 25, 2018 .

content

Ed Sullivan Show, New York City, February 9, 1964

  1. Ed's opening
  2. All My Loving - The Beatles
  3. Till There Was You - The Beatles
  4. She Loves You - The Beatles
  5. Magician - Fred Kaps
  6. I'll Do Anything For You - The Cast Of Oliver
  7. As Long As He Needs Me (from Oliver) - Georgia Brown
  8. Comedian / Impressionist - Frank Gorshin
  9. Audience Bow - Terry McDermott
  10. Show Tunes Medley - Tessie O'Shea
  11. Comedy Routine - McCall & Brill
  12. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
  13. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
  14. Acrobats - Wells & The Four Fays

Ed Sullivan Show, Miami, February 16, 1964

  1. Ed's opening
  2. She Loves You - The Beatles
  3. This Boy - The Beatles
  4. All My Loving - The Beatles
  5. Audience Bow - Sonny Liston
  6. Audience Bow - Joe Louis
  7. Comedy Routine - Allen & Rossi
  8. “It's Too Darn Hot” - Mitzi Gaynor
  9. Medley Of Hits - Mitzi Gaynor
  10. Acrobats - The Nerveless Knocks
  11. Comedian - Myron Cohen
  12. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
  13. From Me To You - The Beatles
  14. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Ed Sullivan Show, New York City February 9, 1964 - broadcasting February 23, 1964

  1. Ed's opening
  2. Twist & Shout - The Beatles
  3. Please Please Me - The Beatles
  4. Safety In Numbers - Gloria Bleezarde
  5. Puppets - Pinky & Perky
  6. Comedy Sketch - Morecambe & Wise
  7. Acker's Lacquer - Acker Bilk
  8. Gary Moore Show Take Off - Gordon & Sheila MacRae
  9. Comedian - Dave Barry
  10. St. James Infirmary - Cab Calloway
  11. Ol 'Man River - Cab Calloway
  12. Comedian - Morty Gunty
  13. I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Ed Sullivan Show, New York City, August 14, 1965

  1. Ed's opening
  2. Comedian - Soupy Sales
  3. September In The Rain - Cilla Black
  4. Magician - Fantasio
  5. I Feel Free - The Beatles
  6. I'm Down - The Beatles
  7. Act Naturally - The Beatles
  8. Comedy Routine - Allen & Rossi
  9. Goin 'Out Of My Head - Cilla Black
  10. The Mouse - Soupy Sales
  11. Ticket To Ride - The Beatles
  12. Yesterday - Beatles
  13. Help - Beatles

Bonus material (2010)

  1. Ed mentions The Beatles will appear in February (January 26, 1964)
  2. Ed promotes next week's debut of The Beatles (February 2, 1964)
  3. Ed talks about The Beatles' Miami Show and the Clay-Liston Fight (March 1, 1964)
  4. Ed talks about "A Hard Day's Night" (April 26, 1964)
  5. Ed interviews The Beatles in London (May 24, 1964)
  6. Ed and Topo Gigio impersonate The Beatles (October 4, 1964)
  7. Ed tells the audience The Beatles have been awarded MBE titles by Queen Elizabeth II (October 31, 1965)
  8. Ed mentions The Beatles will appear next week (May 29, 1966)
  9. Ed intros a commercial featuring Beatle dolls (July 17, 1966)
  10. Ed receives a telegram from The Beatles (November 26, 1967)

publication

title format language date Label Remarks
The Four Historic Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Beatles VHS / DVD English Oct 28, 2003 SOFA Entertainment / eagle vision The four Ed Sullivan shows (February 9, 16 and 23, 1964 and September 12, 1965) with a total of 20 titles by the Beatles played live as well as performances by other artists. The VHS / double DVD was released as part of other ED Sullivan shows.
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles DVD English 03rd Sep 2010 Apple Additionally with 13-minute bonus material

Charts

The video album for The Four Historic Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Beatles topped the music DVD charts in the United States . The album stayed in the chart list for a total of 63 weeks and became the band's fifth number one success and sixth chart success in this chart.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce Spizer: The Beatles Are Coming! 498 Productions, New Orleans 2003, ISBN 0-9662649-8-3 , pp. 82 f.
  2. ↑ Ed Sullivan's First Show
  3. ↑ The Beatles meet Cassius Clay
  4. ^ Second Ed Sullivan Show
  5. ^ Fourth Ed Sullivan Show
  6. ↑ Digitally revised version of The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
  7. ^ The Beatles. billboard.com, accessed July 16, 2019 .