Before Apple Music, before YouTube, before Napster, before MTV, before things were in color there was only one place to get your music fix. And it was brought to you by the squarest man in the Western Hemisphere. In Lesson 153 of the 101 Series, Balcony Radio heads to Broadway as we focus on some of the best musical performances on The Ed Sullivan Show. From 1948 – 1971, everyone who was everyone appeared on the program from black and white to day-glo. The applause sign is on and we’ve just heard a word from our sponsors . . . time for some music.
I SAW HER STANDING THERE: THE BEATLES
DAYDREAM: THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL
OH, BOY: BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS
PROUD MARY: IKE & TINA TURNER
UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK: THE BAND
HOUND DOG: ELVIS PRESLEY
MACK THE KNIFE: BOBBY DARIN
LOVE ME OR LOVE ME: NINA SIMONE
12:30: THE MOMMAS & PAPAS
LONELY TEARDDROPS: JACKIE WILSON
JUST MY IMAGINATION: THE TEMPTATIONS
ONLY YOU: THE PLATTERS
IT’S NOT UNUSUAL: TOM JONES
IT DON’T MEAN A THING: ELLA FITZGERALD & DUKE ELLINGTON
I WANT YOU BACK: JACKSON 5
YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE: THE SUPREMES
THE LAST TIME: THE ROLLING STONES
I GET AROUND: BEACH BOYS
RAISE YOUR HAND: JANIS JOPLIN
I’M CRYING: THE ANIMALS
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN: LOUIS PRIMA & KEELY SMITH
BLACK DENIM TROUSERS & MOTORCYCLE BOOTS: EDITH PIAF
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE: THE DOORS
SHE EVEN WOKE ME UP TO SAY GOODBYE: JERRY LEE LEWIS
PERSONALITY: LLOYD PRICE
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE: STEVIE WONDER
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