{"id":21645,"date":"2019-02-14T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=21645"},"modified":"2019-02-10T16:04:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T20:04:55","slug":"the-impact-of-the-beatles-on-the-ed-sullivan-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=21645","title":{"rendered":"The Impact of The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On February 9, 1964, The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show<\/em>.\u00a0 In this age of hundreds of channels, the internet and celebrities having personal access to multiple social media outlets, it may be difficult to understand the impact that the Beatles performing on Ed Sullivan’s show had for those not alive during that time.<\/p>\n

I was five.\u00a0 My mother got me out of bed to watch.\u00a0 We weren’t alone, as nearly 40% of the US population had tuned in.<\/p>\n

Stacy Conradt presents\u00a010 Facts About The Beatles’s ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ Debut,<\/a>\u00a0 Here are three of my favorites…<\/p>\n

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THE BAND DIDN’T COME CHEAP …<\/strong>
\nMuch like The Tonight Show today, being asked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1960s was a huge honor for up-and-coming (and established) artists in the 1960s. The publicity generated from an appearance on the show was enough for most talent to say yes. But The Beatles would only agree to appear if the show covered their travel expenses and paid them a $10,000 fee (which would be just over $80,000 in 2019 dollars). Sullivan and his producers agreed, but only if The Beatles would commit to making three appearances. They had a deal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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BUT THEY ENDED UP BEING A RELATIVE BARGAIN.
\n<\/strong>Though forking over travel expenses and an appearance fee wasn’t the norm for The Ed Sullivan Show, it ended up being a great deal for the program, and proof that Beatlemania was just as thriving in America as it was in the UK. It’s been estimated that close to 74 million people\u201440 percent of the country’s population at that time\u2014tuned in to watch The Beatles play.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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ONE OF THE MONKEES WAS ON THAT NIGHT, TOO.<\/strong>
\nDavy Jones was also on The Ed Sullivan Show that night, but not as part of The Monkees. Jones was performing with the cast of Broadway’s Oliver! Jones played the Artful Dodger, first in London then in New York, and ended up being nominated for a Tony for the role.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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