Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ed Sullivan wasn't kidding when he'd announce, "We have a really big 'shoe' tonight." Over the variety show's 24 seasons and over ...

Ed Sullivan with the Beatles as they make debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York, February 9, 1964. Left to right: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Sullivan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney.

When he first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1956, Elvis Presley had yet to earn the nickname the "King of Rock 'n' Roll." But Ed Sullivan was very much a kingmaker. Producer-director Andrew ...