Vibroluxer
Friend of Leo's
I loved this song from the 1st time I heard it. It's a song about hope, very optimistic. The last time the Supremes sang together:. Someday We'll Be Together
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It Came From Ed Sullivan's Show.
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Vibroluxer
Friend of Leo's
I remember looking forward to Ed's show when I was a little kid. I just loved it. I never saw Buddy Holly live, a bit too young, but he delivers the goods. Oh Boy.
We've got a really big show for you tonight.
Tricone
Friend of Leo's
I came along in 1971 and missed Sullivans show. I have always liked this performance and the story that goes with it though. Good on you Jim Morrison.
'64 Tele
Tele-Afflicted
Beatles on Ed Sullivan is why I picked up a guitar.
To a not quite 8 year old, this was mind blowing.
Beautifully ironic.
A “final” song about togetherness.
I am grateful to ol’ Ed.
His show brought us so many treasures.
RIP, and thanks, Mr. Sullivan.
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sax4blues
Poster Extraordinaire
We have 30 minute Ed show every Sunday night. They group together acts around themes. Last week was Supremes.
I grew up in NYC, and in the next door apartment lived Bill Dana. He was only a Page (like an usher) for NBC until his first break came after writing for the 'Get Smart' TV show. All Maxwell Smart's best lines like, "Missed it by that much," and, "Would you believe . . ." all came from Bill. His really big break came on the Ed Sullivan show with his 'José Jiménez' routine. But before that he was really struggling and my mom would feed him spaghetti & meatballs when ever we had any extra. Afterwards, my family always remembered him as a very kind and caring man.
Well said! I couldn't agree more.
memorex
Poster Extraordinaire
09 February 1964 at 9:00 PM NST on a Sunday night was their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Our family (my older sister by two years, my two younger brothers, and my parents) watched them on our black and white Rogers-Majestic television.
I was in 9th grade ("freshman' to you 'Mericans). I had turned 14 in October of 1963 and got a $17 acoustic (Harmony maybe or a Stella) from the Simpsons-Sears Christmas catalog for Christmas.
I had already heard The Beatles on an AM Top 40 station. The station was an hour away in Grand Falls, Newfoundland but had a strong signal.
Watching them was electrifying. Everybody had short hair in those days: either a brushcut/crewcut or longish on top but short on the back and sides. I remember many of the boys at school next day, myself included, lol, trying to make their hair look moppish by combing it forward.
Wow, that must have been memorable! I'm 73. When I was growing up in Newfoundland, The Supremes were huge on AM Top 40 and on our local poolhall's juke box. My parents and us 4 kids (#5 kid - a brother - came along in 1965, lol) were big fans.
archetype
Fiend of Leo's
Watching Ed Sullivan was like a religion in our house. I saw all the shows where the Beatles performed or Ed showed film of them. James Brown was mind-blowing. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels were stunning and I now view much of their music as punk R&B. I thought I'd like to be a performer like Mitch. Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders were stunning, too. Wayne was a lunatic. I did not want to be like Wayne.
So true! The Ed Sullivan Show was our 'visual' portal to music in the outside world. Even at that time, the only places with electriciity and TV were St. John's and the larger towns, especially those with US and Canadian military bases.
Musicwise, we were listening to the same music you folks were listening to in the US.
With the right conditions, even in the 40s and 50s, my cousins, aunts and uncles living in rural (outport) coastal villages (without electricity) were able to pick up radio stations in the US with battery-operated radios.
Although Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, the US (after 1941) and Canadian (after 1940) naval and air force bases had radio stations. They brought their music with them to this Rock out in the Atlantic. The last US naval base, at Argentia, closed in 1985.
Vibroluxer
Friend of Leo's
Vibroluxer
Friend of Leo's
If you don't mind me asking, how did you get to play with Mary?
