The Ed Sullivan Show

If you grew up in the '60s, chances are every Sunday night you were in front of the TV on CBS from 8 – 9pm for the Ed Sullivan Show.

Let's take a look back and see what interesting things were happening this week in music history.

June 18th,1977- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers appear at Friars Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire England with opening act The Boomtown Rats. June 19th, 1980- Donna Summer becomes the first artist to be signed to Geffen Records. June 20th, 1948- The Ed Sullivan Show premiered on CBS. Th...

January 9th, 1997 – It’s the day after David Bowie’s 50th birthday and he’s throwing a ‘Birthday Bash’ at the Madison Square Garden with special guests Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure,The Foo Fighters, Lou Reed and Billy Corgan. Bowie is also performing and the proceeds would go to the Save The Children fund.

June 20th, 1948- The Ed Sullivan show premiered on CBS.

At 8pm February 9th, 1964 history was made at CBS Studio 50.

January 11th, 2000 – Whitney Houston is now under investigation after allegedly trying to smuggle 15.2 grams of Marijuana out of Hawaii. A security officer found the drug in the singer’s handbag, Houston then walked away when he tried to detain her...

People have been trying to get the Beatles to reunite ever since they broke up in 1970 and it could happen 2 days before the fiftieth anniversary of their first Ed Sullivan appearance Feb 7th on The Late Show with David Letterman.

September 7th, 1978 – Keith Moon, drummer with The Who, died of an overdose of Heminevrin which he was prescribed to combat alcoholism. A autopsy would confirm there were 32 tablets in his system. He had attended a party the night before organized by Paul McCartney for the launch of the ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ movie. The...