Interviewees discuss Rock 'n' Roll music on television.
About
“February '64. I had top billing [over the Beatles]! I did 13 minutes [on The Ed Sullivan Show], all crammed in of just singing and dancing… I was in love with them. Weren't we all? Bob Precht said we were all invited to the hotel for dinner. So The Beatles came in, came over to me, and kissed me and asked me for my autograph. The Beatles asked me for my autograph.” - Mitzi Gaynor, Performer
Highlights
Mitzi Gaynor on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, the same night The Beatles were on
06:52
Louis J. Horvitz on getting a job directing Don Kirshner's Rock Concert for NBC
10:16
Larry Auerbach on William Morris signing Elvis Presley
06:53
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on "Bye Bye Birdie" as a commentary on the then-state of Rock 'N Roll
01:33
Pat Boone on rock and roll and R&B music
09:22
Steve Binder on producing and directing Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special
09:49
Who Talked about This Topic
Lee Adams
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on "Bye Bye Birdie" as a commentary on the then-state of Rock 'N Roll
01:33
Larry Auerbach
Larry Auerbach on how the William Morris Agency dealt with the emergence of Rock and Roll music and booking those acts on television
03:00
Larry Auerbach on William Morris signing Elvis Presley
06:53
Steve Binder
Steve Binder on producing The T.A.M.I. Show
06:07
Steve Binder on Shindig and Hullabaloo
03:34
Steve Binder on producing and directing Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special
09:49
Pat Boone
Pat Boone on rock and roll and R&B music
09:22
Nick Clooney
Nick Clooney on hosting a teen dance show (The Nick Clooney School Salute) in Lexington, Kentucky and integrating the show
04:10
Mitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, the same night The Beatles were on
06:52
Hal Gurnee
Hal Gurnee on The Jack Paar Program showing footage of The Beatles from England a few weeks before they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show
01:52
Larry King
Larry King on meeting Paul McCartney and on Arthur Fiedler's remarks about The Beatles
02:36
Emily Meisler
Emily Meisler on The Beatles' first performance on The Ed Sullivan Show
01:10
John Moffitt
John Moffitt on The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
03:55
John Moffitt on directing music on The Ed Sullivan Show (i.e. Rolling Stones; Dave Clark Five)
04:58
William Schallert
William Schallert on the music featured on The Patty Duke Show
01:17
Gary Smith
Gary Smith on the state of rock and roll on television when Hullabaloo came along
03:50
Charles Strouse
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on "Bye Bye Birdie" as a commentary on the then-state of Rock 'N Roll
01:33
June Taylor
June Taylor on choreographing Stage Show, and on Elvis Presley making his television debut on Stage Show
06:12