Rock 'n' Roll on TV (1950s & '60s)

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

02:26

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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

Interviewees discuss Rock 'n' Roll music on television.

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

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