1. Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft
Aired: Sep 22, 1957Guests: --Betty Grable - ""Put Your Arms Around Me"" --Harry James (trum...
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Scheduled: The 4th Annual U.S. Navy World Wide Talent Contest --Sam Levenson (comedian, appearing as guest host) Guests include --Rear Adm. Dan Gallery's steel drum band (from the San Juan, Puerto Rico Naval Base)
1. Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft
Aired: Sep 22, 1957Guests: --Betty Grable - ""Put Your Arms Around Me"" --Harry James (trum...
2. scheduled: George Burns & Gracie Allen; Johnnie Ray; Ida Lupino & Howard Duff
Aired: Sep 29, 1957Scheduled guests (broadcast from Hollywood): --Johnnie Ray (singer) --Ge...
3. scheduled: Eva Marie Saint; Everly Brothers; Danny Thomas; Bob & Ray
Aired: Oct 6, 1957Scheduled: --Eva Marie Saint (actress) --The Everly Brothers - ""Wake U...
4. The Sparkletones / Mills Brothers / Georgia Gibbs / Sammy Kaye
Aired: Oct 20, 1957Scheduled: --The Mills Brothers (vocal group) --Joe Bennett and the Spa...
5. The Platters / Frances Farmer / Jane Morgan
Aired: Oct 27, 1957ASCAP Show with guests: --The Platters - The Great Pretender"" (on film, E...
Musical acts: --Sam Cooke - ""You Send Me"" (excerpt performed at end of sh...
Guests: --Ed talks with Robert Wagner & Joan Collins. A clip from the movi...
8. Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps / Georgia Gibbs / Carol Burnett
Aired: Nov 17, 1957Guests: --Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - ""Dance to the Bop"" --Georgia ...
9. scheduled: Rex Harrison; Kay Kendall; Tony Martin; the Four Aces; Barbara McNair
Aired: Nov 24, 1957Scheduled: --Rex Harrison (star of Broadway's ""My Fair Lady"") --Kay K...
The Glenn Miller Orchestra appear as well as several Pop and R&B acts singing...
--The Platters - ""Only You"" and ""Indiff'rent"" --Ray Peterson - ""Fever""...
12. scheduled: Tony Bennett; Della Reese; Eddie Foy; Barbara Perry
Aired: Dec 15, 1957Scheduled guests: --Tony Bennett (singer) --Della Reese (singer) --E...
13. Frankie Lymon, Rise Stevens, Carol Lawrence, Robert Maxwell
Aired: Dec 22, 1957--Frankie Lymon - ""Goody Goody"" and ""It's Christmas Once Again"" Other gu...
14. scheduled: Red Buttons; Roberta Sherwood / John Wayne (on film)
Aired: Dec 29, 1957--Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five - ""Caldonia"" & ""Peace Of Mind"" Sched...
Scheduled guests: --Johnnie Ray (singer) --The Everly Brothers --Cli...
16. Bing Crosby (on film) / James Arness / Mike Kellin & Sondra Lee
Aired: Jan 12, 1958Guests: --On film: Clip of Bing Crosby playing golf. --James Arness - a...
17. Mario Lanza (on film, interview) / Kirby Stone Quartet / Marissa Alotsio
Aired: Jan 19, 1958Guests: --On film: Mario Lanza - (1) In Rome, Lanza talks to Ed about the fi...
18. Buddy Holly & the Crickets (2nd appearance) /Jimmie Rodgers / Ted Lewis
Aired: Jan 26, 1958--Buddy Holly and the Crickets (their 2nd Sullivan appearance) – ""Oh Boy""...
19. scheduled: Ted Lewis; Helen Gallagher; Georges Guetary
Aired: Feb 2, 1958Scheduled guests: --Ted Lewis (bandleader) --Beverly Marshall (comedian...
20. scheduled: Gina Lollobrigida; Sally Ann Howes; Jack Carter; Billy Kenny
Aired: Feb 9, 1958Scheduled guests: --Gina Lollobrigida (actress) --Sally Ann Howes (musi...
21. scheduled: Vic Damone; Anna Magnani (on film, tour of Rome)
Aired: Feb 16, 1958Scheduled guests: --Vic Damone sings ""Gigi"" and ""Gift of Love"" --On...
22. LaVern Baker / Victor Moore / Tina Robin
Aired: Feb 23, 1958Highlights include Victor Moore singing his early Broadway hits on his 82nd b...
23. scheduled: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; The Everly Brothers; Charles Manna
Aired: Mar 2, 1958Scheduled guests: --Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor) --The Everly Brother...
24. Everly Brothers / Jo Stafford / The Sparkletones
Aired: Mar 9, 1958Guests: --The Everly Brothers - ""Wake Up Little Susie"" & ""Be Bop a Lula""...
25. St. Patrick's Day / scheduled: Mickey Shaughnessy; Myron Cohen; Sue Carson
Aired: Mar 16, 1958St. Patrick's Day show with scheduled guests: --Mickey Shaughnessy (actor, ...
Guests: --Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II promote their film ""So...
Ed's guests tonight are comedian Sam Levenson; singers Jane Morgan, Georges G...
28. Maurice Chevalier / Carol Burnett / Conrad Hilton
Aired: Apr 6, 1958Guests: --Carol Burnett (comedian, doing a tribute to the Emmy Awards) ...
29. scheduled: Nat King Cole; Mickey Mantle; Yogi Berra; Jack Norworth
Aired: Apr 13, 1958Scheduled guests: --Nat King Cole (singer) --Mickey Mantle (of the New ...
30. The Champs (Tequila) / Vivian Blaine / Hermoine Gingold
Aired: Apr 20, 1958Guests: --The Champs - ""Tequila"" --Hermoine Gingold & Billy Dewolfe - ...
31. Everly Brothers / Sal Mineo / Patachou / Teresa Brewer
Aired: Apr 27, 1958Guests: --The Everly Brothers - ""All I Have To Do Is Dream"" --Sal Mine...
Lillian Roth sings a great rendition of "Sing You Sinners", Chordettes sing "...
33. scheduled: Eleanor Roosevelt; Connie Francis; Tony Martin
Aired: May 11, 1958--Connie Francis - ""Who's Sorry Now?"" Scheduled guests: --Eleanor Roose...
Scheduled guests: --Maurice Chevalier (star of the new movie ""Gigi"") ...
Scheduled guests: --Frankie Lymon (singer) --Alan King (comedian) --...
36. scheduled: Wayne and Shuster; Jimmie Rodgers; Edie Adams
Aired: Jun 1, 1958Scheduled guests: --Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster (guest hosts, taking ov...
37. scheduled: Alan King; Hugh O'Brian; Jack E. Leonard; Roberta Sherwood
Aired: Jun 8, 1958Scheduled guests: --Della Reese --Hugh O'Brian (star of ""Wyatt Earp"")...
38. The Brussels World's Fair / Sophia Loren / The Platters
Aired: Jun 15, 1958Ed Sullivan presents film of his trip to the Brussels World's Fair.
39. 10th Anniversary Show (clips from past shows)
Aired: Jun 22, 1958This was a 10th anniversary show, and showed historical clips of performers s...
Newspaper description #1: Hour-long show devoted to Moscow's famed Moiseye...
41. Esther Williams / Frank Sinatra (on film) / Princess Grace (film)
Aired: Jul 6, 1958Program broadcast from Las Vegas: Esther Williams swimming segments: --...
42. scheduled: Ann Blyth; The Four Preps; Anna Maria Alberghetti
Aired: Jul 13, 1958Scheduled guests (from the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, Nevada): --Ann Blyth (...
43. scheduled: The 5th Annual Army talent show; Teresa Brewer (guest host)
Aired: Jul 20, 1958The 5th Annual Army talent show: --Teresa Brewer (scheduled guest host) ...
44. Ernie Kovacs, Gisele MacKenzie, Gordon MacRae, Paul Hampton, Sheb Wooley, The Frisco Four
Aired: Jul 27, 1958Guests: --Ernie Kovacs - conducts the Nairobi Symphony (with musicians in ...
45. scheduled: Wayne and Shuster; Dolores Gray; Margaret Tynes
Aired: Aug 3, 1958Scheduled: --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Dolores Gray (musical-co...
46. scheduled: 4th Annual U.S. Navy Talent Contest with guest host Sam Levenson
Aired: Aug 10, 1958Scheduled: The 4th Annual U.S. Navy World Wide Talent Contest --Sam Lev...
47. Gregory Peck (cameo) / Teresa Brewer / Carol Lawrence
Aired: Aug 17, 1958Perez Prado's orchestra played Patricia. Teresa Brewer did a 1920s style song...
Scheduled guests: --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team, appearing as guest hos...
The Air Force Talent Show Civilian guests: --Dick Powell (actor, appeari...
Broadcast from Madison Square Garden --John Harris's Ice Capades --Georgia...
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