Toast of the Town

1. Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft

Guests: --Betty Grable - ""Put Your Arms Around Me"" --Harry James (trum...

2. scheduled: George Burns & Gracie Allen; Johnnie Ray; Ida Lupino & Howard Duff

Scheduled guests (broadcast from Hollywood): --Johnnie Ray (singer) --Ge...

3. scheduled: Eva Marie Saint; Everly Brothers; Danny Thomas; Bob & Ray

Scheduled: --Eva Marie Saint (actress) --The Everly Brothers - ""Wake U...

4. The Sparkletones / Mills Brothers / Georgia Gibbs / Sammy Kaye

Scheduled: --The Mills Brothers (vocal group) --Joe Bennett and the Spa...

5. The Platters / Frances Farmer / Jane Morgan

ASCAP Show with guests: --The Platters - The Great Pretender"" (on film, E...

6. Jimmie Rodgers, Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones, Arthur Worsley, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Carol Burnett, the Latinos, Paul Anka, Sam Cooke

Musical acts: --Sam Cooke - ""You Send Me"" (excerpt performed at end of sh...

7. Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Roger Williams, Charlotte Rae, Fernand Montel, Helen Wood, Carole Bennett, Rickie Layne

Guests: --Ed talks with Robert Wagner & Joan Collins. A clip from the movi...

8. Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps / Georgia Gibbs / Carol Burnett

Guests: --Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - ""Dance to the Bop"" --Georgia ...

9. scheduled: Rex Harrison; Kay Kendall; Tony Martin; the Four Aces; Barbara McNair

Scheduled: --Rex Harrison (star of Broadway's ""My Fair Lady"") --Kay K...

10. Buddy Holly, Polly Bergen, Sam Cooke, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Bobby Helms, The Crickets, Jean Carroll, The DeMarcos

The Glenn Miller Orchestra appear as well as several Pop and R&B acts singing...

11. The Platters, Noel Coward, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine, Erich Brenn, Eileen O'Dare

--The Platters - ""Only You"" and ""Indiff'rent"" --Ray Peterson - ""Fever""...

12. scheduled: Tony Bennett; Della Reese; Eddie Foy; Barbara Perry

Scheduled guests: --Tony Bennett (singer) --Della Reese (singer) --E...

13. Frankie Lymon, Rise Stevens, Carol Lawrence, Robert Maxwell

--Frankie Lymon - ""Goody Goody"" and ""It's Christmas Once Again"" Other gu...

14. scheduled: Red Buttons; Roberta Sherwood / John Wayne (on film)

--Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five - ""Caldonia"" & ""Peace Of Mind"" Sched...

15. Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Jason Robards, Jr., Albert Morgenstern, The Everly Brothers, Johnnie Ray, Tex Barton, The Armandis, Rod Alexander & Bambi Linn

Scheduled guests: --Johnnie Ray (singer) --The Everly Brothers --Cli...

16. Bing Crosby (on film) / James Arness / Mike Kellin & Sondra Lee

Guests: --On film: Clip of Bing Crosby playing golf. --James Arness - a...

17. Mario Lanza (on film, interview) / Kirby Stone Quartet / Marissa Alotsio

Guests: --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

--Buddy Holly and the Crickets (their 2nd Sullivan appearance) – ""Oh Boy""...

19. scheduled: Ted Lewis; Helen Gallagher; Georges Guetary

Scheduled guests: --Ted Lewis (bandleader) --Beverly Marshall (comedian...

20. scheduled: Gina Lollobrigida; Sally Ann Howes; Jack Carter; Billy Kenny

Scheduled guests: --Gina Lollobrigida (actress) --Sally Ann Howes (musi...

21. scheduled: Vic Damone; Anna Magnani (on film, tour of Rome)

Scheduled guests: --Vic Damone sings ""Gigi"" and ""Gift of Love"" --On...

22. LaVern Baker / Victor Moore / Tina Robin

Highlights include Victor Moore singing his early Broadway hits on his 82nd b...

23. scheduled: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; The Everly Brothers; Charles Manna

Scheduled guests: --Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor) --The Everly Brother...

24. Everly Brothers / Jo Stafford / The Sparkletones

Guests: --The Everly Brothers - ""Wake Up Little Susie"" & ""Be Bop a Lula""...

25. St. Patrick's Day / scheduled: Mickey Shaughnessy; Myron Cohen; Sue Carson

St. Patrick's Day show with scheduled guests: --Mickey Shaughnessy (actor, ...

26. Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, Joan Blondell, Bert Lahr, The Four Preps, The Rays, Roberta Peters, Carol Haney, Peter Gennaro, Dickie Henderson, Michael Hale

Guests: --Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II promote their film ""So...

27. Portugal

Ed's guests tonight are comedian Sam Levenson; singers Jane Morgan, Georges G...

28. Maurice Chevalier / Carol Burnett / Conrad Hilton

Guests: --Carol Burnett (comedian, doing a tribute to the Emmy Awards) ...

29. scheduled: Nat King Cole; Mickey Mantle; Yogi Berra; Jack Norworth

Scheduled guests: --Nat King Cole (singer) --Mickey Mantle (of the New ...

30. The Champs (Tequila) / Vivian Blaine / Hermoine Gingold

Guests: --The Champs - ""Tequila"" --Hermoine Gingold & Billy Dewolfe - ...

31. Everly Brothers / Sal Mineo / Patachou / Teresa Brewer

Guests: --The Everly Brothers - ""All I Have To Do Is Dream"" --Sal Mine...

32. Lillian Roth, Carol Haney, Wayne & Shuster, the Chordettes, Denise Darcel, Amru Sani, David Seville

Lillian Roth sings a great rendition of "Sing You Sinners", Chordettes sing "...

33. scheduled: Eleanor Roosevelt; Connie Francis; Tony Martin

--Connie Francis - ""Who's Sorry Now?"" Scheduled guests: --Eleanor Roose...

34. Maurice Chevalier, George Givot, Carol Lawrence, Jack E. Leonard, Sophie Tucker, the Kim Sisters, West Point Glee Club

Scheduled guests: --Maurice Chevalier (star of the new movie ""Gigi"") ...

35. Frankie Lymon, Alan King, Hermione Gingold, Allan Drake, Althea Gibson, The Theda Sisters, Jeanmaire & Roland Petit

Scheduled guests: --Frankie Lymon (singer) --Alan King (comedian) --...

36. scheduled: Wayne and Shuster; Jimmie Rodgers; Edie Adams

Scheduled guests: --Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster (guest hosts, taking ov...

37. scheduled: Alan King; Hugh O'Brian; Jack E. Leonard; Roberta Sherwood

Scheduled guests: --Della Reese --Hugh O'Brian (star of ""Wyatt Earp"")...

38. The Brussels World's Fair / Sophia Loren / The Platters

Ed Sullivan presents film of his trip to the Brussels World's Fair.

39. 10th Anniversary Show (clips from past shows)

This was a 10th anniversary show, and showed historical clips of performers s...

40. Moscow's Moiseyev Ballet

Newspaper description #1: Hour-long show devoted to Moscow's famed Moiseye...

41. Esther Williams / Frank Sinatra (on film) / Princess Grace (film)

Program broadcast from Las Vegas: Esther Williams swimming segments: --...

42. scheduled: Ann Blyth; The Four Preps; Anna Maria Alberghetti

Scheduled guests (from the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, Nevada): --Ann Blyth (...

43. scheduled: The 5th Annual Army talent show; Teresa Brewer (guest host)

The 5th Annual Army talent show: --Teresa Brewer (scheduled guest host) ...

44. Ernie Kovacs, Gisele MacKenzie, Gordon MacRae, Paul Hampton, Sheb Wooley, The Frisco Four

Guests: --Ernie Kovacs - conducts the Nairobi Symphony (with musicians in ...

45. scheduled: Wayne and Shuster; Dolores Gray; Margaret Tynes

Scheduled: --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Dolores Gray (musical-co...

46. scheduled: 4th Annual U.S. Navy Talent Contest with guest host Sam Levenson

Scheduled: The 4th Annual U.S. Navy World Wide Talent Contest --Sam Lev...

47. Gregory Peck (cameo) / Teresa Brewer / Carol Lawrence

Perez Prado's orchestra played Patricia. Teresa Brewer did a 1920s style song...

49. The Air Force Talent Show featuring Dick Powell as guest host and guest stars Jack E. Leonard, Roberta Peters, John Gabriel.

The Air Force Talent Show Civilian guests: --Dick Powell (actor, appeari...

50. Ice Capades of 1959 with Johnnie Ray, Jane Morgan, Georgia Gibbs, Jill Corey, Professor Backwards

Broadcast from Madison Square Garden --John Harris's Ice Capades --Georgia...