Paula King, Lippolis’s sister, remembers an ambivalent buzz on the playground the day after the first of the band’s four Ed Sullivan Show appearances.

Looking Back on the Beatles' Star-Making Ed Sullivan Performance on the 60th Anniversary Beatlemania hit the U.S.A. in full force after John, Paul, George and Ringo played 'The Ed Sullivan Show ...

The Ed Sullivan Show, which ran from 1948 to 1971, famously helped launch Elvis Presley and the Beatles to stardom in the '50s and '60s.

On July 21, Netflix debuted Sunday Best, a documentary about The Ed Sullivan Show —the longest-running variety show in U.S.

The Beatles are commemorating the 60th anniversary of their historic appearance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' with a special post on their social media sites.