Daily Archives: June 5, 2016

The Beatles (via tape) perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour (June 5 1966)


Video: 'The Beatles -1966- Paperback Writer & Rain Ed Sullivan 1966'

(Sunday, June 5, 1966, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles performed “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” (videotaped May 19, 1966, in London) on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.

Elvis Presley performs on final ‘Milton Berle Show ’ 60 years ago this hour (June 5 1956)


Video: 'Elvis - Hound Dog & Dialogue - Milton Berle Show - 5 June 1956'

(Tuesday, June 5, 1956, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Elvis Presley performed “Hound Dog” doing his hip-gyrating act live tonight on the the final episode of the original The Milton Berle Show in Los Angeles. From then on, cameras would only show him from the waist up.