American R&B group The Supremes (L-R: Cindy Birdsong, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross) pose with host Ed Sullivan on stage on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' New York, N.Y., Dec. 20, 1969. American R&B group The ...
A new Netflix documentary, "Sunday Best," looks back at how Ed Sullivan fought to showcase Black performers at a time when discrimination was rampant on TV. Sullivan featured stars like James Brown, ...
Viewers will see snippets of past performances on the show by Harry Belafonte, Stevie Wonder, Nat King Cole, Nina Simone, James Brown, The Jackson 5, and The Supremes. In the documentary, ...
When Motown blasted through the barriers that separated Black stars from white acceptance in the 1960s, bringing the likes of Smokey Robinson, the Supremes, and the Jackson 5 to a mass audience, the ...
“I really want them to understand that without Ed Sullivan, they would probably not have the advantage of all of the incredible memories [his show provided], whether it’s memories through Stevie ...