| Title:Rock
'n Roll Forever:Ed
Sullivan's Greatest Hits
NOLA: AMRR 000Q1
Length/Format: 50 minutes approximate/3 acts with 3 breaks
Softfeed: Sunday, 11/07/04, 1315-1430/502
Refeed: Monday, 11/29/04, 0300-0415/501
Timings/Acts:
ACT #1: 15:35
Black/Slate/Countdown 00:35
ACT #2 13:31
Black/Slate/Countdown 00:35
ACT #3 21:02
Black/Slate/Countdown 00:35
Content, Production Credits, Logos,
PBS System Cue: 01:28
TOTAL PROGRAM LENGTH: 51:36 (EXCLUSIVE OF INTERNAL BREAKS)
TOTAL RECORD LENGTH: 53:21 (INCLUSIVE OF INTERNAL BREAKS)
Song List:
The Jackson Five – “I Want You Back”
Bill Haley & The Comets – “Rock Around the Clock”
Elvis Presley – “Don’t Be Cruel”
The Doors – “Light My Fire”
Ray Charles – “What’d I Say”
Jackie Wilson – “Lonely Teardrops”
James Brown – “Please, Please, Please”
Roy Orbison – “Oh Pretty Woman”
The Beatles – “I Saw Her Standing There”
The Supremes & The Temptations – “(I Know) I’m
Losing You”
The Lovin’ Spoonful – “Do You Believe in Magic”
The Mamas and The Papas – “Monday, Monday”
Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Fortunate Son”
The Young Rascals – “Good Lovin’”
Janis Joplin – “Maybe”
Core
Program Content and Outros:
Act #1 (length 15:35):
The program opens on WQED logo, funding credit (Viewers Like
You/Thank You), and an open with Ed Sullivan introducing all “guest
stars” in the program: “LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN...NOW, TONIGHT'S SHOW STARS -- THE BEATLES! JAMES BROWN.
RAY CHARLES. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL. THE DOORS. BILL HALEY
AND HIS COMETS. THE JACKSON FIVE. JANIS JOPLIN. THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL.
THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS. ROY ORBISON. ELVIS PRESLEY. THE YOUNG
RASCALS. THE TEMPTATIONS AND THE SUPREMES. AND JACKIE WILSON!
This is followed by a title graphic with the voice-over: “"ROCK
'N' ROLL FOREVER: ED SULLIVAN'S GREATEST HITS" IS NARRATED
BY MICHELLE PHILLIPS.”
Then we see a shot of Ed Sullivan running into the stage and
greeting the audience. Michelle Phillips (voice-over) introduces
the first music number:
“
FOR 23 YEARS, ED SULLIVAN HOSTED AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION. HIS
LIVE VARIETY SHOW WAS AN HOUR YOU DIDN'T WANT TO MISS, EVERY
SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8:00. WHEN THE SHOW ENDED ITS RUN IN 1971, THE
JACKSON FIVE
WERE EXPLODING ON THE SCENE. WHAT MOST AMAZED EVERYONE TUNING
IN
WAS THE CONFIDENCE AND AWESOME TALENT OF THE GROUP'S 10-YEAR-OLD
LEAD SINGER, MICHAEL.”
Songs in order of performance in Act 1:
I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
Michelle Phillips: “ED SULLIVAN STARTED HIS CAREER AS
A JOURNALIST. AND WHEN NETWORK TELEVISION DAWNED, HE GOT HIS
BIG CHANCE. IN TIME, SULLIVAN BECAME TELEVISION'S MOST POWERFUL
HOST, HIS STAGE, THE PROMISED LAND FOR ASPIRING TALENT. A HANDSHAKE
OR A FEW KIND WORDS FROM ED COULD MAKE OR BREAK A CAREER. IN
THE MID-'50s WHEN THE CURTAIN ROSE ON ROCK 'N' ROLL, AN UNLIKELY
HERO NAMED BILL HALEY FOUND HIMSELF AT CENTER STAGE. HIS ANTHEM, "ROCK
AROUND THE CLOCK," WENT ON TO SELL 100 MILLION COPIES. HALEY
PERFORMED ROCK'S FIRST NUMBER-ONE SMASH ON "THE SULLIVAN
SHOW" ON A SUMMER NIGHT IN 1955.”
Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets
Michelle Phillips: “BILL
HALEY WAS MORE POPULAR IN EUROPE THAN IN AMERICA.
ON TOUR, FANS BY THE THOUSANDS MOBBED HIM. AND IN BERLIN, GERMANY,
A CONCERT BY HALEY AND HIS COMETS CAUSED AN ALL-OUT RIOT. THEN,
ROCK'S GREATEST LEGEND ENTERS THE PICTURE. ELVIS PRESLEY IS JUST
20 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS HOME MOVIE WAS FILMED IN TEXAS. IT IS
1955 AND ELVIS ASKS COLONEL TOM PARKER TO MANAGE HIS CAREER.
THE COLONEL NEGOTIATES FOR ED SULLIVAN TO PAY THE UNPRECEDENTED
SUM OF $50,000 FOR THREE LIVE SUNDAY NIGHT APPEARANCES. OVER
60 MILLION AMERICANS TUNE IN TO SEE PRESLEY'S HISTORIC "SULLIVAN" DEBUT,
WHERE HE IS SEEN ROCKING FROM HEAD TO TOE. BUT IT WILL BE DURING
HIS THIRD APPEARANCE THAT CBS CENSORS DECIDE THAT ELVIS SHOULD
BE FILMED FROM THE WAIST UP ONLY.”
Don’t Be Cruel – Elvis Presley
Phillips: “10 YEARS LATER, THE TIMES HAVE DEFINITELY CHANGED.
ROCK HAS ENTERED A NEW ERA. AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BANDS
IS L.A.'s THE DOORS. WHEN THEY ARE INVITED ON "SULLIVAN," THEY
ARE ASKED TO ALTER THE LYRICS "CAN'T GET MUCH HIGHER," A
REFERENCE TO DRUGS. BUT SINCE THE SHOW GOES OUT LIVE, LEAD SINGER
JIM MORRISON TELLS THE BAND HE WON'T CHANGE A WORD. AFTER THIS
APPEARANCE, THE DOORS ARE NEVER INVITED ON "SULLIVAN" AGAIN.”
Light My Fire – Jim Morrison (The Doors)
Close: Shot of Ed Sullivan with the following voice-over by
Phillips: “AN IRATE SULLIVAN FAILS TO INVITE THE DOORS
OVER FOR A HANDSHAKE.” Fade to black.
OUTRO (00:010): Title graphic with music.
Break 1 (length 00:35)
ACT
#2 (length 13:31):
The program re-opens on title graphic, followed by a montage
of Ray Charles shots with the following voice-over:
Phillips: “ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSICAL ARTISTS OF
THE 20th CENTURY IS RAY CHARLES. AT AGE 15, RAY LEFT SCHOOL,
FORMED HIS OWN TRIO, AND BEGAN SINGING THE BLUES WITH GOSPEL
AND JAZZ. RAY CHARLES' UNIQUE BRAND OF RHYTHM AND BLUES INFLUENCED
THE DIRECTION OF ROCK 'N' ROLL . RAY'S FIRST BREAKTHROUGH SMASH
WAS "WHAT'D I SAY," WHICH HE PERFORMED WITH HIS BAND
AND THE RAYLETTES ON "THE SULLIVAN SHOW" ON DECEMBER
3, 1967.”
Songs
in order of performance in Act 2:
What’d
I Say – Ray Charles .
Phillips: “ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC PERFORMERS IN ROCK
HISTORY WAS RHYTHM AND BLUES GIANT JACKIE WILSON. KNOWN AS "MR.
EXCITEMENT," JACKIE WAS PERHAPS THE GREATEST SHOWMAN EVER.
HIS PHENOMENAL DANCING STYLE INFLUENCED EVERYONE, FROM ELVIS
PRESLEY TO MICHAEL JACKSON. JACKIE'S 1962 "SULLIVAN" APPEARANCE
IS PROOF AS TO WHY HE'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING STARS
IN R ROCK 'N' ROLL.
Lonely Teardrops – Jackie Wilson
Phillips: “ONE
OF ROCK 'N' ROLL'S MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IS JAMES BROWN,
ALSO KNOWN AS "THE GODFATHER OF SOUL." JAMES BROWN
WAS AMONG THE FIRST 10 ARTISTS INDUCTED INTO ROCK 'N' ROLL'S
HALL OF FAME. AND IN 1992, HE RECEIVED A LIFETIME GRAMMY ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD. JAMES BROWN'S TRADEMARK CLOSE TO HIS SHOW WAS TO PROLONG
HIS EXIT WHILE THROWING OFF COLORFUL PRIZEFIGHTER ROBES. HERE'S
THE 1966 "SULLIVAN" PERFORMANCE OF HIS TIMELESS CLASSIC,
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.”
Please, Please, Please – James Brown
Phillips: “ONE OF ROCK'S MOST REVERED PIONEERS IS ROY
ORBISON, WHO LAUNCHED HIS CAREER ON SAM PHILLIP'S SUN LABEL WITH
ELVIS PRESLEY, CARL PERKINS, JERRY LEE LEWIS, AND JOHNNY CASH.
ORBISON ENJOYED A LONG, SUCCESSFUL CAREER UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY
DEATH IN 1988. ROY GAVE US NUMEROUS CLASSIC HITS BUT NONE MORE
MEMORABLE THAN HIS SIGNATURE SONG, OH, PRETTY WOMAN.”
Oh, Pretty Women – Roy Orbison
Close: Shots of Liverpool & voice-over teasing the opening
number of Act III: The Beatles.
Phillips: “IN 1963, ROY ORBISON VISITED LIVERPOOL AND TOURED
ENGLAND WITH A GROUP THAT MADE ITS NAME AT A LOCAL CLUB -- THE
CAVERN.”
OUTRO (00:07): Title graphic with music.
Break 2 (length 00:35)
Act #3 (length 21:02)
The program re-opens on title graphic and funder credit.
This
is followed by a montage of the Beatles and their “fans” during
their first visit to the United States. Voice-over by Phillips: “WHEN
ED SULLIVAN LANDED IN LONDON, HE FOUND THOUSANDS OF SCREAMING
GIRLS CLAMORING FOR THE BEATLES. ED IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THEIR
MANAGER, BRIAN EPSTEIN, AND THE SEEDS WERE PLANTED FOR WHAT WOULD
BECOME A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN ROCK 'N' ROLL HISTORY. THE FAB FOUR
LANDED IN NEW YORK'S RECENTLY RENAMED JOHN KENNEDY AIRPORT. THE
YOUTHFUL PRESIDENT HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED 10 WEEKS EARLIER, AND
AMERICA WAS READY TO EMERGE FROM ITS PERIOD OF MOURNING. WE HAD
HEARD THE BEATLES' GREAT NEW SOUND, BUT WE HADN'T SEEN THEM PERFORM.
FEBRUARY 9, 1964, WAS THE DAY ED MADE THIS HISTORIC INTRODUCTION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BEATLES!”
Songs in order of performance in Act 3:
I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
Phillips: “BY THE TIME THE SHOW ENDED, 72 MILLION AMERICANS
HAD MET THE BEATLES, WHO WERE ON THEIR WAY TO BECOMING THE ENTERTAINMENT
PHENOMENON OF THE CENTURY. AROUND THE SAME TIME, IN DETROIT,
MICHIGAN, IN A CRAMPED STUDIO CALLED HITSVILLE, A BRILLIANT YOUNG
WRITER/PRODUCER NAMED BERRY GORDY CREATED AN EXCITING NEW SOUND.
GORDON'S INCREDIBLE TALENT ROSTER INCLUDED STEVIE WONDER, THE
FOUR TOPS, SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES, GLADYS KNIGHT AND
THE PIPS, MARVIN GAYE, THE TEMPTATIONS, AND A FABULOUS FEMALE
TRIO, THE SUPREMES.”
(I Know) I am Losing You – The Supremes & The Temptation
Phillips: “IN THE EARLY '60s, FOLK MUSIC BECAME A SENSATION.
IT SPREAD FROM SMALL CLUBS IN NEW YORK'S GREENWICH VILLAGE TO
THE WEST COAST. ITS CHAMPION WAS BOB DYLAN. AND BY THE MID-'60s,
EVEN FOLKIES, LIKE THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL, WE'RE PLUGGING IN AND
GOING ELECTRIC. THE NEW SOUND BECAME KNOWN AS FOLK ROCK.”
Do You Believe In Magic – The Lovin’ Spoonful
Phillips: “IN THE '60s, VIRTUALLY EVERY "SULLIVAN" SHOW
FEATURED A ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND. ED'S SUCCESS HAD GROWN WITH THE
MUSIC AND HE TRIED VALIANTLY TO KEEP UP WITH THE FAST-CHANGING
TIMES. WHEN THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS APPEARED ON "SULLIVAN" DURING
THE PEAK OF FLOWER POWER, WE GOT ED TO LOOSEN UP AND JOIN US
ON STAGE.”
Monday, Monday – The Mamas & The Papas
Phillips: “IN 1967, SAN FRANCISCO'S HAIGHT-ASHBURY WAS
MECCA TO THE HIPPY WORLD. POP FESTIVALS AND BE-INS WERE PART
OF THE MUSIC SCENE. ACROSS THE BAY IN OAKLAND, A YOUNG SINGER-SONGWRITER
NAMED JOHN FOGERTY WAS COMING UP WITH ONE SMASH HIT AFTER ANOTHER.
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL GAVE US THIS PROTEST SONG ABOUT
THOSE ABLE TO PULL STRINGS TO GET OUT OF SERVING IN THE VIETNAM
WAR.”
Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Phillips: “THE BIGGEST DANCE CRAZE OF ALL TIME, THE TWIST,
ORIGINATED AT THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE, A NEW YORK NIGHT CLUB. THE
TWIST FIRST CAUGHT ON WITH THE SOCIETY CROWD AND THEN BECAME
A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON. THE HOUSE BAND, JOEY DEE AND THE STARLITERS,
FEATURED THREE MUSICIANS WHO LATER BECAME MEMBERS OF THE LEGENDARY
YOUNG RASCALS. NOW, HERE'S AN AMERICAN COMBO, THE YOUNG RASCALS.”
Good Lovin’ – The Young Rascal
Phillips: “ON THE WEST COAST, SAN FRANCISCO GAVE RISE
TO NEW GROUPS WHO PIONEERED A UNIQUE BRAND OF ROCK 'N' ROLL.
THE GRATEFUL DEAD. THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. COUNTRY JOE AND THE
FISH. AND BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY, WHOSE LEAD SINGER,
JANIS JOPLIN, IS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED STARS IN ROCK HISTORY.
HERE'S HER ONLY "SULLIVAN" APPEARANCE.”
Maybe, Maybe, Maybe – Janis Joplin
Close: Shot of Joplin shaking hands with Ed Sullivan. Final
voice over: “Phillips: “TO THE END,
ED SULLIVAN WAS AN UNLIKELY CHAMPION OF ROCK 'N' ROLL.”
OUTRO (00:10): Title graphic with music.
Break #3 (length 00:35)
Closing credits ( 00:54):
Graphic title, then farewell message from Ed Sullivan (clips
from different shows): “YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF THESE PERFORMERS,
THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A FINE AUDIENCE. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE
YOU HERE. WE KNOW YOU'VE ENJOYED THE SHOW. I WISH YOU A PLEASANT
WEEKEND. DRIVE HOME CAREFULLY.”AND NOW, GOOD NIGHT!”
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