The Ed Sullivan Show: Season 13

Louis Armstrong / Rosemary Clooney / Jose Ferrer / Alan King

Sep 20, 1959 · 60 min

Special 90-minute episode (live from New York & Chicago with a taped sequence from Las Vegas). Guests include: --Jose Ferrer (actor) - makes a cameo dressed as a cowboy, riding

Invitation to Moscow

Sep 27, 1959 · 60 min

""Invitation to Moscow"" - Special 90-minute episode taped in and around Moscow. Guests: --Marge and Gower Champion (dancers) --Rise Stevens (mezzo-soprano opera singer) -

Danny Thomas / Eartha Kitt / Julius LaRosa

Oct 4, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Jane Morgan, Julius LaRosa and Eartha Kitt - sing ""September in the Rain,"" ""Autumn Leaves"" and ""The September Song."" --Jane Morgan - ""I'm in Love (reciation)

Mario Lanza (on film) / Ethel Merman / Larry Blyden

Oct 11, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Ethel Merman - I'm Glad There Is You"" (from ""Gypsy"") & ""There'll Be Some Changes Made"" --On film: Ed Sullivan interviews Mario Lanza --Shiela MacRea sings ""

Harry Belafonte (on film) / Ames Brothers / Wilt Chamberlain

Oct 18, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --The Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Ames Brothers in a basketball game. Wilt Chamberlain also participates. Duke Snyder is the referee. --The Ames Brothers - medley: (

scheduled: Della Reese; Wayne & Shuster; Betty Johnson

Oct 25, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Della Reese (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy duo, presenting a British Western) --Professor Backwards (comedian Jimmy Edmonson) --Betty Johnson

Paul Anka / The Step Brothers / Castle Sisters

Nov 1, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Paul Anka (singer) - ""Put Your Head on My Shoulder"" --The Step Brothers (dance team, tap dancers) - do a ""challenge dance"" --The Castle Sisters (vocal trio) -

Johnny Mathis / Gracie Fields / Jan Murray

Nov 8, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Johnny Mathis - ""Witchcraft,"" ""The Best Of Everything"" and ""Misty"" --The Barry Sisters (vocal group) - ""Who's Sorry Now"" & ""I'm A Fool To Want You"" --

scheduled: Suzanne Pleshette; Tom Poston; Georgia Gibbs

Nov 15, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --The cast of the Broadway comedy ""The Golden Fleecing"" appear in a scene from the play. The cast consists of Tom Poston; Suzanne Pleshette; Mickey Deems; Robe

scheduled: Carol Channing; Count Basie; Joe Williams

Nov 22, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Carol Channing --Count Basie and his band --Joe Williams (singer) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Shelley Berman (comedian) --Trude Adams

Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday / Dorothy Collins / Marion Marlowe

Nov 29, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday - perform a sketch about a drunk husband coming home to sober wife. --Dorothy Collins - ""Baciare Baciare"" --Tony Pastor & family

scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Teresa Brewer; Jack Carter

Dec 6, 1959 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Lionel Hampton (jazz musician) and his band --Teresa Brewer (singer) --Jack Carter (comedian) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Yehudi Menuhin (

Dorothy Dandridge / Brook Benton / David Seville / Ames Brothers

Dec 13, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --Dorothy Dandridge - ""What Is This Thing Called Love"" & ""Baby Baby All The Time"" --Brook Benton - ""This Time Of Year"" --David Seville with Alvin & The Chipmun

Polly Bergen / Gertrude Berg / Paul O'Keefe / Harry Simeone Chorale

Dec 20, 1959 · 60 min

--Paul O'Keefe with the Baird Puppets - ""What Do You Want For Christmas"" --Baird Puppets - ""Christmas in Davey Jones Locker"" sketch --Betty Johnson - sings ""White Chris

Charlton Heston / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Leon Bibb

Dec 27, 1959 · 60 min

Guests: --On film: Charlton Heston: (1) Film clip from ""Ben Hur"" (2) Ed and Heston ride Chariot in Rome. --Charlton Heston (live on stage?) - Heston gives a dramatic Biblic

Bobby Darin & Connie Francis / Edgar Bergen / Gene Krupa & Sal Mineo

Jan 3, 1960 · 60 min

Guests: --Bobby Darin - ""That's How It Goes"" & ""Beyond The Sea"" --Connie Francis & Bobby Darin duet - ""You Make Me Feel So Young"" & ""You're The Top"" --Connie Franc

Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts) / Frankie Avalon / Birgit Nilsson

Jan 10, 1960 · 60 min

Guests: --Frankie Avalon - ""Look What One Kiss Can Do"" & ""Why"" --Wayne And Shuster (guest hosts, comedy team) - sketch: an interview with Professor Vain Gartner, Arctic ex

scheduled: Rosemary Clooney; Nelson Eddy; Carol Lawrence

Jan 17, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Rosemary Clooney (singer) --Nelson Eddy (singer) with his partner Gail Sherwood --Carol Lawrence (musical-comedy star) --Billy Daniels (singer) --

Takarazuka Dance Theater / Ford & Hines / Kim Sisters

Jan 24, 1960 · 60 min

--The Takarazuka Dance Theater of Japan. Female dance troupe doing traditional and modern dances. Other guests: --Ford and Hines (comedy team) --Ginny Tiu (five-year-old pia

Rowan and Martin, The Wanderers

Jan 31, 1960 · 60 min

Charles Laughton / Dorothy Dandridge / Harry James / Wayne & Schuster

Feb 14, 1960 · 60 min

Guests (St. Valentine's Day Show): --Dorothy Dandridge - ""Love"" and, later in show, ""Smooth Operator (I Like It Like That)""--Charles Laughton - (1) Valentine Greetings with ca

scheduled: Jack Carter; Myron Cohen; Earl Grant; Barry Sisters

Feb 21, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Jack Carter (comedian) --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Earl Grant (singer) --Jerome Robbins' ""Ballets: U.S.A."" - in a pre-recorded segment, the dancers

Bobby Darin / Connie Francis / Della Reese / Senor Wences

Feb 28, 1960 · 60 min

Guests: --Della Reese - ""Blue Skies"" & ""I Won't Want You"" --Bobby Darin - ""Oh, My Darling Clementine"" & medley (""By Myself"" & ""When Your Lover Has Gone"") --Connie

scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Leon Bibb; Anna Maria Alberghetti

Mar 6, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Eartha Kitt (singer) --Leon Bibb (folk singer) --Anna Maria Alberghetti (singer) --Bob Lewis (comedian) --The Happy Jesters (comedy impressionist

scheduled: Eileen Brennan; Pat Rooney; Sean O'Casey; Barry Fitzgerald

Mar 13, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests (St. Patrick's Day show): --Eileen Brennan (singer-actress, then appearing on the off-Broadway play ""Little Mary Sunshine"") --Pat Rooney (song-and-dance ma

Circus Stars from All Over the World

Mar 20, 1960 · 60 min

Circus Stars from All Over the World Appearing in London: --Popov (Soviet clown) --The Boxing Russian Bears Appearing in New York: --Emmett Kelly (American clown)

Dorothy Dandridge / Teresa Brewer / Jack Carter / Myron Cohen

Mar 27, 1960 · 60 min

Guests: --Dorothy Dandridge - ""I Get A Kick Out Of You"" & ""That's All"" --Dorothy Dandridge (later in show) - ""One of Those Things"" --Teresa Brewer - ""You Turned The

scheduled: Chris Connor; Ames Brothers; Jill Corey

Apr 10, 1960 · 60 min

Fourth salute to ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) with scheduled guests: --The Ames Brothers (vocal quartet) --Chris Connor (singer) --Alfred

David Seville / Mahalia Jackson / Wayne & Shuster

Apr 17, 1960 · 60 min

Guests: --Mahalia Jackson - ""Old Rugged Cross"" & ""Were You There?"" --Mahalia Jackson - ""I Found the Answer"" (with Willie Webb on organ & Mildred Falls playing piano).

scheduled: Red Buttons; Rowan & Martin; Ames Brothers

Apr 24, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Red Buttons (comedian) --The Ames Brothers (singing groups) --Rowan and Martin (comedy team) - secret agent routine --The McGuire Sisters (singing gr

Charlton Heston / Johnny Horton / Dean Jones

May 1, 1960 · 60 min

Guests: --Johnny Horton sings ""Sink The Bismark"" (with war footage) --Charlton Heston - Talks with Ed on stage. Later in show, Heston does a Biblical reading of ""The Five B

scheduled: Nina Simone; The Browns; Bess Myerson

May 8, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Nina Simone (singer-pianist) --The Browns (vocal group) - ""The Old Lamplighter"" --Bess Myerson (TV personality & former Miss America making an appear

scheduled: James Cagney; Robert Montgomery; Jane Froman; Julie Wilson

May 15, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --James Cagney and Robert Montgomery - Ed interviews Cagney and Montgomery about their new movie based on the life story of Adm. William Halsey. --Jane Froman

scheduled: Nelson Eddy & Gale Sherwood; Brothers Four; Wayne & Shuster

May 22, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Nelson Eddy and Gale Sherwood (singing duo) - ""In the Still of the Night"" (possible song) --The Brothers Four sing ""Green Fields"" --Wayne and Shust

scheduled: Count Basie; Joe Williams; Chita Rivera

May 29, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Count Basie and his Orchestra --Joe Williams (blues singer, performing with Count Basie's band) --Chita Rivera (musical comedy star) --Dennis Day (s

Jack Lemon / Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Bert Lahr

Jun 5, 1960 · 60 min

Guests: --Audience bows (marking the 15th anniversary of D-Day): Bob Murphy and Bill Petty (D-Day heroes); Connie Ryan (author) --Louis Prima - ""When You're Smiling"" (with

Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Connie Francis / Dick Van Dyke

Jun 12, 1960 · 60 min

12th Anniversary Show: Louis Prima & Keely Smith segment: --Louis Prima - ""Up A Lazy River,"" ""I'm Confessin"" ""I Got You Under My Skin"" --Keely Smith - ""Close"" Other

Ann Miller / Della Reese / Don Adams / Benny Goodman All-Star Band

Jun 19, 1960 · 60 min

Guests include: --Ann Miller - tap dances and sings ""Beat In My Heart"" --Della Reese - ""Every Day"" --Don Adams (comedian) - court room skit in which Adams plays the def

scheduled: Rise Stevens; Ames Brothers; Gene Krupa Orchestra

Jun 26, 1960 · 60 min

Rosemary Clooney, Dave Barry

Jun 3, 1960 · 60 min

scheduled: Red Buttons; Georgia Gibbs; Rowan & Martin

Jul 10, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Red Buttons (comedian) - in a comedy routine, Red wonders why songwriters write songs about girls but not about boys. --Georgia Gibbs (singer) --Dan Ro

scheduled: Dick Van Dyke; Chris Connor; Edgar Bergen

Jul 17, 1960 · 60 min

--singer Chris Connor performs ""Come Rain or Come Shine"" Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Dick Van Dyke (comedian) --Alan King (comedian) --The Xavier Cugat Orchestr

scheduled: Lloyd Price; Blossom Seeley; Jan Murray; Bob Lewis

Jul 24, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Lloyd Price and his band - ""I Only Have Eyes for You"" --Rowan and Martin (comedy team) --Blossom Seeley (vaudevillian) - ""Birth of the Blues"" & ""I

scheduled: Harry James; Henny Youngman; Wayne & Shuster

Jul 31, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Harry James and his orchestra --Henny Youngman (comedian) --Wayne and Shuster (comedy team) --Gordon and Sheila MacRae (music & comedy team) --Jan

Sophia Loren & Clark Gable (on film) / Jack Carter

Aug 7, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --On film: In Italy, Ed visits the movie set of ""It Happened in Naples,"" starring Sophia Loren and Clark Gable. --Jack Carter (comedian) --Charles Manna

scheduled: Kirby Stone Four; Roberta Peters; Carol Haney

Aug 14, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Roberta Peters (soprano) - ""Nightingale"" --Kirby Stone Four (vocal-instrumental group) - ""Lazy River"" --Maynard Ferguson (jazzman with his orchestra

scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Sam Levene; Four Preps; Dewey Markham

Aug 21, 1960 · 60 min

Scheduled guests: --Lionel Hampton and his band --Sam Levene (actor doing a dramatic reading from the writings of Sholom Aleichem) --The Four Preps (vocal group) --Dewey

Oscar Hammerstein tribute: Della Reese; Georgia Gibbs; Jill Corey

Sep 4, 1960 · 60 min

Oscar Hammerstein tribute Scheduled guests (from Madison Square Garden): --Della Reese --Georgia Gibbs --Jill Corey --Teddy Randazzo --""Ice Capades"" skaters - with

Nina Simone / Eartha Kitt / Noelle Adam

Sep 11, 1960 · 60 min

--Eartha Kitt - sings ""Little White Lies"" --Rodriguez (juggler) --Noelle Adam (dancer from France, Mrs. Sydney Chaplin) - ""Where or When"" --Daniele Barioni (tenor) - ""S