The night 73 million Americans lost their minds — and music changed forever.
In the 60's, the British Invasion sparked a cultural change in rock 'n' roll and America fights back. Hosts Michelle Phillips and Graham Nash chronicle cutting edge performances on The Ed Sullivan Show and interviews from the musicians themselves.
Production
Rare Sullivan Show footage you literally cannot find elsewhere.
Direction
Nash and Phillips: rock legends narrating rock legends.
Director
Andrew Solt
Ed Sullivan
Self - Host (archive footage)
George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie
Self (archive footage)
Jackson Browne
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Butler
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
Ben E. King
Self (archive footage)
Graham Nash
Self (archive footage)
Michelle Phillips
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Springsteen
Self (archive footage)
Paul Stanley
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ed Sullivan booked The Beatles after seeing a screaming mob at Heathrow Airport — pure accident, not strategy.
The term 'British Invasion' was coined by a journalist weeks after this footage was shot; these performers had no idea they were invading anything.
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