The Ed Sullivan Show

Buddy Holly and the Crickets / Sam Cooke / Bobby Helms

E10    Nov 30, 1957    60m    TV-G
--Buddy Holly and the Crickets - ""That'll Be the Day"" and ""Peggy Sue"" --Sam Cooke - ""You Send Me"" and ""For Sentimental Reasons"" --The Rays - ""Silhouettes"" --Bobby Helms - ""My Special Angel"" --Polly Bergen - ""Mean To Me"" and ""Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"" -- Ray McKinley & the Glenn Miller Orchestra (with guest singers) - perform a medley

--Douglas Fairbanks (actor) - appears in a comedy sketch and, later in show, recites the Rudyard Kipling poem ""If"" --The Colliers All American Football Team (General Mills) introduced by Ed Sullivan and Lefty James.

--Martha Ann Bentley (ballerina, dressed as a jockey) --Jean Carroll (comedian) --Tony And Sally Demarco (couple dancing to ""White Christmas"")
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Cast of Buddy Holly and the Crickets / Sam Cooke / Bobby Helms
  • Ed SullivanSelf - Host
  • Art HannesSelf - Announcer
  • Jerry AllisonSelf
  • Sally De MarcoSelf
  • Tony De MarcoSelf
  • Bobby HelmsSelf
  • Sam CookeSelf
  • Ray McKinleySelf
  • Jean SebergSelf (uncredited)
  • Buddy HollySelf
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Self
  • Jean CarrollSelf
  • Polly BergenSelf

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