VIDEO: Mavis Staples, Aloe Blacc & Many More Join Colbert for Debut Musical Number!

By: Sep. 09, 2015
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Stephen Colbert ended his first telecast as host of CBS's LATE SHOW with a bang, bringing togethr Jon Batiste, Stay Human, Brittany Howard, Buddy Guy, Aloe Blacc, Derek Trucks, Ben Folds, Kyle Resnick, and Mavis Staples and more for a rousing rendition of Sly & the Family Stone's "Everyday People." Check out the show's first musical number below!

Click here for more video clips from last night's show!

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT premiered on Tuesday, Sept. 8 on CBs.The show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.

A multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian, Colbert is well-known for his previous late night show, "The Colbert Report," which concluded on Friday, Dec. 18, 2014. The program received wide-spread critical acclaim and earned two Peabody Awards and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including two Emmy wins for Outstanding Variety Series (2013, 2014) and four Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014). Prior to that, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as an on-air personality and writer of news satire for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series.


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