The week ahead: America meets the Beatles on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' 49 years ago (Video)

Your Beatles calendar for the week:

Featured:

Feb. 9, 1964: The Beatles make their debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” to over 73 million TV viewers.

Concerts:

The Beatles LOVE, Cirque du Soleil, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas. Performances: Thursdays through Mondays at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. No performances on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Tickets: http://bit.ly/HRmbk4
1964: The Tribute: Next show: Feb. 15: Muskegon, Mich. More info: www.1964thetribute.com.
The Fab Four: Feb. 8, Salem, VA. Feb. 9, Washington, D.C. More info: www.thefabfour.com.
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles: Feb 5-7: Palm Desert, CA. Feb. 8: Fresno, CA. Feb. 9: Lancaster, CA.
Laurence Juber: Next scheduled show 7 p.m. March 7, Powerhouse Community
Center, 1658 Coast Blvd., Del Mar, CA. More info: www.laurencejuber.com.
The Fab Faux: Feb. 23, Easton, PA. March. 23, Glenside, PA. More info: www.thefabfaux.com.
Beatles Brunch, 12 p.m. Saturday, B.B. King's, New York City.
“Made In Liverpool Sunday Show,” Beatles tribute, 14:30 UK Time, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: www.cavernclub.org
“The Two of Us Monday Show,” weekly tribute to Lennon & McCartney, 18:00 Mondays, the Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: www.cavernclub.org.
“Saturday With the Beatles,” weekly Beatles tribute show with the Cavern Club Beatles, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: www.cavernclub.org.
Liverpool Shuffle, Feb. 7 at Jellyfish, Centerport, N.Y. Tickets.
Something, Beatles Tribute Band, Feb. 9, Martha Clara Vineyards, Riverhead, N.Y. Tickets.
A Hard Day's Night, Beatles tribute, with Run For Your Life, 8 p.m. Granada Theater, Dallas, TX. Tickets.
Classic Albums Live - The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Saturday, February 9, 2013 , 8:00 p.m. EST, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The End: A Tribute to the Beatles, 9 p.m. Feb. 9, Wooly's, Des Moines, IA. Free.

Beatles history:

Feb. 3, 1966: Paul McCartney attends Stevie Wonder's performance at the Scotch of St. James nightclub.
Feb. 5, 1962: The Beatles play on a bill with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes featuring drummer Ringo Starr at the Kingsbury Club, Southport. Starr fills in for an ailing Pete Best at this show.
Feb. 6, 1958: Paul McCartney and John Lennon ask George Harrison to join the Quarrymen after hearing him perform Bill Justis' “Raunchy.”
Feb. 7, 1964: The Beatles fly to New York City for their first American visit.
Feb. 9, 1962: The Beatles give their first performance at the Cavern Club unadvertised at a lunch show.
Feb. 9, 1964: The Beatles make their debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” to over 73 million TV viewers.

On TV:

“Live and Let Die” (McCartney theme song), 12:30 and 10:30 p.m. Feb. 9, G4.

On radio:

“Things We Said Today”: Each week, myself and Ken Michaels of “Every Little Thing” discuss the latest Beatles news topics. The latest show discusses the Paul McCartney “World Without Love” demo. A new show will be available Monday. The show is available on iTunes (where you can subscribe to us) and http://Fab4Radio.com on the weekends. You can also subscribe to the show's RSS feed or write to us at thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com.
“Every Little Thing”: Feb. 3: Guest Rex Fowler (Nutopians/Aztec Two Step) will premiere the Nutopians second album of John Lennon covers, "Lennon Reimagined." 8-10 p.m. ET on 88.7 WNHU, West Haven, CT, and can be streamed at www.wnhu.net. More info at www.kenmichaelsradio.com. The syndicated version can be heard on both Fab4Radio.com and Beatles-A-Rama.
“Fab 4 Free 4 All”: Latest show: “'Please Please Me' Analysis and Review.” Available on iTunes and at www.Fab4Free4all.com.
“Beatle Brunch”: Feb. 2: Remembering the Beatles' invasion of America with reporter Ed Rudy. Show website: www.beatlebrunch.com.
“The John Lennon Hour”: Weekly hour of John Lennon music and history hosted by Jude Southerland Kessler. 8 p.m. ET Sunday at Beatles-A-Rama. Available through iTunes.
“Bertone Beatle Bonanza”: Episode 19: Part 1 of an interview with Henry McCullough. Website: http://bertonebeatle.libsyn.com/
“Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast With the Beatles”: Feb. 2-3: Guest Eric Burdon will talk about the early days of The Animals, his relationship with The Beatles, and his new album “Till Your River Runs Dry.” Also, a salute to Buddy Holly and that “World Without Love” demo, along with the finished product. On radio stations in the U.S., Sweden, Canada, New Zealand, U.K. and Germany and online on MaccaRadio, Fab4Radio and Beatles-A-Rama and LV Classic Rock. Website: www.beatlesradioshow.com.
“Chris Carter's Breakfast With the Beatles”: Feb. 3: Beatles 45 RPM singles. ON both Sirius/XM satellite radio and KLOS-FM (95.5). The Sirius show repeats at midnight ET. Website: www.breakfastwiththebeatles.com.
“I've Got a Beatles Podcast”: “Please Please Me Turns 50.” Infomation: http://ivegotabeatlespodcast.podbean.com/
Breakfast With The Beatles hosted by Cha-Chi Loprete: 8 a.m. ET Sundays, WZLX-FM (100.7 FM) in Boston or streaming at www.WZLX.com (Click on Listen Live).
“Breakfast With the Beatles": 8 to 10 a.m. CT Sundays, WXRT in Chicago. Also streamed at http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/show/breakfast-with-the-beatles/.
“On the Beat”: Hosted by Beatles author Spencer Leigh on BBC Radio Merseyside, not primarily a Beatles show, but a lot of the discussion focuses on the Liverpool music scene in the '60s, often with those who were there. Airs Saturdays at 17:30 (5:30 p.m.) in the UK and archived online for a week after at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7sj.
"Sounds of the Sixties": Brian Matthews, who interviewed the Beatles on the BBC in the '60s, hosts this weekly show featuring music by the Beatles and others from that decade. Programs air Saturdays and stay online for a week at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqlv.
“The Beatledd Fab Four Hour”: The program airs live from 7-8 PM ET and streams live online at http://wrkc.kings.edu. Edd Raineri is the host.
“Beatles and Beyond”: Hosted by Pete Dicks. Available at http://www.quaywestonline.co.uk/.
"Beatlesongs": Hosted by Rob Leonard airs 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. ET Friday on 90.3 FM WHPC and streaming at www.ncc.edu/whpc.
“Breakfast With the Beatles With Andre Gardner”: The show airs from 7 to 9 a.m. ET Sundays on WMGK-FM 102.9 and 7-9 a.m. PT on KSLX-FM 100.7 in Phoenix.
“Just Four Guys”: New shows available at 4 p.m. ET Tuesdays at www.mvyradio.com.
"Dinner Specials With May Pang and Cynthia Nielsen": More info: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/maypang.
“Mid-Evening With the Beatles,” from the Philippines, 5 to 9 a.m. Saturday morning Eastern time, at their website http://www.pbs.gov.ph/dzsr.
“Across the Universe,” hosted by Glenn Calderone from 8-10 p.m. EST Tuesdays on Inravio.com. http://www.inravio.com/batu.html

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