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The 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show will be celebrated in February with a two-hour US television special titled “The Night That Changed America – A GRAMMY® Salute To The Beatles”.

The special will feature some of the biggest musical acts of today performing classic Beatles songs, including the songs performed on the band’s Ed Sullivan debut.

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The New Releases page has been updated to include this month’s music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases from classic artists.

Highlights for November include:

• “The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs” in standard and deluxe editions (4 Nov – UK release)
• David Bowie’s 2 CD/DVD “The Next Day – Extra” (5 Nov)
• “The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival” album on CD and vinyl, + “Hear My Train A Comin'” on DVD and Blu-ray (5 Nov)
• the 47-CD “Bob Dylan – The Complete Album Collection Vol 1” (5 Nov)
• “The Beatles: On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2” and reissue of Vol 1 (11 Nov)
• “The Rolling Stones: Sweet Summer Sun – Hyde Park Live” in multiple editions (11 Nov)
• The Who’s “Tommy” reissue in multiple editions (11 Nov)
• “Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival” on DVD and Blu-ray (19 Nov)
• Cliff Richard’s “Still Reelin’ and A-Rockin’ – Live at Sydney Opera House” on DVD and Blu-ray, and his new album “The Fabulous Rock ‘N’ Roll Songbook” (19 Nov US, 11 Nov UK)
• “Sinatra Duets – 20th Anniversary” in deluxe and super deluxe editions (19 Nov).

Today would have been John Lennon’s 73rd Birthday. Yoko Ono is marking the occasion with an exhibit of his art at a gallery located at 72 Greene Street, Soho, New York City.

Yoko will also relight the Imagine Peace Tower today in Iceland (4 pm ET/1 pm PT/9 pm UK time). You can Tweet your wishes to @IPTower.

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Elvis Presley is number one on the SoundExchange list of the most digitally streamed artists of the past decade.

SoundExchange is a performance rights organisation that collects royalties from more than 2,000 digital music services, including satellite radio, streaming television services, Internet radio stations, and Internet music sites such as Last.fm.

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A long-awaited second volume of the Beatles’ performances at the BBC will be released in November. “The Beatles: On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2” will feature 63 tracks, with 37 unreleased performances and 23 previously unheard recordings of in-studio chat between the band and the BBC radio hosts.

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