NEW YORK, N.Y. — Brian Wilson remembers the first time he heard George Gershwin’s music.

“I was 2 years old, and my grandmother played it for me,” Wilson said in a recent interview. “I remember how much I loved it. I couldn’t think. When you’re 2 years old, you can’t think, but it really blew my mind.”

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“It’s original members Mike Love, Mike Love, Mike Love and, um, Mike Love — who even in this current incarnation can’t along get with one another — perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Star of the Desert Arena at Buffalo Bill’s, Interstate 15 South at Primm. Tickets are $38.45-$54.95; call 1-800-386-7867.”

Character Driven Productions is now selling director Shawn Swords’ documentary “The Wages of Spin,” about the Philadelphia music scene between 1952 and 1963 and about “American Bandstand” host Dick Clark’s pay-for-play activities from which he emerged unscathed. The film features interviews with Chubby Checker, Connie Francis, Fabian, Jerry Blavat, Frankie Avalon, Len Barry, Charlie Gracie, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Danny and The Juniors, The Dovells, Stephen Caldwell

“Coming Soon” Welcome to the definitive Beach Boys guidebook. The places listed are a patchwork quilt across time chronicling a career spanning over four decades. It encompasses their rich history from the embryonic beginnings of the group to the final resting places of deceased band members.

But Cuomo’s cover of the Beach Boys’ “Don’t Worry Baby” is astounding and affirms where all those surf songs from the The Blue Album.  Actually, it’s surprising that it’s taken this long for Cuomo to bust out a Beach Boys cover in concert or on record.  It’s not only a great cover but educational in citing his influences as an artist.

Heroes is released by Parlophone on February 16, with all profits going to the War Child charity, which protects marginalised children in war zones. For the album, a number of artists have chosen a favourite song from their own songwriting canon and nominated an artist from the next generation to create a modern reworking of the classic. Sir Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, The Clash, The Kinks, Joy Division, U2, Elbow, Hot Chip, Duffy, Beck, Scissor Sisters, Rufus Wainwright and The Kooks are among the contributors and performers on the album. Heroes was mastered at Abbey Road Studios.

The Beach Boys Band featuring Mike Love and Bruce Johnston play Friday, April 24. Sale date for the tickets, $35-$75, has not been announced.

Both the script and soundtrack touch on the basics, which are undeniably vital. But surely Martin could have given us more than a Best Of tour: Alan Lomax finds Waters at a Mississippi shack. James records “At Last.” Berry gets ripped off by the Beach Boys. And ironically, the director is so determined to pack in as much as possible, she ends up playing fast and loose with facts while speeding by complex issues of identity and exploitation.