24th March

The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.

The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.

The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.

The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.

Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.

The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.

Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The Paupers play during thirteen nights at The Electric Circus, New York City, USA.

Tom Jones is playing during a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

John Davidson is playing during ten nights of shows at The Eden Roc, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Sammy Davis Jr is acting as host of this week's Johnny Carson Show on tv in the USA.

Jack Cassidy is playing during two weeks at The Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA.

Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Good Time Singers are playing a three week engagement at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, California, USA.

Neil Diamond is playing during a twelve-day engagement at Tennessee Technical University, Cookeville, Tennessee, USA.

Plastic Penny play at The ABC, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK, Europe.

Willie Bobo, Joe Cuba, Ray Baretto and Pete Rodriguez play in the fifth annual Latin Jazz Concert at Town Hall, New York City, USA.

Alexis Korner plays at The Frankfurt Jazz Festival, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe.

The Troggs play at The Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK, Europe.

Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

The Rolling Stones spend the tenth of seventeen days of recording at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.

Jeff Beck plays at The Rowing Club, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.

The New York Times runs a headline including the phrase 'God Is dead', which will inspire Bernie Taupin's lyrics for the song Levon, co-written with Elton John.

Tyrannosaurus Rex (later to find fame as T. Rex) play live on the BBC radio show Top Gear in the UK.

The Top Ten singles being played on WKBR-Radio, in Manchester New Hampshire, USA, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :

1. Lady Madonna/Inner Light – The Beatles

2. Valleri/Tapioca Tundra – The Monkees

3. Scarborough Fair - Simon And Garfunkel

4. Young Girl - Union Gap

5. Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Company

6. Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark

7. La La Means I Love You – The Delfonics

8. Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame

9. Will You Love Me Tomorrow – The Four Seasons

10. Playboy - Gene And Debbie

The Strawbs play at The Don Quixote Club, Old Brompton Road, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Who play at The Coliseum, Orlando, Florida, USA.

The First Edition (led by Kenny Rogers) play during a week of shows at Soul City, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Quicksilver Messenger Service play the last of six nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.

Harpers Bizarre perform Chattanooga Choo Choo on the tv special Ice Capades in the USA.

Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the last of three nights at The Cheetah, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Procol Harum, The Move, Cat Stevens, Simon Dupree And The Big Sound, The Flowerpot Men, The Spencer Davis Group and The Easybeats play in the Daily Express Record Stars Ball at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England, UK.

The Emotions play at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.

Kaleidoscope (English band) play at The Red House, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.

Siegel Schwall play the last of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA, supported Savage Resurrection and Kaleidoscope.

Marmalade play at The Wake Arms, Epping, England, UK, Europe.

The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.

The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.