9th March

Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances.

The Ten Nelsons, The Troubadors Toulousians, The Three Dancing Dawsons, The Auers, Eva Mudge, The Six Blackbirds, and Paul Cinquevalli are appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.

Dock Boggs, vocal and banjo, records Sugar Baby and Country Blues for Brunswick Records in New York City, USA.

Ike Dixon's Orchestra plays during the half-time break at the local basketball championship game in The New Albert Auditorium, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

R'n'b and pop singer and songwriter Lloyd Price is born in Kenner, Louisiana, USA.

The musical comedy Between The Devil, with lyrics by Howard Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 93 performances.

Vic Lewis And His Band play at The Embassy Ballroom, Southsea, Portsmouth, UK.

Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra, with Cleo Laine on vocals, play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Bill Evans is playing during a week of shows at The Minor Key, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Bill Henderson is playing during a 22-day engagement at The Playboy Key Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

I Got What I Wanted by Brook Benton on Mercury Records is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA, entering at No72.

The City Council of Daly City, California, USA, establishes an architecture committee because, says Mayor Michael DeBernardi, "We don't want the area to develop into a series of boxes." The move is seens by many as a response to the comments made in Malvina Reynolds' popular folk song Little Boxes, which was inspired by the songwriter driving through Daly City and being upset by the suburban domestic architecture.

The Yardbirds play at The Grosvenor Ballroom, Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, UK.

When a UK package tour featuring P.J. Proby, The Fourmost and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes, plays in Manchester, Proby is taken ill. Tom Jones fills in on the next two dates but with Proby no better, the tour is then cancelled.

Marianne Faithfull appears on UK tv show The Five O'Clock Club.

Eddie Brown (of folk and gospel duo Joe And Eddie) is playing during six nights at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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 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.

Diahann Carroll is playing during an engagement at The Hilton Plaza, Miami, Florida, USA.

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play at The Pavilion, Weston-Super-Mare, England, UK, Europe.

At the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles wins four awards - Album Of The Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Engineered Record and Best Album Cover.

Quicksilver Messenger Service play the second of two nights at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.

At this year's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA, Up Up And Away by The 5th Dimension wins Record of the Year and Best Vocal Group Performance, while Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles takes home Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Engineered Record and Best Album Cover.

The Open Mind play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

Diana Ross And The Supremes are playing at The Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Jazz guitarist Pat Martino records the album Desperado for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla are staying at a rented home in Camino Del Norte, Palm Springs, California, USA, while looking for a new home to buy.

Thin Lizzy play at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.

Led Zeppelin play at the Wien Kounsel Thos in Vienna, Austria, Europe.

10cc play at The Academy Of Music, New York City, USA.

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards records the LP Mississippi Delta Bluesman for Folkways Records at India Navigation, New York City, USA.

Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.

Ozzy Osbourne plays at The Metro Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, supported by Motley Crue.

REO Speedwagon begin three-weeks at No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA, with their single Can't Fight This Feeling.

The double A-side single Take Me With You/Let's Go Crazy by Prince peaks at No7 in the UK Singles Chart.

Japandroids release a single, Young Hearts Spark Fire drawn from their debut album Post-Nothing .

Broken Bells, a new group formed by producer Danger Mouse, (founder of hit-making duo Gnarls Barkley) and James Mercer of The Shins releases its eponymous debut album.

Celtic fiddler Eileen Ivers plays in The Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Carl Barat And The Jackals play at The Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan plays at The O2 Institute, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.

Earth, Wind And Fire play at Florida Strawberry festival, Plant City, Florida, USA.

On their World Tour 2019 The Eagles play at The Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia, Oceania.