14th March

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.

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.

Diana Ross, formerly of The Supremes, is beginning her solo career with eight nights of shows at Caesar's Monticello on Route 9, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.

Sarah Vaughan plays during a week of shows at Red Foxx's Club, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA, with The Les McCann Trio.

Blodwyn Pig play at Barking Technical College, Dagenham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Writing On The Wall.

Delivery play Upstairs At Ronnie's, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.

Venus by Shocking Blue reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.

The Cambridge Crofters play at The Troubadour, Old Brompton Road, London, England, UK, Europe.

Brook Benton reaches No1 on the Billboard R'n'B chart in the USA with Rainy Night In Georgia.

Blood, Sweat And Tears play at The University Of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

The Third Ear Band, The Liverpool Scene and Kevin Ayers And The Whole World play on the sixth day of the week-long Atomic Sunrise Festival, at The Roundhouse, London, England, UK, Europe.

East Of Eden play at Slough College, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.

Mountain play the second of two nights at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York State, USA.

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon And Garfunkel begins its second week at No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.

Josh White Jr. plays at Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.

Rare Earth release a new single, Get Ready, on Motown Records in the USA.

The Rolling Stones announce that their next European Tour will begin in The Netherlands in early May.

It is announced that The Doors have become the first American rock group to achieve five consecutive gold albums in the USA, with their latest, Morrison Hotel, having gone gold just three days after release. On this day, the album enters the Billboard Top 40 albums chart in the USA were it will peak at No4.

Neil Young releases a new single, Oh Lonesome Me, in the USA. The song was previously a hit in 1957 for its composer, Don Gibson.

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band plays at Loughborough University, Loughborough, England, UK, Europe.

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown plays at Farx, Potter';s Bar, England, UK, Europe, supported by PC Kent.

Willy And The Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival reaches No1 in the Billboard Best-selling 8-track Tape Cartridges Chart in the USA.

Fairport Convention play at Dagenham Roundhouse, Dagenham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Surly Bird.

Genesis play at Watford Technical College, Watford, England, UK, Europe.

Country Joe And The Fish and The Joy Of Cooking play the second of three nights at The Family Dog, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, California, USA.

Johnny Shines and Stefan Grossman play at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.

Little Free Rock play at The Speakeasy, Margaret Street, London, England, UK, Europe.

It is reported that Tower Records in San Francisco and Sacramento, California, USA, have begun test-marketing a new record format - the 12" vinyl disc. The first such product is Glad Rag Doll / For Once In My Life by fingerstyle jazz guitarist Buddy Fite on Cycle Records. The disc is a limited edition of just "a few hundred" copies, packaged in a plain white paper sleeve, to discover if consumers who have stopped by 7" records might be attracted to the larger 12" format.

Peggy Seeger, accompanied by Jack Warshaw, plays at The Singers Club, Kings Cross Road, London, England, UK, Europe.

The John Dummer Band plays at The Labour Hall, Letchworth, England, UK.

The Spirit Of John Morgan play at University College, London, England, UK, Europe.

Big Brother And The Holding Company play the second of two nights at The New Orleans House, Berkeley, California, USA, standing in for the New Riders Of The Purple Sage who had to cancel.

Sam Apple Pie play at St. Mary's College, Twickenham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Juicy Lucy.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. B.B. King and Taj Mahal are playing the second of three nights at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.

The Liverpool Scene play at Imperial College, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Jody Grind.

Vanilla Fudge play their farewell concert at The Action House in Long Island, New York State, USA.

The Edgar Broughton Band plays at Kingston College Of Technology, Kingston, England, UK, Europe, supported by Quintessence.

Nigel Wesson plays at Bunjies Coffee House And Folk Cellar, London, England, UK, Europe.

Terry Lightfoot plays at The 100 Club, London, England, UK, Europe.

Nucleus play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Armada.