16th 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.

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.

Solomon King is playing during a week of cabaret at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.

The Hello People play during a one-week booking at The Chessmate, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Bobby Bare is playing during a five-night engagement at The Taft Hotel, New York City, 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.

Over 300 Vietnamese people, mostly women, children, infants and elderly people, are killed in The My Lai Massacre. The killings are carried out by United States Army soldiers of "Charlie" Company of 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the Americal Division. 26 soldiers will be charged with criminal offenses for their actions at My Lai, but only one, Platoon Leader Second Lieutenant William Calley, will be convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 people, he will serve just three and a half years under house arrest. This atrocity inspires several songs, both for and against Calley. Tragically, the best-remembered is perhaps the fiercely patriotic Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley by Shelby Singleton.

Ahmad Jamal plays at The Shady Grove Music Festival, Gaithersburg,Maryland, USA.

Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the second of three nights at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Pink Floyd and Junior's Eyes play at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. On the same day, Pink Floyd also play at The Crawdaddy Club, Hampton Court, London.

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

Chuck Berry takes delivery of a brand new Cadillac.

(Theme from) Valley Of The Dolls by Dionne Warwick peaks at No2 on the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.

Monopoly (including Raymond Froggatt) play at The E lbow Room, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.

The Herd play at Dreamland, Margate, England, UK, Europe.

Fats Domino is playing during an engement in the lounge of the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The Mystic Tide are playing during a five-week engagement at Glenside Inn, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York State, USA.

On their second Tour of North America, The Cream play the second of two nights at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. Buffalo Springfield are on the same bill.

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

Bill Medley appears on the tv show Happening '68 in the USA.

The Legend Of Xanadu by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich is awarded a Silver Disc in the UK, Europe.

The Move play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.

Traffic play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.

Blood Sweat And Tears, John Handy and Son House play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.

Nancy Ames appears on the tv show Hollywood Palace in the USA.

The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Forever Came Today by The Supremes entering at No54.

Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that of the 200 titles on the current album chart, 171 are currently available as 8-track cartridges (as well as standard LPs and cassettes).

The Original Dyaks play at The Witchdoctore, Catford, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Lewiston Armoury, Lewiston, Maine, USA.

Spooky Tooth play at Imperial College, London, England, UK, Europe.

Terry Reid's Fantasia play at The Starlight Ballroom, Boston, England, UK, Europe.

It is reported that three recording artists - The Standells, Bobbie Gentry and Vic Damone - have recently formed their own companies. The Standells have started and independent record production company, Big 5 Productions Inc; Gentry has formed publishing and production business Gentry Ltd; and Damone has also begun a publishing house, Madiv Music (BMI).

The Who play at The City Auditorium, Beaumont, Texas, USA.

Jimmy McGriff is playing at The Flamingo Playmate Lounge, Washington DC, USA.

Spirit play the third of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Evergreen Blueshoes.

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.