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 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.

Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 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.

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play during a week in cabaret at Tito's, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.

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.

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

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

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

The Who release a new single, Call Me Lightning, in the USA.

Jr. Walker And The All Stars play at Playland Skating Rink, Inkster, Michigan, USA.

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

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

Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred And His Playboy Band is awarded a Silver Disc in the UK, Europe.

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

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

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

Paul Revere And The Raiders play a one-nighter in Spokane, Washington, USA.

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

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 Rob Hoeke R'n'B Group enters the Dutch Singles Chart with Drinking On My Bed on Philips Records. It will peak at No11 during a run of nine weeks on the chart in the Netherlands.

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.

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

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).

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

The Fantastics play at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.

The Yardbirds and The Lemon Tree play on the BBC radio show Saturday Club in the UK.

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding tops the Billboard R'n'B Chart in the USA for the first of three weeks, and the national chart for the first of four weeks. Redding wrote the song while living on a houseboat overlooking San Francisco Bay.

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.

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

Chuck Berry takes delivery of a brand new Cadillac.

Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in Salem, Virginia, USA.

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

Linda Keith, girlfriend of Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, collapses in her apartment in Belgravia, London, England, UK, Europe.

Leslie Uggams is playing during an engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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.