19th February

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.

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 Jazz Communicators (saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Louis Hayes) are playing during a fifteen night booking at The Both/And Club, San Francisco, California, USA.

Lulu plays during a two-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.

Fabian is playing at The Pheasant Run, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Diana Ross And The Supremes play at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.

Kenny Rogers And The First Edition are playing at The Carousel, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

The Fugs play at the Cinderella Ballroom, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.

The Top Ten Singles being played on WCOL Radio, in Columbus, Ohio, for the week started on this date are as follows :

1. Just Dropped In - The First Edition

2. Playboy - Gene And Debbie

3. Hey Boy - Eighth Day

4. Everything That Touches You - The Association

5. Love Power - The Sandpebbles

6. Walk Away Renee - The Four Tops

7. Lettermen Medley - The Lettermen

8. I Can Take Or Leave Your Lovin' - Herman's Hermits

9. Valley Of The Dolls - Dionne Warwick

10. Too Much Talk - Paul Revere And The Raiders

Bill Graham of The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA, writes to Chris Wright of Chrysalis Records in London, England, UK, Europe, asking for the price and availablity of Ten Years After for bookings at The Fillmore.

When Joe Brown leaves the show, Gerry Marsden, of Gerry And The Pacemakers, begins a three and a half year run in the London West End stage production of Charlie Girl at The Adelphi Theatre.

Pink Floyd play at Radio et Television Belge, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.

Roy Orbison records More, Unchained Melody and What Now My Love in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Gerry Lockran plays at Folksville, in The Half-Moon pub, Putney, London, England, UK, Europe, with special guest John Martyn.

The Doors embark on a series of new recording sessions at TTG Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, aimed at producing a third album. The first piece they work on is The Celebration Of The Lizard.

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac play at The Zodiac Club, Beckenham, London, England, UK, Europe, and also at The Star Hotel, Croydon, London.

The J.J. Johnson / Kai Winding Sextet records Never My Love and Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week for A+M Records in New York City, USA. The band on this session also includes Herbie Hancock (piano) and Eric Gale (guitar).

The Magnificent Men are playing a week of shows at The Uptown Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Rascals release a new album, Once Upon A Dream, on Atlantic Records in the USA.

Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy play at The Speakeasy, London, England, UK, Europe. Robert Plant will go on to greater fame as a member of Led Zeppelin.

Molly Bee is playing during two weeks at The Cork Club, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

The Band record Lonesome Suzie for Capitol Records in the USA. It will appear on their debut album, Music From Big Pink.

The Cream spend the tenth of eleven days of recording tracks in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, for their double album Wheels Of Fire.

The Velvet Underground play at Morgan Auditorium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 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.