20th 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.

The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.

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

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.

John Davidson is playing during ten nights of shows at The Eden Roc, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

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

Jimi Hendrix kisses Joni Mitchell goodbye when he leaves Ottawa, Canada, heading for Rochester, New York State, USA.

Pink Floyd play at The New Grafton Rooms, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.

Congratulations by Cliff Richard enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No1 during a thirteen-week run.

The End play a live set on the BBC Radio show Night Ride in the UK.

Kaleidoscope play the second of two nights at the Straight Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by James Cotton and It's a Beautiful Day.

Don Law, writing in the magazine Boston After Dark, deplores the recent Bosstown Sound music business hype, saying, 'What it has done, in all likelihood, is serious damage to the city and to its pop-music groups. If nothing in the way of lasting value is promptly forthcoming from Boston, the audience will lose interest, and consequently the promotional value of being from Boston will be lost. Even worse, being from Boston may start to evoke an "Oh, another one of those!" response from the record-buying public, and hence the recording-company executive. If this happens, being from Boston will be a stigma rather than an asset.'

The Legend Of Xanadu by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich peaks at No1 in the UK pop singles chart.

The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation play at The Toby Jug, Tolworth, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Top Ten singles on KAKC-Radio's Big 30 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, for the week started on this date are as follows :

1. Playboy - Gene And Debbie (TRX)

2. Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith (Columbia)

3. Scarborough Fair - Simon And Garfunkel (Columbia)

4. Cry Like a Baby -The Box Tops (Mala)

5. Little Green Apples - Roger Miller (Smash)

6. The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann (Mercury)

7. Jennifer Juniper - Donovan (Epic)

8. Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark (Warner Bros)

9. Soul Coaxin' - Raymond LeFevre Orchestra (Four Corners)

10. Lady Madonna - The Beatles (Capitol)

Deep Purple play at The Speakeasy, London, England, UK, Europe.

Glen Campbell is playing at The Nashville Room, New York City, USA.

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.