25th 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.

Fleetwood Mac play at The Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria, Europe.

Led Zeppelin play at The Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Takayoshi Murota is born in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Asia. He will find success as hip hop recording artist, DJ, record producer and designer Muro.

José José represents Mexico in an international song festival, the Latin Song Festival II, in the Teatro Ferrocarrilero in Mexico City, Mexico, North America. His performance of the song El Triste elicits tears, standing ovations, expressions of amazement and cheers from the judges and spectators, despite which he only takes third place. Neverthless, this performance giveS Jose Jose his first major break as a popular artist.

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

The Hype, a band featuring vocalist David Bowie, record a live version of Wide Eyed Boy From Freecloud for the BBC radio show Sounds Of The 70s, in London, England, UK, Europe.

Gene Pitney, Clodagh Rodgers and Badfinger play at The Odeon, Doncaster, England, UK, Europe.

King Crimson, Marsha Hunt, Jerry Butler and Joe Dolan are featured on the tv show Top Of The Pops in the UK.

The Moody Blues play at Bushnell Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, supported by John Mayall.

Elton John plays at The Revolution Club, London, England, UK, Europe.

Ringo Starr of The Beatles is interviewed at Apple HQ, London, England, UK, Europe, by David Wigg for BBC Radio 1 show Scene And Heard.

The Faces play at Varsity Arena, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff records Seven Keys For Seven Doors at Island Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, for Blue Note Records.