SINGLES
DAVID BOWIE
AND THE LOWER THIRD-Cant Help Thinking About Me/ And I Say
To Myself (Pye)
EPISODE SIX-Put Yourself In My Place/ Thats All I Want
(Pye)
THE EYES-The Immediate Pleasure/ My Degeneration (Mercury)
THE FACTOTUMS-Youre So Good To Me/ Cant Go Home
Anymore (Immediate)
THE LANCASTRIANS-The World Keeps Going Round/ Not The Same
Anymore (Pye)
THE MOOD MOSAIC-A Touch Of Velvet, A Sting Of Brass/ Bond St 10pm
(Columbia)
THE POETS-Baby Dont You Do It/ Ill Come Home
(Immediate)
THE REVOLUTION-Hallelujah/ Shades Of Blue (Piccadilly)
THE RIOT SQUAD-Cry Cry Cry/ How Is It Done (Pye)
ST LOUIS UNION-Girl/ Respect (Decca) #11
SMALL FACES-Sha-La-La-La-Lee/ Grow Your Own (Decca) #3
THE TRUTH-Girl/ Jailer Bring Me Water (Pye) #27
THE UGLYS-A Good Idea/ Quiet Explosion (Pye)
THE VIPPS-Wintertime/ Anyone (CBS)
ZOMBIES-Remember You/ Just Out Of Reach (Decca)
HAPPENING!
It’s
announced that the next Rolling Stones album will be titled “Could YOU
Walk On The Water?” Their Record Company, Decca, respond “We would not
issue it with that title at any price”.
John
Carter quits The Ivy League. He is replaced by Tony Burrows.
The
Merseybeats split up, leaving Tony Crane and Billy Kinsley to continue as
The Merseys.
The
Animals switch from Columbia to the Decca label.
Davy
Jones of the London group The Lower Third is informed that another Davy
Jones has just been signed up as a member of new US TV group The Monkees.
Jones changes his name to David Bowie.
“A
Boy Called Donovan” special is screened by ITV (19th). The ‘humble minstrel’
is seen smoking marijuana in his country cottage, which results in him being
marked for constant surveillance by the Police.
The
Pretty Things film a 15 minute short feature “A Day In The Life Of The
Pretty Things”.
Paul
Jones of Manfred Mann is injured in a car accident following a gig at Hull
University. Several shows are cancelled but Eric Burdon
stands in for him at the group’s scheduled Marquee gig.
The
Rolling Stones U.S only album “December’s Children” hits the American
Top 10.
The Yardbirds represent Britain in the San Remo Song Festival (29th)
BBC
1 TV “A Whole Scene Going”-The Who (5th), The Kinks (19th), Pretty Things
(26th)
BBC 1 TV "Crackerjack"- Spencer Davis Group (14th)
BBC 1 Scotland TV "Stramash"- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (21st)
Rediffusion ITV “Ready Steady Go!”- Hollies, Chris Farlowe (7th), The Kinks (14th), Nashville Teens (21st), The Who, Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan (28th)
Rediffusion ITV "Five O'clock Club"- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (11th), Chris Farlowe (14th), Nashville Teens (18th)
ABC
ITV- "Thank Your Lucky Stars"- The Searchers (1st), Nashville
Teens (15th), St Louis Union (29th)
BBC Radio Light Programme-Wayne Fontana (8th, Saturday Club), Hollies (3rd, Music Through Midnight--23rd, Al Read Show), Paddy Klaus & Gibson (29th, Saturday Club), Merseybeats (1st, Saturday Club), Overlanders (8th, Saturday Club), Keith Powell (22nd, Saturday Club), Pretty Things (8th, Saturday Club), Paul & Barry Ryan (22nd, Saturday Club), Searchers (7th, Joe Loss Show--17th, This Must Be The Place), Small Faces (14th, Joe Loss Show), Spencer Davis Group (3rd, This Must Be The Place--9th, Easy Beat--11th, Pop Inn--15th, Saturday Club), The Truth (15th, Saturday Club), The Untamed (8th, Saturday Club)
WATCHING
Pink
Floyd play The Goings-On Club, Archer Street, London (6th)
Marquee
Club- The Action (4th, 18th, 28th), David Bowie & the Lower Third (7th,
29th), Spencer Davis Group (11th), Steampacket (13th, 27th), Manfred Mann
(25th) Pink Floyd, Donovan, Amm (30th).
Whiskey
A Go-Go, Mayfair-The Key (11th, 18th)
100 Club-Artwoods (18th)
Airdrie Town Hall- Spencer Davis Group (13th)
Ammanford
Regal Ballroom-The Who (13th)
Birmingham
Edgbaston University-The Who (28th)
Birmingham Plaza- Spencer Davis Group (2nd)
Rhodes
Centre, Bishop’s Stortford-The Sorrows (1st), Episode Six (3rd), Graham
Bond Organisation (8th)
Bristol Corn Exchange- Small Faces (12th)
Camberley
Agincourt Club-The Who (16th)
Carlisle
Cosmopolitan Club-The Who (9th)
Carlisle Market Hall- Spencer Davis Group (15th)
Chatham Town Hall- Small Faces (17th)
Cheltenham, Blue Moon- Pretty Things (20th)
Chesterfield Top Rank- Hollies (27th)
Coventry Matrix Hall- Manfred Mann (7th)
Cwmbran
Coed Eva College-The Who (31st)
Dundee Palais- Spencer Davis Group (16th)
East Grinstead White Hall-The Birds (20th)
Eltham Baths- Pretty Things (31st)
Forest
Hill, Glenlyn Ballroom-The Birds (15th), The Who (21st)
Gravesend Co-Op- Small Faces (14th)
Grimsby Gaiety- Pretty Things (28th)
Hackney
In Crowd Club-The Who (15th)
Hassocks,
Ultra Club-The Who (2nd)
High Wycombe Town Hall- Hollies (18th)
Hounslow Zambezi Club-The Birds (16th)
Hull University- Manfred Mann (13th)
Ipswich, St Matthews Baths- Spencer Davis Group (3rd)
Kingston-on-Thames, Cellar Club- Anteeks (8th)
Leigh,
Beachcomber Club-The Who (30th)
Manchester
Jigsaw Club-The Who (8th)
Manchester Twisted Wheel- Spencer Davis Group (1st)
Manchester University- Manfred Mann (29th)
Margate Dreamland- Spencer Davis Group (8th)
Middlesbrough
Mr McCoys-The Who (7th)
Nelson
Imperial Ballroom-The Who (29th)
Newcastle A Go-Go- Spencer Davis Group (20th)
Newport Agriculture College-Unit Four Plus Two (14th)
Northwich Memorial Hall- Pretty Things (22nd)
Oldbury, TI Ballroom- Spencer Davis Group (7th)
Perth City Hall- Spencer Davis Group (14th)
Prestatyn Royal Lido-Unit Four Plus Two (15th)
Pontypridd
Municipal Hall-The Who (14th)
Portsmouth Birdcage Club-The Birds (18th)
Redcar Coatham Hotel- Spencer Davis Group (21st), Manfred Mann (30th)
Redhill Market Hall- Small Faces (15th)
Scunthorpe Baths Hall- Manfred Mann (8th)
Silver
Blades Ice Rink, Streatham-The Kinks (17th)
Thames
Rowing Club, Putney (29th)-1984, featuring a certain Astronomy student by
the name of Brian May on guitar.
Stevenage
Locarno-Kinks (5th), Hollies (19th), The Who (26th)
Sunderland El Cubana- Spencer Davis Group (18th)
Warrington
Co-Op Hall-The Who (23rd)
Watford
Trade Union Hall-The Who (1st)
West
Bromwich Adelphi-The Who (22nd)
Wimbledon Palais- Pretty Things (21st)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall- Manfred Mann (28th)
Woolwich Shakespeare- Spencer Davis Group (9th)
Worthing Pavilion- Small Faces (13th)
Many thanks to Gary Howman for the Stevenage Locarno clipping.