SINGLES
THE
ANTEEEKS-I Dont Want You/ Ball And Chain (Philips)
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP-Somebody Help Me/ Stevies Blues
(Fontana) #1
THE EPICS-How Wrong Can You Be/ Blue Turns To Grey (Pye)
FLEUR DE LYS-Circles/ So Come On (Immediate)
THE MEASLES-Kicks/ No Baby At All (Columbia)
PETER BS-If You Wanna Be Happy/ Jodrell Blues (Columbia)
ROCKING VICKERS-Its Alright/ Stay By Me (CBS)
THANE RUSSAL-Security/ Our Love Is Burning Me (CBS)
WEST FIVE-If It Dont Work Out/ Back To Square One (HMV)
THE WHO-A Legal Matter/ Instant Party (Brunswick)
THE WHO-Substitute/ Instant Party (Reaction)
THE WHO-Substitute/ Waltz For A Pig (Reaction) #5
ALBUMS
ARANBEE POP SYMPHONY-Todays Pop Symphony (Immediate)
HAPPENING!
John
Lennon is quoted in the Evening Standard as saying “We’re more popular
than Jesus now”. The remark arouses no controversy until the Beatles
arrive in America for their third US tour, later in the year.
Drummer
John Steel quits The Animals and is replaced by Barry Jenkins.
The
Hollies undertake a tour of Poland.
Ray
Davies collapses with exhaustion. He is replaced by Mick Grace (of The
Cockneys) for a Kinks European tour.
The
Musician’s Union bans its members from miming on TV with effect from 31st
March.
Steampacket
split and lead vocalist Rod Stewart moves on to Shotgun Express.
Terry Sylvester replaces guitarist Ralph Ellis in the Swinging Blue Jeans.
Guitarist Fritz Fryer re-joins The Four Pennies a year after leaving them.
It’s
reported that The Action have signed to appear in a 30 minute feature film
in which they will compose and play all of the music. Shooting is due to
begin on April 1st on location in London.
A "Host Of Stars" are filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in London for Dick Clark's US TV Show "Where The Action Is", including Spencer Davis Group, Yardbirds, Small Faces, Mindbenders, Them, Moody Blues, Unit 4 Plus 2, Nashville Teens, Zombies and The Action (17th)
BBC 1 TV "The Beatles At Shea Stadium" (1st)
BBC 1 TV "Crackerjack- Spencer Davis Group (25th)
BBC1
TV “Whole Scene Going”-Dave Clark 5, Peter & Gordon, Dave Berry
(9th), Herman’s Hermits, Crispian St Peters (23rd)
Rediffusion
ITV “Ready Steady Go!”-Yardbirds, Small Faces, David Bowie & The
Buzz (4th), The Who, Billy Fury, The Spencer Davis Group (18th)
Rediffusion ITV "Five O'clock Club"-Yardbirds (1st)
ABC
ITV “Thank Your Lucky Stars”-The Kinks, Sons Of Fred, Sharon Tandy
(5th), Walker Brothers, Dave Berry (19th)
Granada
ITV “Scene At 6.30”-The Who (7th)
West & Wales ITV "Now!"- Yardbirds (2nd)
BBC
SESSIONS-Animals (5th, Saturday Club), Fortunes (9th, Parade Of Pops),
Ivy
League (23rd, Parade Of Pops), Mindbenders (26th,
Saturday Club), Small Faces (19th, Saturday Club),
The Who (19th, Saturday Club),
Yardbirds (5th, Saturday Club--13th, Easy Beat)
WATCHING
London’s
Marquee Club begins the “Spontaneous Underground”, a Sunday afternoon
psychedelic groove with Pink Floyd as members (13th, 27th). The group drops
its blues repertoire and begins to play extended improvisations alongside
songs written by guitarist Roger “Syd” Barrett.
The
Who play a short UK tour, their first as bill-toppers.
P
J Proby's work permit expires on 1st April and he begins his “Farewell” tour at Birmingham Town Hall (12th).
Support acts were The Searchers, The Action and Thane Russal & Three
(The Sorrows replaced The Action at the Newcastle date).
Other dates: Bristol Colston Hall (15th), Newcastle City Hall (18th), Sheffield City Hall (19th), De
Montfort Hall Leicester
(21st)
The
Rolling Stones play the Paris Olympia (30th). Over 80 members of the
audience are arrested when 2,500 fans riot.
Cromwellian- Julian Covey & the Machine (25th, 26th)
Flamingo
Club-The Peter B’s (6th, 13th, 20th, 27th afternoon sessions)
Manor
House ‘Bluesville’-Steampacket (11th), Spencer Davis Group (18th), Zoot
Money (25th)
Marquee-Manfred
Mann (1st), Summer Set (3rd, 10th, 18th, 22nd), Graham Bond Organisation
(7th), Spencer Davis Group (8th), Al Stewart (9th), Mark Leeman Five (10th),
Yardbirds (15th), The Objects (17th), David Bowie & the Buzz (18th), Boz
and “New group” (21st), Small Faces (22nd), The Action (29th), Loose
Ends (29th)
Tiles-Koobas
(3rd), The Anteeks (10th), Them (11th), Steve Darbyshire & the Yum Yum
Band (11th, 14th, 18th, 25th), The Riot Squad (12th), The In Crowd (12th), Manfred
Mann (21st)
Ram
Jam Club-Spencer Davis Group (3rd), Graham Bond Organisation (4th), The Gass
(6th, 27th), The Who (10th), Peter B's (24th)
Ricky
Tick Club-The Action (5th), The Yardbirds (11th)
Leicester
Square Cavern Club-The Who (11th)
100
Club-Artwoods (8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th)
Arbroath Marine- The Truth (21st)
Basildon
Locarno-The Who (18th)
Bath
Pavilion-Manfred Mann (7th), The Yardbirds (14th)
Bexley
Black Prince-The Action (6th)
Birmingham Tech College- Chris Farlowe (2nd)
Birmingham
University-The Animals (5th)
Rhodes
Centre, Bishop’s Stortford-Spencer Davis Group (19th)
Blackpool Locarno- Cryin' Shames (24th)
Bridge Of Earn, Victoria Hall- The Truth (25th)
Corn
Exchange, Bristol-The Yardbirds (9th)
Bromley, Bromel Club-Gary Farr & The T Bones (23rd), Kinks (26th), Action (30th)
Burnley Locarno- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (3rd), Small Faces (24th)
Buxton Pavilion- Small Faces (12th)
Camberley Agincourt Ballroom- Manfred Mann (27th, Small Faces also billed for this date!)
Corn
Exchange, Cambridge-The Yardbirds (5th)
Cambridge Dorothy Ballroom- Small Faces (3rd)
Canterbury
Tech College-Wilde Flowers (12th)
Canterbury University of Kent- Manfred Mann (25th)
Town
Hall,Chatham-The Yardbirds (7th)
Cheshunt,
Wolsey Hall-The Who (2nd)
Victoria
Ballroom, Chesterfield-The Who (3rd), The Yardbirds (24th)
University
Of Essex, Colchester-Pink Floyd (11th)
Crawley
Starlight Ballroom-The Who (24th)
Dublin
University-The Hollies (3rd)
Dudley Hippodrome- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (30th, Manfred Mann possibly headlined this gig)
Dundee Palais- The Truth (20th)
Dunfermline Kinema- Zombies (2nd), Fourmost (9th), Koobas (16th), The Truth (23rd)
Dunstable
California Ballroom-Dean Ford & The Gaylords (4th), Artwoods (25th), Merseys (26th)
Durham,
The Sunshine Floor-Small Faces (6th)
Eastbourne
Club Continental-Them (7th), Fairies (18th), Artwoods (19th), Untamed
(21st), Defiants (25th)
East Dereham Sunshine Floor- Small Faces (6th)
East Ham Queen Mary's College- Small Faces (19th)
Farnborough Caravan Club- Kinks (28th)
Farnborough
Town Hall-The Who (9th)
Golder's Green Refectory- Alan Price Set (25th)
Grantham
Drill Hall-Small Faces (5th)
Great
Yarmouth Tower Ballroom-The Who (23rd)
Greenford
Starlite Ballroom-Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (6th), Small Faces (11th), The Who (13th)
Grimsby Gaiety- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (18th), Kinks (25th)
Hampstead
Klooks Kleek-Chris Farlowe (8th), The Peter B’s with guest Rod Stewart
(17th)
Hertford
Corn Exchange-The Who (25th)
St
George’s Ballroom, Hinckley-The Yardbirds (12th), The Who (26th)
Holborn Central School of Art- Animals, Herbie's People (26th)
Horwich Unknown Venue- Cryin' Shames (25th)
Hotchin Hermitage- The Action (18th)
Irvine Rex- The Truth (26th)
Kidderminster Town Hall- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (31st)
King's Lynn Corn Exchange- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (11th)
Kingston Cellar Club- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (4th)
Kirkaldy Raith & Whitburn Community Centre- The Truth (18th)
Majestic
Ballroom, Leeds-The Yardbirds (23rd)
Leeds University- Chris Farlowe (5th)
Leicester
University-The Animals (4th)
Lewisham El Partido- Timebox (26th)
Liverpool Empire- The Searchers, The Action (27th, supporting PJ Proby)
Liverpool Unknown Venue- Cryin' Shames (26th, 31st)
London Earl's Court Overseas Club- Episode 6 (29th)
London Finchley Road New Casablanca- The Syn (29th)
London Polytechnic- Manfred Mann (19th)
London Soho Les Cousins- Jackson C Frank (25th), Bert Jansch (26th), Davy Graham (26th/27th all nighter), Al Stewart (27th)
Winter
Gardens, Malvern-Manfred Mann (8th), The Yardbirds (22nd)
Oasis,
Manchester-The Koobas (6th), The Stylos (6th, 29th), Alan Bown (15th), The
In-Crowd (20th)
Jigsaw
Club, Manchester-Small Faces (13th),The Yardbirds (19th)
March,
Marcam Hall-The Who (5th)
Margate Dreamland- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (12th)
Middlesbrough, Mr McCoy's- Chris Farlowe (4th)
Morecombe,
Marine Ballroom-Hollies (25th), The Who (27th)
Imperial
Ballroom, Nelson-Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (5th), The Yardbirds (26th)
Newport Youth Centre- Manfred Mann (28th)
Northwich Memorial Hall- Small Faces (26th)
Nottingham Palais- Episode 6 (24th)
Ockenden Baratt's Youth Centre- Chris Farlowe (7th)
Oxford Windy City Club- Episode 6 (27th)
Perth City Hall- The Truth (19th)
Pontypool,
British Nylon Spinners Club-The Who (4th)
Portsmouth
Birdcage Club-The Who (12th)
Preston Unknown Venue- Small Faces (25th)
Runcorn Unknown Venue- Cryin' Shames (29th)
Salisbury City Hall- Fortunes, Les Fleur de Lys (25th)
Sheffield Mojo- Chris Farlowe (6th)
Shrewsbury Golden Guitar- Small Faces (4th)
Shrewsbury Seven Club- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (2nd)
Southampton Guild Hall- Manfred Mann (26th)
Southampton Top Rank- Small Faces (9th)
Stamford Drill Hall- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (26th)
Stoke
on Trent King’s Hall-The Who (19th)
Stratford BRC Club- Chris Farlowe (3rd)
Streatham Locarno- Yardbirds (24th)
Sunderland Top Rank- Small Faces (30th)
Swindon Locarno- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (10th)
Trowbridge
Town Hall-Mindbenders (25th)
Twickenham
Eel Pie Island-Graham Bond Organisation (23rd)
Watford Community Centre- Small Faces (7th)
Wellington Majestic- Small Faces (18th)
Wimbledon Palais- Episode 6 (26th)
Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton-The Yardbirds (21st)
Wood
Green Starting Gate- John Renbourn (27th)
Worthing Town Hall- Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (24th)