SINGLES

THE EYES

ANIMALS-Don’t Bring Me Down/ Cheating (Decca) #6
ARTWOODS- I Take What I Want/ I'm Looking For A Saxophonist Doubling French Horn Wearing Size 37 Boots (Decca)
THE EYES-Man With Money/ You’re Too Much (Mercury)
THE FAVOURITE SONS- That Driving Beat/ Walkin', Walkin', Walkin' (Mercury)
KEITH RELF-Mr Zero/ Knowing (Columbia) #50
LORD SUTCH-The Cheat/ Black And Hairy (CBS)
ROLLING STONES-Paint it, Black/ Long Long While (Decca) #1
SMALL FACES-Hey Girl/ Almost Grown (Decca) #10
TWICE AS MUCH-Sittin’ On A Fence/ Baby I Want You (Immediate) #25
YARDBIRDS-Over Under Sideways Down/ Jeff’s Boogie (Columbia) #10

ALBUMS

SMALL FACES-Small Faces (Decca) #3

HAPPENING!

• Ex-Mark Four members Eddie Phillips (guitar), Kenny Pickett (vocals) and Jack Jones (drums) recruit bassist Bob Garner and call themselves Creation. They rapidly become Mod heroes with their pop/art image and wild stage act.

• Roy Wood and Mike Sheridan had quit Birmingham group The Nightriders early in 1966. The three remaining members, Greg Masters, Dave Pritchard and Roger Spencer stick together and bring guitarist/vocalist Jeff Lynne on board. They change their name to The Idle Race and eventually sign to Liberty Records.  

• The Yardbirds sign a new contract with Columbia Records reputed to be worth £25,000.

• A group named Silence begins to gig in Leatherhead, Surrey. After a few changes in personnel they will become John’s Children.

• A ‘Supergroup’ consisting of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on guitars, John Paul Jones on bass, Keith Moon on drums and Nicky Hopkins on piano cut the track “Beck’s Bolero” which subsequently appears as the B-side to Beck’s “Hi-Ho Silver Lining” single.

• BBC1 TV “Whole Scene Going”-Koobas, Paddy Klaus & Gibson (18th), Animals (25th)

• Rediffusion ITV Ready Steady Go!-Small Faces (6th), Troggs, Mindbenders, Searchers (13th), Rolling Stones, Animals, Yardbirds (27th)

• Rediffusion ITV “Five O’Clock Club”-The Truth, Tony Jackson Group (27th)

• The Hollies appear on ITV’s “Sunday Night At The London Palladium” (15th)

• Granada ITV “Scene At 6:30”-Small Faces (2nd)  

• Southern ITV "Pop The Question"- The Troggs (20th)

• TWW ITV “Now”-Small Faces, Koobas (13th), Animals (31st)

• ABC ITV “Thank Your Lucky Stars-The Gibsons (7th), Rolling Stones, Koobas (14th), Twice As Much (21st)

• BBC SESSIONS-Artwoods (14th, Saturday Club), Chris Farlowe (14th, Saturday Swings), Manfred Mann (21st, Saturday Club--27th, Joe Loss Show), Meddy Evils (21st, Saturday Club), Merseys (6th, Joe Loss Show-14th, Saturday Club), Mindbenders (7th, Saturday Club), Paul & Barry Ryan (7th, Saturday Club), Searchers (11th, Parade Of The Pops-14th, Saturday Club- 17th & 18th, Swing Into Summer), Small Faces (7th, Saturday Club), Troggs (21st, Easy Beat), The Truth (28th, Saturday Club), Twice As Much (28th, Saturday Club), Unit 4 Plus 2 (14th, Saturday Club), The Who (13th, Joe Loss Show), Yardbirds (4th, Parade Of The Pops--21st, Saturday Swings)

WATCHING

• The NME Pollwinners’ Concert at Wembley Empire Pool (1st) features, among others, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces and The Spencer Davis Group. It’s the last official British concert appearance by The Beatles.

• Marquee-Pink Floyd (1st, 8th, 15th), David Bowie & the Buzz (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th-matinee shows), Graham Bond Organisation (2nd), Yardbirds (3rd), Sands (6th, 13th, 23rd, 27th), Spencer Davis Group (10th), The Move (13th, 27th), The Action (19th), The Herd (19th), Loose Ends (26th)

• Ricky Tick Club-The Who (20th), or at least Townsend and Daltrey do. Entwistle and Moon fail to turn up on time after attending an RSG! party. When they eventually arrive an argument ensues. Townsend hits Moon over the head with his guitar and Daltrey joins in with a mic stand. Moon quits the group on the spot after sustaining a black eye and a cut leg. The Who play four gigs with local stand-in drummers until Keith returns a week later.  

• Tiles-Moody Blues (2nd), Him & The Others (12th), Favourite Sons (14th), Timebox (16th)

• 100 Club- Pretty Things (17th)

• CAV, Acton-The Key (20th)

• Regal Ballroom, Ammanford-The Yardbirds (13th)

• Ashton Under Lyne Locarno-The Who (26th)

• Balloch Lido-Manfred Mann (22nd)

• Barry Training College-Manfred Mann (3rd)  

• Bath Pavilion- Moody Blues (30th)

• Birmingham Hippodrome-Kinks (15th)

• Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham-Kinks, The Yardbirds, Bo Street Runners (15th)

• Birmingham University-Manfred Mann (13th)

• Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford-Pretty Things (14th), The Truth (28th)

• Blackburn King’s Hall-Merseys (28th)

• Blackburn Locarno-The Who (24th)

• Blackpool Casino-The Kinks (11th)

• Blackpool South Pier-The Who (28th-Keith Moon returns after quitting the previous week)

• Links International Club, Boreham Wood (20th)-The Clayton Squares supported by The Creation (“Formerly The Mark Four”). Forthcoming attractions at the club: The Who, Shotgun Express, Merseys, VIPs.  

• Brighton Cadillac Club- The Action (14th)

• Brighton Florida Rooms-The Who (29th)  

• Brighton Tech College- Mike Stuart Span (14th)

• Bristol Corn Exchange-The Who (11th)

• Locarno, Bristol-The Yardbirds (26th)

• Bromley, Bromel Club—The Kinks (1^st), Steampacket (18th)

• Bury Palais-The Kinks (9th), The Who (14th)

• Pavilion, Buxton-Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds (14th)

• Camberley Agincourt-Troggs (30th)

• Frank Hooker School, Canterbury-Wilde Flowers (14th)

• Canterbury University—The Kinks (13^th)

• Cardiff Top Rank-Manfred Mann (4th)  

• Cheltenham, Blue Moon- Deep Feeling (28th)

• Chippenham Guild Hall-Troggs (21st)

• Cork, Arcadia Ballroom-The Who (8th)

• Fairfield Halls, Croydon-Kinks (27th)

• Doncaster Top Rank-Yardbirds (25th)

• Dublin National Stadium-The Who (7th)  

• Dunfermline Kinema- The In Crowd (4th), Wayne Fontana (29th)

• Eastbourne Club Continental-The Untamed (4th), Mark Four (13th), Riot Squad (16th)

• Eastbourne Winter Gardens-The Kinks (27th)

• East Kilbride Olympia-Manfred Mann (21st)

• Edgeware Town FC-Kinks, Small Faces, Alan Price, Graham Bond Organisation, Quiet Five (22nd)

• Farnborough Carousel—The Kinks (16^th)  

• Hassocks, Downs Motel- Mike Stuart Span (15th) 

• Haywards Heath Pilgrim- Artwoods, Mike Stuart Span (17th)

• Hednesford Town Hall-Cryin' Shames (2nd)

• Town Hall. High Wycombe-The Kinks (3rd), The Yardbirds (10th-re-scheduled from previous month)

• Kidderminster Town Hall-The Who (Group plays as 3-piece without Roger Daltrey)

• Kingston Cellar Rooms-Troggs (6th)

• Kirkaldy Raith Hall-Manfred Mann (20th)

• Leeds University-Troggs (14th)

• Leicester De Montfort Hall-The Kinks (6th)

• Leicester Granby Hall-The Who (27th)

• Sincil Bank Football Ground, Lincoln-“Whit Monday Pop Gala Festival” (30th), Yardbirds, The Who, The Kinks, Small Faces, The Creation, Dave Dee etc etc

• Lisburn, Top Hat Ballroom-The Who (6th)

• Bluesville, Manor House, London-The Action (6th), Steampacket (13th), The Yardbirds (27th)

• Loughborough College-Hollies (14th)

• Lyme Regis Marine-Troggs (29th)

• Malvern Winter Gardens-Deep Feeling (3rd, The Who failed to turn up)

• Oasis, Manchester-Moody Blues (1st), The Mindbenders (22nd), The Merseys (29th)

• Dreamland, Margate-The Yardbirds (28th)  

• Morden Mojo Club- Steampacket (15th)

• Morecombe Winter Gardens-The Who, The Merseys etc (29th)

• Nottingham Beachcomber-Troggs (25th)

• Oxford Pembroke College-Manfred Mann (28th)

• Portsmouth Guild Hall-The Kinks (3rd)  

• Ramsgate Pleasurama- Big L Show with Troggs, Episode 6, The Truth, David Garrick etc (13th)

• Ramsgate Supreme-Kinks (28th), Manfred Mann (30th)

• Redcar Coatham Hotel-Manfred Mann (15th)

• Redruth Flamingo-Merseys (30th)

• Romford, Essex County Tech College-Tony Rivers & The Castaways (18th-Keith Moon of The Who and Beach Boy Bruce Johnston were surprise guests)

• Ross-On-Wye Top Spot-The Kinks (1st)

• Salisbury City Hall-Manfred Mann (5th)

• Ritz, Skewen, Wales-The Yardbirds, Eyes Of Blue, Iveys (12th)

• Top Rank, Southampton-The Yardbirds (4th)

• Southend Pavilion-Troggs (27th)

• Southport Floral Hall-Manfred Mann (7th), The Who (21st)

• Stevenage Locarno-The Kinks (6th), Hollies (11th)

• Stoke Kings Hall—The Kinks (14^th)

• Stourbridge Town Hall-The Who (4th)

• Streatham Locarno-The Kinks (7th), Hollies (19th)

• Wimbledon Palais-The Who (13th)  

• Wimbledon Southfield College- Mike Stuart Span (13th)

• Wolverhampton Queens-Hollies (16th)  

• Wood Green, Fishmonger's Arms- John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (17th)

• Worthing Assembly Rooms-The Who (12th)

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