SINGLES

ADAM, MIKE AND TIM-A Most Peculiar Man/ Wedding Day (Columbia)
DAVE ANTHONY’S MOODS-New Directions/ Give it A Chance (Parlophone)
BO STREET RUNNERS-Drive My Car/ So Very Woman (Columbia)
DAVID BOWIE-Do Anything You Say/ Good Morning Girl (Pye)
BOZ-Meeting Time/ No (Ah) Body Knows The Blues (Columbia)
THE BUZZ-You’re Holding Me Down/ I’ve Gotta Buzz (Columbia)
EPISODE SIX-I Hear Trumpets Blow/ True Love Is Funny (Pye)
THE IMAGE-I Can’t Stop Myself/ Let’s Make The Scene (Parlophone)
THE KNACK-Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind/ Red Hearts (Piccadilly)
THE KOOBAS-You’d Better Make Up Your Mind/ A Place I Know (Pye)
MANFRED MANN-Pretty Flamingo/ You’re Standing By (HMV) #1
THE MEDDY EVILS-It’s All For You/ Ma’s Place (Pye)
THE MERSEYS-Sorrow/ Some Other Day (Fontana) #4
MINDBENDERS-Can’t Live With You, Can’t Live Without You/ One Fine Day (Fontana) #28
PRETTY THINGS-Come See Me/ £sd (Fontana) #43
THE RIOT SQUAD-I Take It We’re Through/ Working Out (Pye)
THE SEARCHERS-Take It Or Leave It/ Don’t Hide It Away (Pye) #31
THE SORROWS-Let The Love Live/ Don’t Sing No Sad Songs For Me (Piccadilly)
THE TROGGS-Wild Thing/ From Home (Fontana) #2
THE TRUTH-I Go To Sleep/ Baby You’ve Got It (Pye)
THE VOICE-The Train To Disaster/ Truth (Mercury)
THE WIMPLE WINCH-What’s Been Done/ I Really Love You (Fontana)

ALBUMS

ROLLING STONES-Aftermath (Decca) #1

HAPPENING!

• The Beatles begin recording the “Revolver” album.

• Ray Davies re-joins The Kinks, however drummer Mick Avory is taken ill and is briefly replaced by Clem Cattini.

• The Yardbirds switch managers from Georgio Gomelsky to Simon Napier-Bell.

• The Small Faces are featured playing four songs in a new movie release “Dateline Diamonds”. The film is a thriller revolving around the pop business, and much of the action takes place on board the Radio London ship Galaxy.

• Mike Vickers quits Manfred Mann. He is replaced on bass by Jack Bruce.

• Jeff Beck collapses on stage during a Yardbirds gig in Marseilles (9th)

• ITV “Ready Steady Allez!”-Special edition of RSG! from the Locomotive Disco in Paris and featuring The Yardbirds and The Who (1st)

• ITV “Ready Steady Go—Manfred Mann (22^nd), Pinkertons Assorted Colours (29th)

• ITV "Scene At 6:30"--Manfred Mann (29th)

• BBC TV “A Whole Scene Going”-Small Faces (6th)

• French TV “Music Hall de France”-The Who, The Fortunes (9th)

• BBC Radio Sessions-The Hollies (9th, Saturday Swings--16th, Saturday Club), Ivy League (2nd, Saturday Swings--4th, All At One), Manfred Mann (19th, Pop Inn--30^th, Saturday Club), Mindbenders (1st, Joe Loss Show--9th, Saturday Club), Pinkerton’s Colours (23^rd, Saturday Club), Alan Price (9th, Saturday Club), Spencer Davis Group (2nd, Saturday Club--11th, Let The Good Times Roll—15^th, Joe Loss Show), Sorrows (2nd, Saturday Club), Peter Lee Stirling (23rd, Saturday Club), St Louis Union (23rd, Saturday Club),  Troggs (30^th, Saturday Club), Unit 4 Plus 2 (23^rd, Saturday Swings), The Untamed (9th, Saturday Club), Yardbirds (13th, Parade Of The Pops-postponed until the following month owing to Jeff Beck being ill)

WATCHING!

• The Who and The Spencer Davis Group co-headline a UK tour beginning at Southampton Gaumont (14th), continuing at Fairfield Hall, Croydon (15th), Watford Odeon (16th), Edmonton Regal (17th), Walsall Town Hall (19th), Derby Odeon (22nd), Rochester Odeon (23rd), Birmingham Theatre (24th)

• The Small Faces kick off their tour in Portsmouth (3rd). Other acts in the package: Alan Price Set, James Royal Set, Band Of Angels & Timebox.

• Marquee-The Move (1st, 7th), Pink Floyd (3rd, 7th), The Action (5th, 26th), Sands (8th, 22nd), Radio London Club featuring The Knack (9th) David Bowie & The Buzz (10th, 17th, 24th), Manfred Mann (12th), The Objects (14th, 29th), The Herd (25th), The Alan Bown Set (28th)

• Tiles Club, Oxford Street-The Anteeeks, The Cherokees (9th), The Chapters, The Eyes, The Pentad (11th),The Who (29th), The Anteeeks, The End (30th) 

• 100 Club-Pretty Things, Jo Jo Gunne (12th)

• CAV, Acton-The Key (30th)  

• Altrincham, Stamford Hall-Cryin' Shames (2nd)

• Regal Ballroom, Ammanford, Wales-Manfred Mann (15th), Eyes Of Blue, Merseys, The Iveys (29th, Miss Wales contest!)

• Ashton-under-Lyne, St Christopher's-Cryin' Shames (3rd)

• Barrow-in-Furness 99 Club- Manfred Mann (25th)

• Barry Memorial Hall-Small Faces (1st)

• Bath Pavilion-The Who (25th)  

• Bedford, Granada-Small Faces etc (8th)

• Silver Blades Ice Rink, Birmingham-The Yardbirds (25th)  

• Bishop's Stortford, Rhodes Centre-Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (2nd), Yardbirds (9th-probably cancelled because Jeff beck has gone down with food poisoning)

• Borehamwood Links International Club-The Action (8th), The Who (26th)  

• Boston, Gliderdrome-Manfred Mann (9th)

• Bournemouth Pavilion- Episode 6 (3rd)

• Brighton Top Rank-Small Faces (25th)

• Bristol Corn Exchange- Manfred Mann (6th)

• Bristol University-The Yardbirds (23rd)  

• Brixton Ram Jam Club-The Action (29th)

• Bury Palais—The Kinks (9^th)

• Buxton Pavilion-The Who (9th)  

• Camberley, Agincourt Ballroom-Manfred Mann (8th)

• St Thomas’ Church Hall, Canterbury-Wilde Flowers (2nd)

• Prince Of Wales Youth Club, Canterbury-Wilde Flowers (9th)

• Cardiff Top Rank-Small Faces (27th)

• Cosmopolitan Club, Carlisle-The Yardbirds (17th)

• Catford Savoy Rooms-The Who (28th)

• Chatham Town Hall-Small Faces (4th)

• Chelmsford Corn Exchange-The Who (30th)

• Coventry Matrix-Small Faces (29th)

• Town Hall, Crayford-The Yardbirds (26th)  

• Darlington, Majestic-Cryin' Shames (4th)

• Doncaster Top Rank-Small Faces (5th)

• California Ballroom, Dunstable-Roulettes (29th), Yardbirds (30th)  

• Eastbourne, Club Continental-The Herd (8th), Koobas (29th)

• Glasgow Locarno- Manfred Mann (26th)

• Hanley Top Rank-Small Faces (24th)  

• High Wycombe Town Hall- Yardbirds (12th-postponed due to illness)

• Kendall Town Hall-Cryin' Shames (1st)

• Kidderminster Town Hall-Manfred Mann (7th)

• The “World Famous” Cellar Club, Kingston-on-Thames-The Protest (29th), The Silence (30th)

• Leeds Queen’s Hall-The Who (8th)  

• Leeds University- Manchester (30th)

• London, Leicester Square Tavern-Small Faces (2nd)

• Macclesfield, King's School-Mindbenders (1st)

• Malvern, Floral Hall-Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (5th)

• Manchester Belle Vue-Small Faces (10th)

• Oasis, Manchester-Pretty Things (1st, 9th), Wimple Winch (3rd), Cryin’ Shames (23rd)

• Manchester Tech College-The Yardbirds (29th, Manfred Mann too?)  

• Manchester University-The Action (30th)

• Margate Dreamland- Koobas (30th)

• Nairn Ballerina ballroom- The Habits (15th), Applejacks (29th)

• Nelson Imperial Ballroom- Manfred Mann (16th)

• Newcastle City Hall-The Kinks (29th)  

• Norwich Memorial Hall- Manfred Mann (23rd)

• Nottingham Mecca-Kinks (28th)  

• Port Talbot Lido- Manfred Mann (14th, late show)

• Orchid Ballroom, Purley-Spencer Davis Group (6th)  

• Redhill, Market Square-Cryin' Shames (30th)

• Ross-on-Wye, Top Spot-Kinks (1st)

• Salisbury City Hall-Small Faces (7th), The Birds, The Time (21st)

• Sidcup Iron Curtain-Small Faces (15th)  

• Skewan Ritz- Manfred Mann (14th early show)

• Floral Hall, Southport-The Yardbirds (16th), Small Faces (30th)

• Locarno, Stevenage-Kinks (6th), The Who (21st), The Yardbirds (27th)  

• Stockport, Floral Hall-Pinkerton's Assorted Colours (3rd)

• Stoke Kings Hall-Mindbenders (2nd)

• Streatham Silver Blades-Small Faces (18th)

• Top Rank, Sunderland-Pretty Things (20th)  

• Wantage Town Hall- Merseys (30th)

• Welwyn Garden City Mid-Herts College- Manfred Mann (13th)

• Palais, Wimbledon-The Yardbirds (22nd)  

• Worsley Civic Hall- Unit 4 Plus 2 (30th)

• Pavilion, Worthing-The Yardbirds (21st)  

• York University- Unit 4 Plus 2 (29th)

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