Music History
Mar 3 Canadian-American rock band "Buffalo Springfield" forms (Stephen Stills, Neil Young, et al)
More Popular Than Jesus
Mar 4 John Lennon says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"
- Mar 5 11th Eurovision Song Contest: Udo Jurgens for Austria wins singing "Merci, Cherie" in Luxembourg
- Mar 6 Barry Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
- Mar 7 Leon Gluckman and Jeremy Taylor's folk music revue "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 457 performances
Golden Boy
Mar 8 Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's musical adaptation of Clifford Odet's "Golden Boy", starring Sammy Davis Jr. closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 569 performances
- Mar 12 Love's 1st album released "Love"
Grammy Awards
Mar 15 8th Grammy Awards: "Taste of Honey", Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra & Barbra Streisand win
- Mar 18 "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
- Mar 19 "Poussé Cafe" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 3 performances
- Mar 25 Beatles pose for photographer Robert Whitaker with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for album cover of "Yesterday & Today", it is later pulled from circulation and replaced with a different photo
It's a Bird... It's A Plane...It's Superman
Mar 29 Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "It's a Bird... It's A Plane...It's Superman" opens at Alvin Theatre, NYC; runs for 129 performances
Color Me Barbra
Mar 30 "Color Me Barbra", Barbra Streisand's second TV special and the first in color, premieres on CBS
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