Aaron Neville's ''Tell It Like It Is'' goes to number 1 on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart.  

Birth of Tim McGraw in Delhi, Louisiana.

The late sixties was a period of immense social, cultural, and political upheaval. A new generation, born around the time of World War II, had come into its own and, suddenly, it seemed as if the world was turning upside down. People were living in communes and hippie pads. They were gathering together for huge outdoor events called ''be-ins'' and ''love-ins''. They were marching in the streets to protest the war in Vietnam or to call for more civil rights. They had long hair and were wearing bell-bottoms, fringed vests, and granny glasses - when they were wearing anything at all. They were talking about ''flower power'' and ''free love'', and reading the work of such free-thinking writers as Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and Timothy Leary. And they were experimenting with LSD and marijuana. Rock and roll reflected these changes and helped influence them. Thanks to artists like Bob Dylan and the Beatles, rock and roll was being taken seriously, and scores of new groups were forming in San Francisco, London, Los Angeles, and New York. The Doors, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, and the Velvet Underground all released their debut albums in 1967, the year the media dubbed the ''Summer of Love''. And there were other developments, like free-form radio and the underground press, that helped shape rock and roll into the music and social force that we now know.

The remaining six appeared on an extended play single released to coincide with the March 1967 premiere of the film. It failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and sold fewer than 30,000 units total. Given that the EP format was no longer a viable marketing medium, and the poor performance of ''Easy Come, Easy Go'', it was the final release of new material by Presley in the EP format.

MARCH 26, 1967 SUNDAY

Ralph Emery marries Joy Kott.

MARCH 29, 1967 WEDNESDAY

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs appear on-screen on CBS-TV's ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', for the sixth time in their career. The duo also performs the sitcom's theme song, ''The Ballad Of Jed Clampett''.

MARCH 30, 1967 THURSDAY

Barbara Mandrell gets engaged to Navy pilot Ken Dudney.

Folk artist Paul Clayton commits suicide by pulling a heater into the bathtub apartment in New York City. Clayton was a co-writer of Billy Grammer's 1959 country hit ''Gotta Travel On''.

MARCH 31, 1967 FRIDAY

The original Country Music Hall of Fame holds an invitation-only ceremony a day before its public opening. Among the attendees, Eddy Arnold, Webb Pierce and Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.