| May 4 | No. 1112 | ||
| n.a. | Party from behind Iron Curtain [Big Dates, Great Honour, Up- Tempo Tony, Clean Sound, Happy Time, Ideal Chance, Current Hit, Knock ‘em Cold, Back to Stage] | 2 | |
| Richard Green | Hit News Is Only Bright Thing about Engel’s Holiday | 3 | |
| Ann Moses | Milestone In pop Progress [Mike Nesmith composed rock music into an LP. He Hopes it will prove a Milestone In Progress] | 4 | |
| Richard Green | Back to the Good Old Days [Bill Haley and Duane Eddy at Albert Hall] The Most Exciting Sound For Years [Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, June Carter, and Tennessee Three concert] | 5 | |
| Derek Johnson | Top Singles Reviewed [Elvis Still the King of Rock, Sexy Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Tom Rush, Genesis Build, Boost for Tamla, and U.S. Association deserve better luck] | 6 | |
| n.a | NME Top 30 [#1:What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong] Britain’s Top 15 LP’s [#1:This is Soul; Various Artists] Best Selling pop Records in US [#1:Money, Bobby Goldsboro] | 7 | |
| n.a | London’s New ITV Firms Set Host of Pop Stars Weekend-TV with Jones, Cliff, Shadows, Georgia New TV Station to Kick off with Gees-Howerd Special Dusty TV Extra, Names Dolls, Lulu, Honeybus, Scott, Sandie Shaw TV dates set Hendrix Show Stuns TV Men Move in Rome Riot Partridge Club Debut Tom Summer Season Extra International Bee Gee Three Nation TV Plans and Documentary Role Dolls Euro-Hop Dates Southern-TV Covers Poll Concert; Dusty, Show Stopper’s Set Stones’ Movie Star’s Soon Plus Jagger Solo Debut Set | 8-9 | |
| n.a | Monkees Concert Filmed for Movie [Davy Delayed] Jacky, Greco Help Launch new Record Company-Buddy Visit Engel Dash from Majorca for movie Script Talks Love Affair to Sweden? Yogi Beach Boys in Concert Flop Ryan’s Latest Satch, Temps, Breed, Florence Scott Hit Rowe, Concert plans Stars Outdoor Dusty Concerts, Club Popliners | 9 | |
| Alan Smith Derek Johnson Richard Green |
A Sad Reminder of the Great Otis
More Singles; Let’s Hope P.J. doesn’t turn his back on this, James Brown
and the Famous Flames, Recommended singles |
10 | |
| Allen Evans | LPs: Herman Need Never Have a Hit Again | ||
| Keith Altham n.a. |
Honeybus Not A One-Hit Wonder, and
Pete Dello’s the reason Why NME Flies with them to Holland [Honeybus] |
11 | |
| Nick Logan n.a. |
Piccadilly Playground; Tina Turns
It On For The Fans of the Stars Roger Writes When He’s out of His Head [Roger Miller] Who’s Where [One nighters: Johnny Cash, Herman’s Hermits, the Clancy Bros, etc.] |
12 | |
| Ann Moses June Harris n.a |
Diana Ross Turns Down Film Parts
for Group James/Shondelles, Tops stimulate U.S. rock From You to Us Three New Box Tops |
13 | |
| Alley-Cat Richard Green |
Tail-Pieces Julie Scores with Top Dylan Song |
14 | |
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| May 11 | No. 1113 | ||
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Andy Gray |
Tom bumps for Scream [Tom Jones] |
2 | |
| Ann Moses | Mike Nesmith Wanted Me to Expose How Rude He Was [NME Exclusive] | 3 | |
| Nick Logan Richard Green |
A Sleepy Gene Raves Over Tour [Gene
Pitney] Going Home Made Reparta So Sad |
4 4-5 |
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| Richard Green n.a. |
“Before Honey, I Had Almost Given
up Hope,” Says Bobby [Bobby Goldsboro] Spring Tour ’68 Dates, Price and Times [The Hollies, The Scaffold, Mike Vickers Orchestra, and Paul Jones] |
5 | |
| Derek Johnson | Top Singles Review [Folksy Seekers head for chart, Strawberry Alarm Clock, New Sounds from Beach Boys, Connie Francis, Singing Dustman, Pinkertons try for a comeback, Sandpipers, Sounds Orchestral, Recommended Singles] | 6 | |
| n.a. | NME Top 30 [#1: What A Wonderful
World, Louis Armstrong] Britain’s Top 15 LPs [#1: This is Soul, Various Artists] Best Selling Pop Records in U.S. [#1:Money, Bobby Goldsboro] |
7 | |
| n.a. | NEMS in New World Deal Vaughan Concerts [Frankie Vaughan] Beach-Yogi Dates Start Popliners Movie Records Group Kenny Everett, Sa Ville in Radio 1 Re-Shuffle Tamla Men Unhappy Garfunkel Venues Ifield in Cabaret Cliff Bennett: Shock Break-up More Rockin’-Jerry Lee, Richard, Crickets, Buddy Edwin ‘Tamla’ Starr Dates Dusty, Donovan, Jim, Ella, Baldry TV; Dusty Split More Star Names on BBC-TV Shows Bill Haley Switch Honeys “Airbus” around Europe |
8 8-13 |
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| n.a. | New Musical Express Salutes the Golden Years of the Bee Gees [photos] | 9-10 | |
| Keith Altham n.a. |
Bee Gees Sitting Targets for The
Cynics Nick Logan goes on tour |
11 | |
| n.a. | A Golden Year of achievement tribute page | 12 | |
| n.a. | Stoppers, Trems, Bobby, Lulu, Sol
for Radio 1 Dolls Drop Jones Date Mantovani Sues Globe Trotting Foundations Speakeasy Blaises Hollies Autumn Tour, Royal Host on New LP Troggs notch million Rome Fest Pruned Gees speculate with Frankie Howerd< ‘Morning’ Star Due Donovan in festival |
13 | |
| Allen Evans Derek Johnson |
LPs by Allen Evans More Single Reviews [Top 5 For Trems, McWilliams in there with good chance, Robert Knight, Des Lane, Reissues] Potted Pops [Al Hirt, Guy Mitchell, Dallas Boys, Marian Montgomery, Hank Locklin, Eddie Elwell, Dave Justin, The Executive, Linda Kendrick, The Taste] |
14 | |
| Nick Logan Rowan Berkeley |
Beatles Progress Hasn’t Come to
a Halt Crashing in at No. 17, union bridge the Gap |
15 | |
| Nick Logan Richard Green |
Are We Going Back to All of This? Or Do We Need Something New? |
16 | |
| Alan Smith June Harris n.a. Ann Moses |
Cilla Says She’s NOT Vivacious World Tour for Dylan? Sebastian Quits Spoons In Hollywood |
17 | |
| Keith Altham Tony Bromley n.a. |
Faces Thought ‘Sunday’ Too Much
of a Joke From You to Us Life-lines of Emperor Rosko |
18 | |
| n.a. | Classifieds | 19 | |
| Alley-Cat | Tail-Pieces | 20 | |
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| May 18 | No. 1114 | ||
| Green, Richard & Logan, Nick |
A Super Show! — And a Terrific Bonus: Stones ‘Live’ After 2 Years! | 2, 3, 10 | |
| Logan, Nick | Heard — The Pun Kings of Pop | 4 | |
| N.A. | Who’s Where [Tour Dates Beginning May17 - Duanne Eddy, Don Partridge, etc. | 4 | |
| Johnson, Derek | Top Singles Reviewed [Frankie Vaughan, Cream, Don Partridge, Otis Redding, Eric Burdon, Byrds, Anita Harris, Others] | 6 | |
| N.A. | NME Top 30 #1 “Young Girl” UnionGap #2 “What a Wonderful World” Louis Armstrong #3 “Honey” Bobby Goldsboro #4 “A Man Without Love” Englebert Humperdinck #5 “Lazy Sunday” Small Faces |
7 | |
| N.A. | [Tours, Releases, Films, Etc.-Louis Armstrong, Bee Gees, Rolling Stones, John Rowles, Beatles, Donovan, Hollies, Crickets, Coasters, Others] | 8, 9 | |
| June, Harris | Beach Boys, Maharishi Tour—More Dates Cancelled | 10 | |
| Moses, Ann | Zoot’s U.S. debut | 10 | |
| Evans, Allen | LP’s [Dionne Warwick, Vikki Carr, Royal Guardsmen, Others] | 10 | |
| Smith, Alan | Love Affair Aim For Quality | 11 | |
| Green, Richard | …and Herman is giving it to them | 11 | |
| Smith, Allan | Graham May Split The Hollies | 12 | |
| Altham, Keith | John Rowles, So Nice It Hurts | 13 | |
| Logan, Nick | Swinging Dusty | 14 | |
| AlleyCat | Tail-Pieces | 16 | |
| Logan, Nick | Phenomenal Aretha | 16 | |
| Gray, Andy | Breezy Cliff | 16 | |
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| May 25 | No. 1115 | ||
| Harris, June | Californian Union Gap Spurn the Psychedelic | 2 | |
| Gray, Andy | Duane Eddy Then & Now | 2 | |
| Altham, Keith | Mick Says | 3, 14 | |
| Altham, Keith | "Give theYoungsters a Break," Says Jools | 4 | |
| Altham, Keith | For Scott: Walker is Dead, Engel Lives! | 5 | |
| N.A. | Who’s Where [Tour Dates Beginning May 24 - Frankie Vaughan, Love Affair, Seekers, Hollies, Paul Jones, Scaffold, Bill Haley, Others] | 5 | |
| Johnson, Derek | Top Singles Reviewed [Paul Jones, Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Others] | 6 | |
| N.A. | NME Top30 #1 “Young Girl” Union Gap #2 “Honey” Bobby Goldsboro #3 “A Man Without Love” Engelbert Humperdinck #4 “What a Wonderful World” Louis Armstrong #5 “I Don’t Want Our Loving To Die” Herd |
7 | |
| N.A. | [Tours, Releases, Films, Etc.-Hollies, Little Richard, Donovan, Aretha Franklin, Tom Jones, Others] | 8, 9 | |
| Altham, Keith | Small Faces Storm–Brain LP In Round Sleeve | 10 | |
| Evans, Allen | LP’s [Fruit Gum Co., Nancy & Lee, Johnny Cash, President, Others] | 10 | |
| Gray, Andy | Question-Time With Andy Williams | 11 | |
| Gray, Andy | Superb Musical Evening With Andy And Henry | 11 | |
| Green, Richard | Screamers Don’t Worry Trems | 12 | |
| Wells, John | Hollies, Paul Jones, Scaffold Tour a Very U Hit | 12 | |
| Berkeley, Rowan | White Horses Bring Excitement To Jacky | 13 | |
| Harris, June | Beatle Trip Here Still a Mystery | 14 | |
| Moses, Ann | Eric Clapton a Mother | 14 | |
| AlleyCat | Tail-Pieces | 16 | |
| Sampson, Gordon | Hump Cabaret Triumph | 16 | |
| Smith, Allan | Equals—A Hit LP First | 16 | |
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