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The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.
The musical Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, is performed at The Majestic Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run continuously (but at three different theatres) until 1972 notching up 3,242 performances.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The musical comedy The Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
The musical Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, is performed at The Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,847 performances.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Tom Jones is playing during a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Good Time Singers are playing a three week engagement at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
Renee Raff is playing during a two-week stand at The Apartment, New York City, USA, with Charles De Forest and The Ray Starling Trio.
Marilyn Michaels plays during a four-week engagement at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
Barbara McNair is playing during a week of shows at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
During their Sounds Of Ireland tour, The Irish Rovers' are playing a week of shows at The Place Des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Lou Rawls is playing during two weeks at The Cave, Vancouver, British Ciolumbia, Canada.
Elton Britt and Rosalie Allen are playing at The Nashville Room, New York City, USA.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band play the third of six nights at The Ice House, Glendale, California, USA.
The single Honey by Bobby Goldsboro is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Bee Gees play at The Regal, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
The Who are in New York City, USA, discussing whether to perform the next day in the light of the fact that civil rights leader Martin Luther King has been assassinated earlier in the day.
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On the day that Martin Luther King is shot dead, Muddy Waters and The Hallucinations play at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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The Linn County Blues Band is playing during four nights at La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
When black rights crusader Martin Luther King is assassinated, - killed by a sniper's bullet while standing on the balcony in front of his room at The Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, - riots erupt across America. James Brown goes on national tv to try to calm things down. King's life and work will be comemorated in such songs as Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder, MLK by U2, Abraham Martin And John by Dion, Save The Country by Laura Nyro and Begin The Begin by R.E.M.
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On the day that Martin Luther King is shot dead, The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Civic Dome, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
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Big Brother And The Holding Company play the third of six nights at The Generation Club, New York City, USA.
John Lee Hooker, Loading Zone and Mother Earth play the first of three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The G-Clefs play at The Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, England, UK, Europe.
The Yardbirds are in Columbia Studios, New York City, USA, working on the songs Spanish Blood and Knowing That I'm Losing You.
Muddy Waters plays at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Buffalo Springfield hire The Beach Boys' manager Nick Grillo, while supporting them on the Springfield's final tour.
Canadian band The Paupers play the second of three nights at newly-opened rock venue, The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The James Cotton Band plays the first of three nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Monkees complete their recording of Daddy's Song (composed by Harry Nilsson) at Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The rock musical Hair (which includes a scene with a fully nude cast) is presented during a run of 1,997 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Marsha Hunt, Paul Nicholas, Sonja Kristina and Jimmy Winston.