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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 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.
The rock musical San Francisco-based band Sly And The Family Stone are awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. for sales of the album Stand! in the USA. Interestingly, three gold discs have been awarded to three San Francisco artists over the past three days ' Sly, Santana and Janis Joplin - all of whom played at the Woodstock festival three months earlier.
Stand!, the fourth LP by Sly And The Family Stone, is certified as a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. Interestingly, three gold discs have been awarded to three San Francisco-based artists over the past three days - Sly, Santana and Janis Joplin - all of whom played at the Woodstock festival three months earlier.Neil Diamond, having divorced just two weeks earlier, marries tv producer Marcia
Murphey.
John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band record two experimental pieces, Item 1 and Item 2, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, but neither is ever released.
Jimi Hendrix signs a contract with powerful US promoter Bill Graham for two shows at the Fillmore East, New York City, with a fee of $12,500.
Jimi Hendrix signs a contract with powerful San Francisco-based promoter Bill Graham for two shows at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA, with a fee of $12,500.
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Jimi Hendrix signs a contract with powerful San Francisco-based promoter Bill Graham for two shows at the Fillmore East, New York City, with a fee of $12,500.
John Lennon of The Beatles and Yoko Ono spend the third of five days being filmed for a BBC tv 24 Hours documentary, The World Of John And Yoko. On this day they are filmed during an experimental recording session at Abbey Road studios, London, UK, with colleagues Mal Evans, Anthony Fawcett, Geoff Emerick and others.
When Berkeley-based band Country Joe And The Fish perform their anti-Vietnam War song, I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag, on US tv's David Frost Show, hundreds of viewers respond angrily.
Joe Tex records My Wife My Woman, Everything Happens on Time and other tracks for his Atlantic Records album Joe Tex Sings With Strings And Things at Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Humble Pie and King Crimson play the second of four nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA.
US President Richard Nixon takes part in a project to discover the causes of the generation gap. He and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew watch films of simulated acid trips and subject themselves to hours of protest music.When Country Joe And The Fish perform their anti-Vietnam War song, I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag, on US tv's David Frost Show, hundreds of viewers respond angrily.
The Rolling Stones are working on the song Wild Horses in Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Florence, Alabama, USA.
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Shawn Corey Carter is born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. He will find fame as rapper and music business mogul Jay-Z.
When Delaney And Bonnie And Friends (including Eric Clapton] play at The City Hall, Sheffield, UK, they are joined by George Harrison of The Beatles on guitar.
The Allman Brothers Band plays the first of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.