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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 Checkmates Ltd are appearing during an extended engagement at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Beacon Street Union are playing at The Scene, New York City, USA.
The Lemon Pipers are playing during a two-week engagement at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, with Jake Holmes.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Diahann Carroll is playing during an engagement at The Hilton Plaza, Miami, Florida, USA.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a week of shows at The Latin Casino, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Sam Gopal Dream play at The El bow Room, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones spend the ninth day in a fortnight of rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, UK, Europe.
Hour Glass and The Sunshine Company play the first of three nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA. Hour Glass, features Gregg and Duane Allman, later to form The Allman Brothers Band.
Plastic Penny play at The Assembly Hall, Worthing, England, UK, Europe.
Simon And Garfunkel play at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.
The Move play at The Liberal Hall, Yeovil, England, UK, Europe.
When Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich appear on tv in Bremen, Germany, Europe, singer Dave Dee is prevented from wearing his jackboots or carrying his whip during the performance, because of their unfortunate Nazi associations.
Jimi Hendrix jams after-hours at The Scene Club, New York City, USA, with a staggering drunk Jim Morrison of The Doors.
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Paul And Barry Ryan fly from the UK to Germany, Europe, for tv appearances.
The Troggs play at The Royal Naval Air Station, Brawdy, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe.
Tom Jones, Don Partridge, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich, and Lemon Tree, appear on UK tv show Top Of The Pops.
Nite People and Granny's Intentions play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
On their second tour of North America, The Cream play at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Blood, Sweat And Tears.
Gordon Waller, formerly of Peter And Gordon, records Everyday, Because Of A Woman and The Lady Came From Baltimore.
Elvis Presley records A Little Less Conversation at Western Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA. The song will be largely overlooked for more than thirty years until a re-mix propels it to No1 in the USA and UK during 2002.
Grapefruit play on the BBC Radio show Pop North in Hulme, Manchester, England, UK.
The Top Ten singles being played on WKNR Radio, Detroit, Michigan, USA, for the week ending on this date are as follows :

1. Love Is Blue Paul Mauriat

2. Simon Says The 1910 Fruitgum Company

3. La La Means I Love You The Delfonics

4. Soul Coaxing Raymond LeFevre

5. Since You've Been Gone Aretha Franklin

6. Scarborough Fair Simon And Garfunkel

7. Dock of the Bay Otis Redding

8. The Mighty Quinn Manfred Mann

9. Just Dropped In Kenny Rogers and The First Edition

10. Bottle of Wine The Fireballs

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.