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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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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.
Jack Jones is playing during a two-week stand at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Connie Francis is playing during eleven nights at The Statler Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Barbara McNair is playing during five days at The Miramar, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
The The Jazz Communicators (saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Louis Hayes) are playing during a fifteen night booking at The Both/And Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
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The Osborne Brothers record Molly And Tenbrooks, I'll Go Steppin' Too, Drivin' Nails In My Coffin and other tracks in Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at The Municipal Auditorium, Zanesville, Ohio, USA.
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The Monkees are working on the songs Dream World and Nine Times Blue at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Carl Smith records There's No More Love at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Edwin Starr plays at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy. (Plant will, of course, later become the vocalist of Led Zeppelin].
Tony Christie, with an orchestra conducted by Tommy Sanderson, records Turn Around and When Will I Ever Love Again, for MGM Records in London, England, UK, Europe.
The O'Kaysions record Girl Watcher at Pitt Sound Studio in Greenville, North Carolina, USA, for North State Records. It will peak at No5 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
Arthur Prysock records Autumn In New York, My Buddy, I Had The Craziest Dream, Funny Thing and Every Time Is The First Time for Verve Records in New York City, USA.
Tjinder Singh is born in New Cross, Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as the founder of Cornershop.The Mike Stuart Span play at The 100 Club, Oxford Steet, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Penny Peepshow.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play the first of three nights at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.The Move, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and The Artwoods play at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
Artists appearing on tonight's edition of the BBC1-tv show Top Of The Pops include John Fred And His Playboy Band, Solomon King and Manfred Mann.
Singer-songwriter and pianist Elio Pace is born in Woking, Surrey, England, UK, Europe.
The Youngbloods and October Country play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley spends some of the day horseback riding at Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Revered Appalachian fiddler and banjo picker Henry Reed dies aged 84 because of a blood clot which formed a month after his foot was amputated because of an infection.
The single Woman, Woman, by Gary Puckett And The Union Gap is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA
The Gil Melle Quartet records Blue Quasar, Man With The Flashlight, Elgin Marble and Jog Falls Spinning Song for his Verve Records LP Tome V1 in New York City, USA.
Phluph have a recording session for Verve Records in New York City, USA, during which they record Girl In Tears, Elliptical Machine, Lovely Lady, Death Of A Nation, Love Eyes and the Bob Dylan composition, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry.
John Cale (viola) and Tony Conrad (violin) record A Midnight Rain Of Green Wrens At The World's Tallest Building, in New York City, USA. Cale is a member of The Velvet Underground.
Overdubs are added to The Beatles' song Across The Universe, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles EP, including the tracks Paperback Writer, We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper and Norwegian Wood, is released on Parlophone Records in Australia, Oceania.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play in the Men's Gym, Sacramento State College, California, USA.
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