9th February

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 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.

Wayne Newton is playing during four weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.

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 Four Tops are playing during an eleven-night season at The Scotch Mist, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Connie Francis is playing during eleven nights at The Statler Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Orpheus are playing at The Chessmate, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Rita Faye is playing at The Flame Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

The Blues Project are playing during thirteen nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.

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.

Ten Years After play at Bluesville, Manor House, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Lovin' Spoonful and The 5th Dimension play at The Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Jethro Tull play at The Speakeasy, London, England, UK, ERurope.

Bridge Piece by Joseph Jarman of avant-garde jazz combo The Art Ensemble Of Chicago is performed at Ida Noyes Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The multi-media performance includes the band casually dressed, strobe lights, video projections, a smoke machine, strolling performers and someone carrying a portable radio tuned to a Top 40 music station. Some audience members are told to wear sacks over their heads, while others are draped in tinfoil. If any audience members are not casually dressed, they are asked to leave.

Dantalian's Chariot play at The Artful Dodger's Club, Romford, England, UK, Europe.

The Kingsmen play at Brockport State College, New York State, USA.

Warner Mack records I'm Gonna Move On for Decca Records at Bradley's Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.

The Band record the Bob Dylan composition I Shall Be Released in Big Pink, Woodstock, New York State, USA. It will appear on their debut album, Music From Big Pink.

The Larry Young Quintet records Call Me, The Infant, The Cradle, Heaven On Earth, The Hereafter and My Funny Valentine for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Wampler's Ball-Arena, Dayton, Ohio, USA.

John D. Loudermilk, Marty Robbins, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl and Tex Ritter appear in an NBC-TV special, American Profile : Music From The Land, hosted by Eddy Arnold in the USA.

Spirit undertake the first recording session for their third LP, Clear, in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Pretty Things and The Crystal Ship play at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe.

Bobby Wood records Say It's Not You, She Thinks I Still Care, You've Got A Place In My Heart and Just Out in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

When folk guitarist and singer Bert Jansch is unable to play tonight's gig in Manchester, England, UK, Europe, he is replaced by Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick who were in the audience to attend the show.

The New Formula play at Pantiles, Bagshot, England, UK, Europe.

The Moody Blues play at Portland Buildings, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.

Hubert Laws records If You Knew and Please Let Go in A+R Studios, New York City, USA. Both tracks will appear on his third LP, Laws' Clause.

The Bee Gees play in The Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.

Tom Paxton plays at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Love Affair play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.

The Cream play at The Arts Ball in Leicester University, Leicester, England, UK, Europe.

Elvis Presley spends some of the day horse-riding at Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Penny Peepshow play at The Boat Club, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.

Don Partridge and The Love Affair are the musical guests on the BBC1-tv children's show Crackerjack in London, England, UK, Europe.

The Action and Chicken Shack play at Hammersmith College, Hammersmith, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Youngbloods and October Country play the second of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play the second of three nights at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.

Paul Revere And The Raiders play a one-nighter in Charleston, West Virginia, 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.