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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.
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.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 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.
Buffalo Springfield have a recording session in Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the song Can't Seem To Get Movin' which will appear on the band's final album under the title It's So Hard To Wait.
Simon Dupree And The Big Sound play at Dreamland, Margate, England, UK, Europe.
The Freddy Mack Show plays at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band plays at Ewell Technical College, Ewell, England, UK, Europe.
The Cream, The James Cotton Blues Band, Jeremy And The Satyrs, and Blood Sweat And Tears play the second of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA. During these shows, Cream record the performances used on their live album Wheels Of Fire.
Simon And Garfunkel play at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Bee Gees are presented with the Radio Luxembourg Golden Lion Award for their song Massachusetts in Essen, Germany, Europe.
Hans Christian, who is in reality Jon Anderson, later to sing with Yes, releases a single in the UK entitled Never My Love.
First generation San Francisco hippy band Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Stony Brook, NYU, Long Island, New York State, USA.
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The Monkees are in RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the songs Shadow Of A Man, Wasn't Born To Follow and I'll Be Back Up On My Feet.
Manfred Mann's cover version of the Bob Dylan song Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo), enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No10.
Bob Dylan's 8th studio album, John Wesley Harding tops the UK albums chart for the first of ten consecutive weeks.
Ray Price, Marty Robbins, Roy Clark and Glen Campbell play in the KGBS Spectacular at The Convention Center, Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Status Quo play at St. Mary's College, Twickenham, England, UK, Europe.
Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
The Byrds record the Bob Dylan song You Ain't Goin' Nowhere for Columbia Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. At the same session they also record Hickory Wind.
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Traffic appear on the BBC radio show Pete's People in the UK.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play the second of two nights at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tim Rose plays at The Starlight room, Gliderdrome, Boston, England, UK, Europe.
Eddie Arnold and Fannie Flagg play the second of two nights at The Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Illinois, USA.
At this year's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA, Up Up And Away by The 5th Dimension wins Record of the Year and Best Vocal Group Performance, while Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles takes home Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Engineered Record and Best Album Cover.
Tyrannosaurus Rex play at The Middle Earth, London, England, UK, Europe.
Traffic play at Liverpool University, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Simon Dupree And The Big Sound appear on the Southern ITV show Time For Blackburn in the UK.
Donovan appears on the BBC radio show Saturday Club, recorded in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones spend the eleventh day in a fortnight of rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, UK, Europe.
The Symbols play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Valleri by The Monkees entering at No36.
At the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles wins four awards - Album Of The Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Engineered Record and Best Album Cover.
The Moody Blues, Traffic, Manfred Mann, Nirvana and Sharon Tandy appear on the TV show Beat Club in Germany, Europe.
The Paupers play the second of three nights at The Trauma, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Incredible String Band and their dancers present a 'Mystical Pantomime' at The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Nice, The Spencer Davis Group and Tony Rivers And The Castaways play at Leeds University, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
The Moody Blues play at Sloopy's, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Plastic Penny play at The Civic Hall, Nantwich, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by Soap.
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.