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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 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.
The Year That Clayton Delaney Died by Tom T. Hall reaches No1 in the Billboard country singles chart in the USA. The song is said to be based on Hall's memories of his childhood neighbor and boyhood hero, Lonnie Easterly.
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Sly And The Family Stone play at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK. Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix both attend the show but a plan for the pair to meet has to be abandoned because they are seated in separate boxes on opposite sides of the venue. Earlier in the day, Clapton had bought a left-handed Stratocaster for Hendrix but is, in the event, unable to give him the gift.
The Hollies release a new single, Gasoline Alley Bred, on Parlophone Records in the UK, composed by Tony Macaulay, Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook.
Manfred Mann Chapter Three begin a European tour which will take them to France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden.
Jimi Hendrix dies in The Samarkand Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe, where he has spent recent days with his German girlfriend, Monica Danneman. This is also the day set for the preliminary court hearing of Hendrix's impending case against Track Records and Polydor Records.
Black Sabbath release their second album, Paranoid, in the UK. The album will become widely regarded as one of the foundation stones of heavy metal.
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The Faces play at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK.
Black Sabbath play at Sisters Club, London, UK.
Two San Francisco bands, The Grateful Dead and The New Riders Of The Purple Sage, play the second of four nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
A new tv series, Ask Aspel, begins in the UK, with a theme tune written and perfomed by The Strawbs.
Irish blues-rock trio Taste, featuring guitarist Rory Gallagher, play in The Konserthus, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.