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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 musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 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 stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
Roy Orbison is playing during a three-week season at The Club Embassy, Toronto, Canada.
Seatrain and Albert Ayler are playing during thirteen days at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The 5th Dimension are playing during ten nights at Basin Street West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ten Years After are playing during ten nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
Shirley Bassey is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
It is announced that Pentangle will write the soundtrack for the upcoming Britt Ekland movie, The Husbands. The movie, however, never materialises.
The Beatles are recording Sexy Sadie in London, England, UK. Europe. The song is inspired by the alleged inappropriate amourous advances to women made by celebrity guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the group stayed with him on his ashram in Rishikesh, India, Asia.
Another in the series of Sound-Out Mini-festivals begins in Woodstock, New York State. Artists appearing at the two-day event include Cat Mother And The All Night Newsboys, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Batson, Happy & Artie Traum and Lothar and the Hand People - one of the first rock bands to integrate electronic instruments into their line-up.
Jefferson Airplane and H.P. Lovecraft play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Canned Heat and The Fraternity of Man play the third of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Boston-based band Earth Opera play the first of three nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Sunshine Company.
Spirit play the first of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported on this night by The James Gang and Fever Tree.
The Ike and Tina Turner Revue, Charlie Musselwhite and Kaleidoscope play the first of two nights at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Aretha Franklin plays at the Aquatennial Teen Spectacular in Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, supported by The Mystics, The Blues Cube and Things to Come.
The Velvet Underground, supported by Tim Buckley, play the first of three nights at The Avalon, San Francisco, California, USA.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Sly and the Family Stone play the fourth of six nights at Bill Graham's new Fillmore West, formerly known as The Carousel Ballroom, in San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Richie Havens, Illinois Speed Press and Siegel Schwall.
The Rascals play in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Lothar And The Hand People, supported by The Hallucinations, play the second of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tim Rose releases a new single, Long Haired Boy, in the UK on CBS Records. The single is produced by Al Kooper.
the first edition of new UK tv show How It Is, presented by Peter Asher of Peter And Gordon, features Manfred Mann, Yoko Ono, Alexis Korner and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience fly back to London, England, UK, from Majorca, Spain, Europe.
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Paul Hartnoll of UK electronic duo Orbital is born in Dartford, Kent, England, UK, Europe.
Simon And Garfunkel release their fourth album, Bookends, in the UK, Europe.
Ray Morrison, former vocalist with The Foundations, fails in a High Court action in London, England, UK, Europe, to win a share of the group's earnings from their hit Baby, Now That I've Found You.
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Iron Butterfly play the first of two nights at The Concord, Berkeley, California, USA.
Judy Garland rehearses with the Count Basie Band in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. They are due to play a show at J.F.K. Stadium the following day.
British psychedelic band The Nocturnes release a new single, Carpet Man (written by Jimmy Webb), in the UK on Columbia Records. The group includes vocalist Eve Eden, who will find greater success as a member of The New Seekers.
Bo Diddley plays at The Hippodrome, San Diego, California, USA.
The single This Guy's In Love With You by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
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.