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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.
Hugh Masekela plays during a week of shows at Red Foxx's Club, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA, with The Les McCann Trio.
Free play at Loughton College, Debden, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Eire Apparent.
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre play at The Royal College Of Art, Kensington Gore, London, England, UK, Europe.
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell release a new single, The Onion Song, in the USA.
Blood, Sweat And Tears play at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs And Englishmen tour plays its first gig, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The famously debauched tour will inspire Leon Russell to write the song The Ballad Of Mad Dogs And Englishmen, based on his experiences while playing in the tour.
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Big Brother and the Holding Company play the first of three nights at The Family Dog, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Kaleidoscope and Devil's Kitchen.
Elton John releases a new single, Border Song, on DJM Records in the UK.
Heavy Jelly play at The Country Club, Haverstock Hill, London, England, UK, Europe.
Noel Redding, formerly of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, starts work on his solo album, Nervous Breakdown, at Sound Center, New York City, USA. The album will not be released.
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Little Richard and Chuck Berry headline the first night of the Rock'n'Roll Revival Show (Vol 3) at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.
Pink Floyd play at Akademiska Foreningens Stora Sal, Lund, Sweden, Europe.
Sam Apple Pie play at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Moody Blues, Lee Michaels and Argent play the second of three nights at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Sandy Denny, formerly vocalist with Fairport Convention, plays at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Prog-rockers The Edgar Broughton Band release a new single, Out Demons, Out, in the UK. The song is heavily based on a 1967 track by The Fugs, entitled Exorcising the Evil Spirits From the Pentagon October 21, 1967, in which The Fugs chanted Out Demons Out during a protest outside The Pentagon in Washington DC, USA.
Gerry Lockran plays at The Bridgehouse, Borough Road, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Newport Jug Band.
Little-known band Sour Milk Sea play a Shelter benefit concert in Highfield Parish Hall, Headington, Oxford, England, UK, Europe. The band's singer, Fred Bulsara, will find greater fame as Freddie Mercury of Queen.
Rhinoceros play at Southern Connecticut College, Connecticut, USA.
Uriah Heep [billed as Uriah Heap] play at Salisbury Technical College, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Wildmouth play at Redbridge College, Romford, England, UK, Europe.
Gene Pitney, Clodagh Rodgers and Badfinger play at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
From a hotel in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, South America, where she is on a three-month vacation, Janis Joplin announces her intention to disappear into the jungle for "a couple of weeks".
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Steamhammer play at The Chez Club, in The Chestnut Tree, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mandrake.
David Bowie marries Mary Angela Barnett at the register office in Bromley, Kent, England, UK, Europe. In due course, she will become better known as Angie Bowie.
Canned Heat, Grand Funk Railroad, Buddy Miles, The Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent), The Litter, Brownsville Station, and The Stooges (Iggy Pop) play at The Met Sports Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Christine Perfect plays at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Requiem. She will find greater success as Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac.
Gracious! play at The Students' Centre, St. George's Hospital, Tooting, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles album Beatles Again is released in Spain, Europe, by Odeon Records.
The Grateful Dead, supported by Catfish, play the first of two nights at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
Sam And Dave play at Florida State University, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
The Youngbloods play the second of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Livingston Taylor and Seals And Crofts.
Mississippi Fred McDowell plays at The Blues Loft, High Wycombe, England, UK, Europe.