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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.
Fabian is playing at The Pheasant Run, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lulu plays during a two-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Diana Ross And The Supremes play at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
The Magnificent Men are playing a week of shows at The Uptown Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Kenny Rogers And The First Edition are playing at The Carousel, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Molly Bee is playing during two weeks at The Cork Club, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The Checkmates Ltd are appearing during an extended engagement at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Tennessee Ernie Ford is playing during a week at The Carousel, West Covina, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play two shows at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, supported by Todd Rundgren.
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Tom Jones, The 5th Dimension and Buffy Saite-Marie appear on tv show The Kraft Music Hall in the USA.
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No3.
The Top Ten singles being played on KHJ Radio, Los Angeles, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :

1. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding

2. Just Dropped In The First Edition

3. (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls Dionne Warwick

4. Love Is Blue Paul Mauriat

5. I Thank You Sam And Dave

6. Words The Bee Gees

7. Simon Says 1910 Fruitgum Company

8. Look, Here Comes The Sun The Sunshine Company

9. Summertime Blues Blue Cheer

10. I Wish It Would Rain The Temptations

The Soul Flutes record Try A Little Tenderness, In The Wee Small Hours, Cigarettes And Coffee and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for CTI Records.
Tony Bennett plays at The Gymnasium, University Of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jeffery And Chandler, Inc, a company responsible for the management of Jimi Hendrix, is filed as an entity with the Department Of State, New York City, USA. The company is owned by the partnership of Mike Jeffery and Chas Chandler.
The Who begin a North American tour at the Civic Auditorium, San Jose, California, USA, supported by Blue Cheer and Sagittarius.
Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys record Prepare Me O Lord, What Kind Of Man, Jesse James Prayed and other songs in King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Fred Waring plays at The Los Angeles Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Connie Francis records Pearly Shells, Lahaina Luna Se, Tiny Bubbles, Harbour Lights, Red Sails In The Sunset and other songs at Commercial Recording Studio, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The soundtrack to The Graduate, featuring music by Simon And Garfunkel, is released in the USA on Columbia Records.
Pink Floyd play at ORTF TV Studios, Buttes Chaumont, Paris, France, Europe.
Dusty Springfield appears on the Jonathan Winters Show on tv in the USA.
Hearts And Flowers, with producer Nick Venet, record Second-Hand Sundown and Colour Your Daytime in Los Angeles, California, USA. The group includes Bernie Leadon, later to find greater success as a member of The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Eagles.
Solomon King is in the middle of a week of cabaret at The Scala, Doncaster, England, UK, Europe.
When Johnny Cash, The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers are playing at The O'Keefe Centre in Central Ontario, Canada, they pre-record a tv special, The Legend Of Johnny Cash to be transmitted by CBC-tv on March 24.
Homer And Jethro record Rudolph The Flat-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Bay, Ornaments, Santa's Movin' On, All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate and Santa Claus The Original Hippie, in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Attack play at The Speakeasy, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Band record Long Distance Operator at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, but it will not appear on their debut album, Music From Big Pink.
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.