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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.
The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lana Cantrell is playing during a three-week engagement at The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA.
The 5th Dimension are playing during a three-week engagement at The Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Righteous Brothers are playing at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bunky And Jake are playing during a week of shows at The Unicorn, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
On a tour to promote their new single, Born To Be Wild, Steppenwolf play during five nights at The Electric Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Dells are playing during a week of shows at The Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Parliaments are playing during ten nights at Phelp's Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Led by George Clinton, the group will eventually evolve into funk pioneers Parliament and Funkadelic.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing during a three-week season at The Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Etta James, The Coasters, The Vibrations, Freddie Scott, The Jive Five and Jimmy Pelham are playing at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Mt. Rushmore, supported by Rain, play the last of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the last of three nights at the Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are H.P.Lovecraft and the Clara Ward Singers.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band plays the last of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by The Psychedelic Stooges and The MC5.
Edwin Starr plays at The Frolicking Kneecap, Market Harborough, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy Smith plays at The American Legion Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri USA.
Brian Wilson and Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys demo an early version of the song Do It Again, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Phillip Rhodes, drummer of The Gin Blossoms, is born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Tim Buckley and Mary McCaslin play the sixth of thirteen nights at Doug Weston's Troubadour, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A Man Without Love by Engelbert Humperdinck reaches No1 in the Canadian singles chart.
Jeff Beck is recording tracks for his album Truth in London, England, UK, Europe.
When Cynthia Lennon returns from a holiday in Greece, Europe, she finds that Yoko Ono has moved into Kenwood, the home she shared with her husband John Lennon of The Beatles, in Weybridge, UK, Europe. Paul McCartney will be inspired to write a song, Hey Jules, to comfort John and Cynthia's son Julian Lennon during the period when their marriage is falling apart. The song will find huge success under a revised title, Hey Jude.
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Spanky And Our Gang and Nancy Sinatra are the musical guests on tonight's edition of The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS-tv in New York City, USA.
Atlantic Records in the USA is experiencing its biggest-ever singles sales week, shipping over 1.5m records to distributors. Artists contributing to the boom include the Bee Gees, The Rascals, Archie Bell, Solomon Burke, Cream and Otis Redding.
The Beatles gather at guitarist George Harrison's bungalow in Esher, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, to record demos of songs for what will become the double album, The Beatles, aka the White Album.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays at Palasport, Bologna, Italy, Europe.
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Pink Floyd play a benefit gig for Oz – an underground magazine - at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are The Pretty Things, Social Deviants and Blonde On Blonde.
Ten Years After play at The Wooden Bridge, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.
The Youngbloods play the last of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Kaleidoscope.
Pink Floyd play a benefit gig for Oz – an underground magazine - at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are The Pretty Things, Social Deviants and Blonde On Blonde.
Miles Davis plays two show at The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Hollies, The Scaffold and Paul Jones play at The Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England, UK, Europe.
Bill Haley And His Comets play in Rotterdam, Holland, Europe.
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.