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1967 - 1970
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.
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1968 - 1970
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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1968 - 1971
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.
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1968 - 1972
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
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1968 - 1973
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.
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1969
Vic Briggs, lead guitarist of Eric Burdon And The New Animals gives up drugs and turns to yoga.
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1969
Bread play the third of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by locally popular blues-rock band Smokestack Lightning.
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1969
Herman of Herman's Hermits appears on UK tv in the title role of a recent NBC-tv adaptation of Pinnochio with folk singer Burl Ives as his 'father' Gepetto.
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1969
Jimi Hendrix continues rehearsals in New York City, USA, with Band Of Gypsys for their upcoming Fillmore East show.
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1969
Free play at The Van Dike Club, Plymouth, UK.
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1969
The Upsetters play at The Locarno, Basildon, UK.
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1969
Blood, Sweat And Tears, Appaloosa, and The Allman Brothers Band play the first of three nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
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1969
The Grateful Dead play at McFarlin Auditorium at SMU, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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1969
Yes play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK.
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1969
Slade play at The Ship And Rainbow, Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe.
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1969
Spirit play the first of three nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
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1969
The San Francisco Examiner reveals that hippie cult leader and murderer Charles Manson is planning to pay for the costs of his trial by recording an album of his own songs.
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1969
WABC Radio in New York City, USA, publishes its Top Ten Singles Of The Year, as follows :
  1. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - The Fifth Dimension
  2. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
  3. Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
  4. Get Back - The Beatles
  5. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James And The Shondells
  6. Dizzy - Tommy Roe
  7. Jean - Oliver
  8. Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations
  9. Touch Me - The Doors
  10. Hair - The Cowsills
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1969
Black Sabbath play at Pokey Hole, Carlisle, UK.
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1969
The transmitting tower of New Jersey, USA, rock radio station WLVP is destroyed in an ice storm.
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1969
The Paul Bley Trio with The Annette Peacock Ensemble, play at The Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Centre, New York City, USA. This is an early example of a live music concert making use of electronic synthesisers.
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