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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.
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.
Leon Bibb is playing during a thirteen-night engagement at The Maisonette in the St. Regis Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Arthur Lyman Quartet is playing during a run of dates at Hop Louie's Latitude 20 Club, Torrance, California, USA. Vibraphonist Lyman is considered a pioneer of the exotica style of music, which blended Hawaiian styles with jazz and pop.
The Four Tops, Gladys Knight And The Pips, Barbara Randoph and Hugh Masekela play during six nights at The Carousel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Henry Mancini is playing during two weeks at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Former street busker Don Partridge enters the UK pop singles chart with Blue Eyes, which will peak at No3 during a 13-week run on the chart.
The Who record Melancholia and Fortune Teller at Advision Studios , London, England, UK, Europe.
The Family Tree (featuring Bob Segarini) are playing during three nights at The Avalon, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Loading Zone play at The University Of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience fly to Zurich, Switzerland, Europe, taking along journalist Keith Altham.
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The Hollies, The Scaffold and Paul Jones play at The Gaumont, Derby, England, UK, Europe.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play the first of two days at Eagles Stadium, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Junior Parker plays a live show in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA.
The Velvet Underground record Hey Mr Rain, which will prove to be John Cale's final recording with the band. He will leave soon after.
Mike Nesmith of The Monkees is in RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, working on the songs Don't Wait For Me, Hollywood, Some Of Shelly's Blues, and The Crippled Lion. The tracks are intended for an upcoming Monkees album, but Some Of Shelley's Blues and The Crippled Lion will not be released until he re-records them as a solo artist some years later.
James Brown plays at Soldier Field, CHicago, Illinois, USA.
The Sweet Inspirations are playing at Leo's Casino, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Abram Zimmerman, father of Bob Dylan, dies in Hibbing Hospital, Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. Soon after, Dylan visits Israel.
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Marvin Gaye completes work on his duet with Kim Weston, You're All I Need To Get By, for Tamla Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald records two medleys of popular songs at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Love Affair play at The Top Rank, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Steve Marriott of The Small Faces secretly marries model Jennifer Rylance at Kensington Registry Office, London, England, UK, Europe.
Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, record Oh Sweet Mary, for their Columbia Records debut album Cheap Thrills.
Spirit and The Illinois Speed Press play the first of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Edwin Starr plays at Hatchett's, London, England, UK, Europe.
Little Milton is playing a live gig in Richmond, Indiana, USA.
The Shadows record The Average Life Of A Daily Man, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows record Girl On The Bus, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Tim Buckley and Mary McCaslin play the ninth of thirteen nights at Doug Weston's Troubadour, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, 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.