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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.
Long John Baldry plays during a week of cabaret at Tito's, Stockton-On-Tees, England, UK, Europe.
The Monkees complete recording of the songs Suzanna Sometime and Storybook Of You at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Who release their rock opera, Tommy, in the USA.
Pink Floyd play at the Main Marquee, Pembroke College, Oxford, England, UK, Europe, supported by Junior's Eyes.
The Allman Brothers Band plays the second of two nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
It is reported that Frank Zappa is collecting fees of $1,500 for lecturing at American Universities on such topics as Pigs, Ponies and Rock'n'Roll.
Blood, Sweat And Tears enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Spinning Wheel, which will peak at No2.
Soft Machine play at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.
The James Gang, with Joe Walsh on guitar, play at The Silver Bell, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Beach Boys play at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Paul Revere And The Raiders.
Freddie King begins a British tour at The Plaza, Guildford, England, UK, Europe.
The Mothers Of Invention play at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Led Zeppelin, Woody Herman And His Orchestra and Delaney And Bonnie play the second of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Entering at No69, the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the top-selling singles in the USA is I Turned You On by The Isley Brothers.
Jim Morrison of The Doors participates in the second night of a poetry reading at Cinematheque 16, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Don't Let Me Down by The Beatles returns to No1 in the Canadian singles chart, having been deposed for one week by another Beatles song, Get Back.
Oh Happy Day by The Edwin Hawkins Singers peaks at No4 in the Billboard Top 40 chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Stevie Wonder releases a new single, My Cherie Amour, in the USA.
Petula Clark plays the sixth night in a week of dates at the Place Des Arts, Montreal, Canada.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play a second night at The Waikiki Shell, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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The Who, Buddy Rich, Joe Cocker And The Grease Band, and local band Soup, play the last of three nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Steve Miller Band plays the third of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
During their Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Bed-In, John Lennon and Yoko Ono record Give Peace A Chance with vocal assistance from acid guru Timothy Leary, record producer Phil Spector, beat poet Allen Ginsberg and comedian Tommy Smothers.
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Cupid's Inspiration play at Cleopatra's, Newport, Wales, UK, Europe.
A Salty Dog, the third LP by Procol Harum enters the Billboard best-selling albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No32.
UK music paper Melody Maker reports that Tom Jones has turned down a $1m offer to tour the USA for three-weeks.
John Fahey plays at Mother's, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. DJ for the evening is John Peel.
Jethro Tull play at The Winter Garden Pavilion, Weston Super Mare, England, UK, Europe.
The two-day long First Annual Detroit Rock And Roll Revival festival ends at the Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Artists appearing over the course of the festival include The MC5, Sun Ra, The Psychedelic Stooges, Dr John, Chuck Berry, Terry Reid and Johnny Winter.
It's A Beautiful Day play the second of two nights at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lee Michaels plays the fourth of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Pretty Things play at The Van Dike Club, Plymouth, England, UK, Europe.
Procession and Eyes Of Blue play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
David Bowie wins first prize for Best Produced Record, by performing When I Live My Dream, at the Carosello Internaziale del Disco, in The Teatro Premio, Pistoria, Italy, Europe.