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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.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week season at Mr. D's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Sonny And Cher are playing during a week of shows at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by The Checkmates.
Trini Lopez is playing during three weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
The All Nighter Mojo Festival at Queen's Hall, Leeds, England, UK, Europe, features Ben E. King, Clyde McPhatter, Tim Rose, The Time Box and others. The event is organised by Peter Stringfellow, later to become a flambouyant major player in the UK club scene.
The Litter play at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Nova Express.
The Troggs begin a week of cabaret at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
The Bluesology Festival begins at Chateau Impney, Droitwich, England, UK, Europe, featuring The Move, Fleetwood Mac, Duster Bennett, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Chris Farlowe, Geno Washington, Wynder K. Frog, Family, Cliff Bennett, Skip Bifferty and The Freddy Mack Show. Deejay for the two-day event is John Peel.
Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the second of two nights at The Palace Of Fine Arts Festival, San Francisco, California, USA, after which Joplin announces her intention to leave the band.
Ben E. King plays at The Beachcomber, Nottingham, UK, Europe.
Roy Orbison plays the last night of a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The second day of the three-day long Sky River Rock Festival, is held in fields near Sultan, Washington, USA. Acts playing over the three days include Santana, Big Mama Thornton, James Cotton, Country Joe And The Fish, Richard Pryor, Dino Valenti, Byron Pope, It's a Beautiful Day, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Alice Stuart Thomas, The Youngbloods, New Lost City Ramblers, and local groups such as Juggernaut and Easy Chair. On the last day, The Grateful Dead arrive unscheduled.
Procol Harum, The Rationals, SRC, Thyme, The MC5, Jagged Edge, The Psychedelic Stooges, Frost and Children play in The Oakland Pop Festival, Baldwin Pavilion, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA. Although billed to appear, Pink Floyd, Howlin' Wolf and Chrysalis do not play.
The Spencer Davis group play in Vienna, Austria, Europe.
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood play the first of two days at Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Quicksilver Messenger Service plays at Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Spooky Tooth play the last of three nights at The Cheetah Club, Venice, California, USA.
Love play the fourth of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Black Pearl.
BBC Radio 1 show Top Gear in the UK broadcasts a live session by Fleetwood Mac recorded five days earlier.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Red Rocks, Colorado, USA, supported by Vanilla Fudge, Eire Apparent, and Soft Machine.
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Ringo Starr, who had quit The Beatles during a recording session the previous month, now returns to the group.
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Elmer Gantry plays at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, 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.