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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 rock musical Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No14.
Poco and The Liverpool Scene, play at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The American Folk, Blues And Gospel Festival 69, starring Albert King, Otis Spann, John Lee Hooker and Champion Jack Dupree, plays at the Sports Centre, Bracknell, UK.
Mountain, The Steve Miller Blues Band and The Move play at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
The Velvet Underground play the fourth of five nights at The Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
B.J. Thomas releases a new single, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, in the USA, taken from the soundtrack to the film Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
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The Beatles' Abbey Road album hits No1 in the Billboard chart in the USA and stays there for eleven (non-consecutive) weeks.
At Wally Heider Studio in San Francisco, California, USA, Crosby Stills and Nash continue working on the Graham Nash song Teach Your Children.
King Crimson play the first of four nights at the Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Incredible String Band plays at The Us her Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.The Who play at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Pete Townshend is inspired by this gig to write the song Put The Money Down.
Fat Mattress, the group formed by former Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding, plays at the Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland.
Entering at No66, the highest new entry in the Cashbox magazine chart of the top-selling singles in the US is Heaven Knows by the Grass Roots.
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Bell Blues by The 5th Dimension reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA. The song is written by Laura Nyro.
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The Jazz Expo 69 concert at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, is headlined by the Miles Davis Quintet.
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UK pop weekly the NME (New Musical Express) announces the formation of a new group called Septimus, featuring two ex-members of Amen Corner and two ex-members of The Herd.
Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley is the new No1 single in the USA on the Billboard Top 40 Chart.
In Stephen Stills' Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA, basement, The Rolling Stones spend the last of five days rehearsing for their upcoming US tour.
Pioneering British jazz-rock band Jon Hiseman's Colosseum play at the Prague Jazz Festival, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Europe.
The Association, the sixth album by The Association peaks at No32 on the Billboard album charts in the USA.
The Jethro Tull single Sweet Dream enters the UK Singles chart, where it will peak at No7. This is the first release on the Chrysalis Records label.King Crimson enter the UK album chart with their debut album, In The Court Of The Crimson King.
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Simon And Garfunkel record Song For The Asking for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.