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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 rock musical
Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.

Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical
Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
Fabian is playing at The Pheasant Run, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Checkmates Ltd are appearing during an extended engagement at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Diahann Carroll is playing during an engagement at The Hilton Plaza, Miami, Florida, USA.

On their second tour of North America,
The Cream play the last of three nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.

The Gods and Glass Menagerie play at The
Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Merle Haggard plays at a benefit show for the Sun School for Retarded Children, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Mayor Graham of Phoenix declares it to be
Merle Haggard Day.

Sam Gopal Dream play at Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Dylan's album John Wesley Harding enters the UK albums chart, where it will peak at No1, during a 29-week run.

The
Rolling Stones continue rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, UK, Europe.
Cat Stevens is admitted to a nursing home in London, England, UK, Europe, suffering from bronchial pneumonia. He is expected to remain in hospital for at least one week, but the illness will later be diagnosed as tuberculosis, requiring many months of treatment and rest.
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The highest new entry in the
Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone by
Aretha Franklin entering at No35.

The
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band plays at Barking College, Barking, East London, England, UK, Europe.
Eric Burdon And
The Animals plus Eire Apparent play the fourth of five nights at
The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Music trade magazine
Billboard in the USA reports that three radio stations in the Chicago area have recently introduced "progressive rock programs". Music played on these stations includes The
Velvet Underground,
Arlo Guthrie,
Vanilla Fudge and
Ravi Shankar. (N.B. Such music would, in later years, be catagorised as Underground). The magazine also lists five full-time progressive radio stations and thirteen part-time progressive stations across the USA.
Manfred Mann play at Sussex University, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.

UK management company Blackhill Enterprises dissolves its six-way partnership with
Pink Floyd.
The Troggs appear on the BBC radio show Pete's People in the UK.
Cat Stevens appears on the BBC radio show Saturday Club in London, England, UK, Europe.

The
Velvet Underground play the second of three nights at The Stone House Restaurant, Watertown, New York State, USA.

The Crazy World Of
Arthur Brown and Ways And Means play at St Mary's College, Isleworth, Hounslow, West London, England, UK, Europe.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

The Move and
The Troggs appear on the ITV show Time For Blackburn in the UK, Europe.

An advert in NME declares
Elton John to be 1968's greatest new talent.

The
Grateful Dead play the second of two nights at 1300 Boulevard Way, Walnut Creek, California, USA.

The Who are thrown out of a bar in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, after a gig at New Edmonton Gardens with
Blue Cheer and Sagittarius.
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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.