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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 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.

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.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The stage musical
Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Diahann Carroll is playing during an engagement at The Hilton Plaza, Miami, Florida, USA.
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 Troggs appear on the BBC radio show Pete's People in the UK.

An advert in NME declares
Elton John to be 1968's greatest new talent.
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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UK management company Blackhill Enterprises dissolves its six-way partnership with
Pink Floyd.

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

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

The
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band plays at Barking College, Barking, East London, England, UK, Europe.

The Crazy World Of
Arthur Brown and Ways And Means play at St Mary's College, Isleworth, Hounslow, West London, England, UK, Europe.

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.
Manfred Mann play at Sussex University, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.

The
Rolling Stones continue rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, 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.

Sam Gopal Dream play at Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe.
Cat Stevens appears on the BBC radio show Saturday Club in London, England, UK, Europe.

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

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