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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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra are playing during a three-week engagement at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
Ed Ames is playing during a three-week engagement at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Georgie Fame is playing during a three-week season at The Mayfair Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Shadows play during a three-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe, with Brian Locking standing in for bassist John Rostill who has suffered a nervous breakdown.
Guitarist Dave Gilmour accepts Roger Waters' invitation to join Pink Floyd, because the band's original guitarist and singer Syd Barrett has become unreliable.
Manfred Mann record a live session for John Peel and his show on BBC Radio 1, in London, England, UK, Europe.
Charley Pride, with producer Chet Atkins, records She Made Me Go, The Day You Stop Loving Me and The Right To Do Wrong, Out in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session consists of Harold Bradley, Fred Carter Jr. and Jerry Stembridge [gtrs], Lloyd Green [steel gtr], Junior Huskey [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], David Briggs [piano] + vocal chorus.
The Yardbirds play at The Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, England, UK, Europe.
Simon And Garfunkel with Victor Borge and Nancy Wilson, appear in Trio For Tonight, an edition of the NBC-tv series Kraft Music Hall in the USA.
A new musical, Love And Let Love, opens at Sheridan Square Playhouse, off-Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run for just fourteen performances.
The Buckaroos record Hello California, Highway Man, I Can't Stop and Chaparral in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Monkees are working on the song Valleri, at United Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA.
Paul Anka records This Crazy World and Goodnight My Love in RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience fly from London, England, UK, Europe, to Landvetter Airport, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe, followed by 25km drive to Hotel Opalen.
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Jack Greene, with producer Owen Bradley, records Before The Next Teardrop Falls in Bradley's Barn, Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA. The song will become a major hit seven years later when recorded again by Freddy Fender. At the same session, Greene also records If My Heart Had Windows and I'll Love You More.
David Bowie begins a three-day run as a mime artist in Pierrot In Turquoise at the Rose Hill Theatre, Cumberland, England, UK, Europe. His fee for the three days - a mere £40.
Plastic Penny release the single Everything I Am, which will peak at No6 in the UK, Europe.
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Snoopy's Christmas by The Royal Guardsmen reaches No1 in the Go-Set National Top 40 Singles Chart in Australia.
Roy Acuff returns to the USA, after a two-week USO (United Service Organizations) tour of American bases in Cuba, the Bahamas, the Canal Zone and Puerto Rico.
United Artists Records host a champagne brunch at Les Ambassadeurs Club, London, England, UK, Europe, to mark the label debut of the new line-up of The Spencer Davis Group.
Wynn Stewart records Something Pretty, at Capitol Recording Studios, Vine Street, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jackie Wilson, with the Count Basie Orchestra, records Chain Gang, Uptight, Ode To Billy Joe, My Girl, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and For Your Precious Love for Brunswick Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Everlasting Love by The Love Affair is released on CBS Records in the UK.
Vivian Cash is granted a divorce from her husband, Johnny Cash.
Elvis Presley lodges a complaint with RCA Records about the poor mastering of his latest single, Guitar Man.
The Top Ten singles being played on KGB Radio, San Diego, California, USA, for the week beginning on this date, are as follows :



1. Spooky Classics IV

2. Itchycoo Park The Small Faces

3. Judy in Disguise John Fred And The Playboy Band

4. Green Tambourine Lemon Pipers

5. Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus The Beatles

6. She's a Rainbow The Rolling Stones

7. Nobody But Me The Human Beinz

8. It's Wonderful The Young Rascals

9. The Lesson Vikki Carr

10. If I Could Build My World Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell

The Tommy Whittle - Harry Klein Quartet, The Michael Garrick Sextet and The Danny Moss Quartet with Jeanie Lambe appear on the BBC Radio 1 show Jazz Club, live from London, England, UK, Europe. The show is introduced by Humphrey Lyttelton.
Barbara McNair, The Smothers Brothers and The Strawberry Alarm Clock are the musical guests on The Jonathan Winters Show on CBS-tv in the USA.
New instrumental parts are added to the late Jim Reeves' original vocals on That's When I See The Blues (In Your Pretty Eyes) during a recording session at 17th Avenue Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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.