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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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines is playing during a long engagement at The Colonial Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
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.
Connie Francis is playing during eleven nights at The Statler Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Lee So Mui, Liew Yin, Kim Sim, Theresa Mak, Agnes Koh and Peggy Lam, billed as "beautiful songstresses", play at The Car Park night spot, Singapore, Asia.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Walk Away Renee by The Four Tops entering at No63.
The Incredible String Band are the musical guests on the BBC2-tv show Once More With Felix, hosted by Julie Felix.
Cliff
Richard records Congratulations in EMI's Studio 2, at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK. John Paul Jones, later
to play with Led
Zeppelin, is on bass guitar.
The Move play at Handsworth Plaza, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Having consumed some seconals and alcohol, Beat Generation icon Neal Cassady, an associate of The Grateful Dead, sets off from San Miguel de Allende in Mexico to walk fifteen miles to Celaya, along the railroad tracks in driving rain. He will be found in a coma the next morning, and will die the following day. His life and death will inspire several songs including Jack And Neal (1977) by Tom Waits, Styrofoam Plates (2001) by Death Cab For Cutie, Neal Cassady Drops Dead (2014) by Morrissey, Neal Cassady (1989) by The Washington Squares.
The Clash play the first of two nights at The Apollo, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Hollies record a demo version of the song Jennifer Eccles at Chappell's Studio, London, England, UK, Europe, They will record a finished version at Abbey Road Studios later in the month.
Baltimore Steam Packet and Freudian Slips play the second of four nights at The Ark, Sausalito, California, USA.The Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service play the second of two nights at The Crystal Ball, Portland, Oregon, USA.
At a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, between record business executives and State Representative Edwin G. Mullinax, it is decided to 'tone down' a state bill which sought to require lyrics to be printed on the cover of record sleeves.David McWilliams appears on the BBC1-tv programme The Rolf Harris Show in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Electric Flag, The Fugs, Mad River and the Thirteenth Floor Elevators play the second of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Beatles' single Lady Ma donna is recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, although Paul McCartney is the only one of the Fab Four actually to play on the track.
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The Monkees are working on the song Me Without You at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ray Pillow is the musical guest on today's edition of The Porter Wagoner Show, on tv in the USA.Soft Machine and Sam Gopal Dream play at The Carlton, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
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The new No1 single on the Billboard Chart in the USA is Green Tambourine by The Lemon Pipers. On the same day it reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart.
The Beacon Street Union play the second of two nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Sandpipers are playing for the last of three days at The San Remo Song Festival, San Remo, Italy, Europe.
The Cliff Bennett Show plays at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with DJ Kazoon.
The Gerry Soliano Trio is playing in the Hibiscus Room of The Cathay Hotel, Singapore, Asia.
Jazz clarinettist Jolly Jack Robel, who worked with Tommy Dorsey, dies in Pottsville Hospital, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA, having been in poor health for some while. He also recorded as a solo artist for Columbia, Brunswick, Vocation and Decca Records. His biggest success was Beer Barrel Polka in 1936.
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