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Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
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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.
John Davidson is playing during a month of shows at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.
Jimmy McGriff is playing during a week of shows at The Orbit Lounge, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Al Green is playing during a week of shows at The Pine Grill, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
The controversial hippy musical,
Maxine Brown is playing during nine days at The Pecan Grove, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Songwriter, keyboardist and producer Al Kooper is in London, England, UK, Europe, during six days of meetings with publishers, heads of record companies and other producers.
Solomon Burke, Archie Bell And The Drells, Eddie Floyd, Dee Dee Sharpe and The Sweet Inspirations play during a week-long series of shows the Atlantic Records Show Of Stars at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Ben E. King,
The King Sisters, Alvino Rey and Kent Larsen are playing during a three-week engagement at The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
The BBC broadcasts the 500th edition of radio rock show
Bookends, the fourth studio LP by Simon And Garfunkel enters the Billboard Hot 100 albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1.
The Beach Boys and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi play at Iona College, New York City, USA.
Simon And Garfunkel play at The Roberts Center, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Moby Grape and The Hour Glass play the last of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
Mad River and Paisley Rain play at The Retinal Circus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Mony Mony by Tommy James And The Shondells enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3.
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The album Rotary Connection by Rotary Connection enters the Billboard Top 40 albums chart in the USA. It will peak at No37 during a four-week stay.
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On their second North American tour, The Cream play the second of two nights at The Scene, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Jefferson Airplane and the Crazy World Of Arthur Brown play the second of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Albert King plus Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the second of two nights at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Who play at Mountford Hall, Liverpool University, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Dolly Parton releases Just Because I'm A Woman, her first solo album for RCA, in the USA.
The concept album Days Of Future Passed by The Moody Blues enters the Billboard albums chart in the USA, where it will peak at No3.
Buffalo Springfield, Quicksilver Messenger Service and H.P. Lovecraft play at The Merchandise Mart, Old State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, California, USA.
Mary Hopkin, a young Welsh singer, appears on the tv talent show Opportunity Knocks in the UK. She is seen by top model Twiggy, who will recommend her to Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
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The Glass Menagerie play at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and June Carter begin a British tour at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Jr. Walker And The All Stars and Neil Diamond play at University Of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA.
Don Helms, a former steel guitarist with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, records Cash On The Barrelhead with The Louvin Brothers in the USA.
Paul Geremia plays the second of two nights at The Hickory Tree, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
Aspiring UK mod pop group The Freehold plays its first-ever gig, at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK, Europe. Their drummer is a young hopeful called Phil Collins.
Billboard reports that 8-Track Tape Cartridge units are experiencing a sales upsurge because the car industry is in a strong sales phase.
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The song Written On The Wind by Bobby Hanna is rush-released by Decca Records in the UK, Europe, after winning The Majorca Song Festival.
The Fugs, Kaleidoscope and Hammond Typewriter play at The Lemon Tree, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] reports that Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers are parting company after ten years together.
Tim Buckley plays the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Michael And The Messengers.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) by The Temptations entering at No59.