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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.

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.

The stage musical
Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Renee Raff is playing during a two-week stand at The Apartment, New York City, USA, with Charles De Forest and The Ray Starling Trio.
Marilyn Michaels plays during a four-week engagement at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
Barbara McNair is playing during a week of shows at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Lou Rawls is playing during two weeks at The Cave, Vancouver, British Ciolumbia, Canada.
Elton Britt and Rosalie Allen are playing at The Nashville Room, New York City, USA.

During their Sounds Of Ireland tour,
The Irish Rovers' are playing a week of shows at
The Place Des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The Linn County Blues Band is playing during four nights at La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

As riots spread in the aftermath of Martin Luther King's Assassination,
James Brown plays a concert at the Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, which is broadcast live on tv, a strategy reckoned to have reduced the amount of rioting in that city.
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The Hollies fly to Bremen, Germany, Europoe, to make a tv appearance.

Champion Jack Dupree plays at The Nag's Head, High Wycombe, England, UK, Europe, with Shakey Vic's Bluesband.
Pink Floyd have an
Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, recording session, working on Nick's Boogie.
John Lee Hooker, Loading Zone and Mother Earth play the second of three nights at
The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play the fourth of six nights at The Generation Club, New York City, USA.
The Yardbirds are in Columbia Studios, New York City, USA, working on the songs Avron Knows and My Baby.
The Turtles, The Regiment and The Bubble Gum Machine play at The Cheetah Club, 1106 Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

In the morning, The Who are photographed feigning sleep beneath a Union Jack flag at Grant's Tomb, New York City, USA. The picture will eventually be used as the cover of the album The Kids Are Alright. That same evening,
The Who play the first of two nights in the
Fillmore East, New York City, supported by
Buddy Guy and The Free Spirits.
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The Monkees are recording the songs Nine Times Blue and Carlisle Wheeling at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Both songs are composed by
Michael Nesmith.

The
Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Symphony Hall, Newark, New Jersey, USA. (The day after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.) In the evening, Jimi jams with
Buddy Guy at the opening of the new Generation Club in New York City.
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The Troggs, Tiffany Shade, MC5, Junior Wells,The Psychedelic Stooges, Up and The Apostles play the first of three nights at
The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

On their second Tour of North America,
The Cream play at Back Bay Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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.