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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.
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.
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.
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.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
Trini Lopez is playing during three weeks at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Blood Sweat And Tears are playing during a season at The Cafe Au GoGo, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The 5th Dimension are playing during eleven nights at The Cave, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Everly Brothers are playing during a fourteen-night stint at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
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Folk-rock duo Bunky And Jake are playing at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Headline act is Joni Mitchell.
Joni Mitchell is playing during eight nights at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA. Her support acts change during this period, but include David Steinberg and Bunky And Jake.
Roy Orbison is playing during a three-week season at The Club Embassy, Toronto, Canada.
Elvis Presley is spending a week on vacation in Palm Springs, California, USA.
Rosemary Clooney is playing during an engagement at Harold's Club, Reno, Nevada, USA. However, she is seriously dependent on pills and will walk out of the club before many days have passed. At some point in this residency, she will also drive her white Cadillac Eldorado up the wrong side of a winding, two-lane mountain road, hoping in her deteriorating mental state, to test God's love. If He lets her survive after courting death from Reno to Lake Tahoe, it will mean that He loves her. She survives.
Dionne Warwick makes her Newport debut when she headlines the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
At Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, UK, Europe, the two-day long Woburn Music Festival kicks off, starring The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pentangle, Alexis Korner, Family, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Roy Harper, Al Stewart, Shirley And Dolly Collins and Geno Washington. Tickets cost £2.
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The Seekers announce that they will split at the end of the week, with all but lead vocalist Judith Durham giving up performing completely.
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The Cat Roadshow with US Flat Top and featuring Jacqui and Sue play at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with DJ Kazoon.
The Doors play at The Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra perform live on WBBM-tv's show Dial M For Music in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Herb Alpert tops the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with This Guy's In Love With You.
Ten Years After perform the second of three nights at the new Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA, along with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Truth.
Tom Jones stars in his own hour-long BBC Radio 1 and 2 radio show, with guest spots by The Moody Blues and Bobbie Gentry.
The Nice play at The Factory, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Byrds play at The Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe.
Patti LaBelle And The Bluebells play at New Century House, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Spirit and Kaleidoscope play at tv comedian Pat Paulsen's Independence Day Spectacular, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Stay In My Corner by The Dells entering at No61.
Tim Buckley and the Illinois Speed Press play the fourth of five nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ray Charles headlines the 1968 Summer Of Stars show at The Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.
Gun play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Neat Change.
The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, plays the second of two nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA. On this night they are supported by the Frost and Gold.
Iron Butterfly, Indian Head Band and The Collectors play the third of four nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Dream A Little Dream Of Me by Mama Cass enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
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.