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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.

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 Checkmates Ltd, are playing during four weeks at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a month of shows at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, 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 King Sisters, Alvino Rey and Kent Larsen are playing during a three-week engagement at The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Joe Tex is playing during seven nights at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Ben E. King,
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.

The
Sweet Inspirations are playing during a week of shows at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, 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.

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.
Maxine Brown is playing during nine days at The Pecan Grove, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Long John Baldry is playing during a week of cabaret at The Garrick, Leigh, UK, Europe.
Glen Campbell is in London, England, UK, Europe, for a week of promotional radio and tv appearances.

The
Beach Boys and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi play at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
The
Steve Miller Band play in a benefit concert for poster and album cover artist Alton Kelley at
The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.

Kaleidoscope play the second of three nights at the Straight Theatre,
San Francisco, California, USA.
Moby Grape play the second of six nights at The Generation Club, New York City, USA. Love make their New York City debut at the same venue on this night.

US folk music newspaper
Broadside reports that folksinger
Buffy Sainte-Marie is to be featured in the first episode of a new tv series, The Virginian. Striking a blow for native Americans, she has insisted that all indian characters in the show must be played by real indians.

The
5th Dimension play at Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA.
The
Jimi Hendrix Experience are doing further work on the track 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)/Moon Turn The Tides…Gently Gently Away at
Record Plant, New York City, USA.
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George D. Hay, the pioneer radio announcer who originated the
Grand Ole Opry in 1927, dies aged 72, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

Love play at The Generation Club, New York City, USA.
Billboard magazine describes the band as, "an effective blues rock group with folk influences."
Chris Lighty is born in The Bronx, New York City, USA. He will find success as a rap and hip-hop music mogul, managing both 50 Cent and
P. Diddy.

Traffic play at The Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
Friends by The
Beach Boys enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No25.

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.