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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.
The 5th Dimension are playing during a three-week engagement at The Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Righteous Brothers are playing at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing during a three-week season at The Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Trini Lopez is headlining during a two-week season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Bobby Vinton is playing at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
The Troggs play during a week of cabaret at Dolce Vita, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Vibrations are playing during eight nights at The Twenty Grand Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The James Brown Revue is on tour in Vietnam, Asia, playing live shows for American troops.
Clara Ward And The Ward Singers are playing during a week of shows at The Embassy Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ray Charles And The Raeletts are playing during six nights at Melodyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Joni Mitchell is playing at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Hedge And Bonnie. She will appear with the duo until the 9th. Then, on the 10th Dave Van Ronk will become her support act, and she will continue as headliner until June 16.
The Hour Glass are playing during a week of shows at The Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
B.B. King is playing in San Francisco, California, USA.
Leon Haywood plays at The Dyckeman Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Killer Joe Piro plays the first of two nights at The Drive-In, Collingswood, New Jersey, USA, supported by The Combination.
The Allman Joys play the last of three nights at the Retinal Circus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The group will find greater success after evolving into The Allman Brothers Band.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Some Things You Never Get Used To by Diana Ross And The Supremes entering at No57.
Iron Butterfly, The Velvet Underground and Chrome Cyrcus play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom. San Francisco, California, USA.
Joan Baez is visited at her home in Carmel, California, USA, by George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles.
The Loading Zone play at The D rake Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
On the day of the burial of recently-assassinated US Senator Bobby Kennedy, Duke Ellington, The Bill Evans Trio, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Johnny Hodges, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Felicia Saunders, The Horace Silver Quintet and Joe Williams, record a tribute concert for WCBS-tv, New York City, USA.
Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist Bumble Bee Slim dies aged 63 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, Floyd Cramer and Glen Campbell play at Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
When The Electric Flag play at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA, Jimi Hendrix joins them for a jam. Also on the bill are Quicksilver Messenger Service.
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Gary Puckett and the Union Gap release a new single, Lady Willpower in the USA.
The Small Faces play at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones are photographed by Michael Joseph outside Swarkestone Hall Pavilion, Derbyshire, England, UK, Europe. The images will used on the back of their Beggars Banquet LP cover.
The Beach Boys record a demo called Sail Plane Song at Brian Wilson's home in Los Angeles, California, USA. The track will later be re-recorded and released as Loop De Loop.
The Doors and Genetic Dryft play at The Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield, California, USA.
Bobby Darin attends a memorial service for the recently assassinated Robert F. Kennedy in New York City, USA.
Filming of The Rolling Stones for French avant-garde director Jean-Luc Godard's documentary film One By One continues at Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. The film will eventually be released under the title Sympathy For The Devil.
Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger play at The Civic Hall, Winsford, UK, Europe.
Manfred Mann perform their new single, My Name Is Jack, on UK tv show Dee Time. They also appear on BBC radio show Saturday Club, along with The Fortunes.
This Guy's In Love With You by Herb Alpert reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart. The song is composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Eric Burdon And The Animals, The Brotherhood, The Lemon Pipers, The Yellow Payges, The Bonniwell Music Machine, Jim And Jean, The Hook and The Eastside Kids play at The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, USA.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play the second of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by the St. Louis Union and Nickel Plate Express.
Love play the second of three nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Chicago Slim Blues Band.
Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac play the last of three nights at the Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Who play at The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, supported by local trio Koerner, Ray And Glover.
Successful UK pop duo Paul And Barry Ryan call it a day, because Paul Ryan cannot cope with the pressures of success. Barry Ryan will continue as a solo artist.
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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.