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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 controversial hippy musical,












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.

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.
On the day of the burial of recently-assassinated US Senator Bobby Kennedy,

Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, Floyd Cramer and Glen Campbell play at Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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.


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.
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.
Eric Burdon And

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.


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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