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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 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 Checkmates Ltd are appearing during an extended engagement at The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Beacon Street Union are playing at The Scene, New York City, USA.
The Lemon Pipers are playing during a two-week engagement at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, with Jake Holmes.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Diahann Carroll is playing during an engagement at The Hilton Plaza, Miami, Florida, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a week of shows at The Latin Casino, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
The Monkees are in RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the songs Shadow Of A Man, Wasn't Born To Follow and I'll Be Back Up On My Feet.
The Symbols play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
Tyrannosaurus Rex play at The Middle Earth, London, England, UK, Europe.
Hans Christian, who is in reality Jon Anderson, later to sing with Yes, releases a single in the UK entitled Never My Love.
The Bee Gees are presented with the Radio Luxembourg Golden Lion Award for their song Massachusetts in Essen, Germany, Europe.
Eddie Arnold and Fannie Flagg play the second of two nights at The Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Ways And Means play at The Victoria And Bull, Dartford, England, UK, Europe.
Love, Congress of Wonders, and The Sons of Champlin play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band plays at Ewell Technical College, Ewell, England, UK, Europe.
At this year's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA, Up Up And Away by The 5th Dimension wins Record of the Year and Best Vocal Group Performance, while Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles takes home Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Engineered Record and Best Album Cover.
The Moody Blues, Traffic, Manfred Mann, Nirvana and Sharon Tandy appear on the TV show Beat Club in Germany, Europe.
Junior Walker And The All Stars play at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, USA.
The Moody Blues play at Sloopy's, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
When Joan Webb gets married, she is given away by her brother, UK pop idol Cliff Richard.
The Rolling Stones spend the eleventh day in a fortnight of rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, UK, Europe.
Manfred Mann's cover version of the Bob Dylan song Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo), enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No10.
Bob Dylan's 8th studio album, John Wesley Harding tops the UK albums chart for the first of ten consecutive weeks.
The Incredible String Band and their dancers present a 'Mystical Pantomime' at The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Cream, The James Cotton Blues Band, Jeremy And The Satyrs, and Blood Sweat And Tears play the second of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA. During these shows, Cream record the performances used on their live album Wheels Of Fire.
The Byrds record the Bob Dylan song You Ain't Goin' Nowhere for Columbia Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. At the same session they also record Hickory Wind.
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Donovan appears on the BBC radio show Saturday Club, recorded in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by Soap.
Traffic play at Liverpool University, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Buffalo Springfield have a recording session in Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on the song Can't Seem To Get Movin' which will appear on the band's final album under the title It's So Hard To Wait.
Simon Dupree And The Big Sound appear on the Southern ITV show Time For Blackburn in the UK.
The Paupers play the second of three nights at The Trauma, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Status Quo play at St. Mary's College, Twickenham, England, UK, Europe.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Stony Brook, NYU, Long Island, New York State, USA.
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The Nice, The Spencer Davis Group and Tony Rivers And The Castaways play at Leeds University, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
The Freddy Mack Show plays at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Troggs play at The Imperial Hall, Nelson, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.
The Open Mind play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at The technical College, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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.