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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 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 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.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
At the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles wins four awards - Album Of The Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Engineered Record and Best Album Cover.
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.
Traffic play at Liverpool University, Liverpool, 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.
Simon Dupree And The Big Sound appear on the Southern ITV show Time For Blackburn in the UK.
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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Quicksilver Messenger Service play the second of two nights at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ray Price, Marty Robbins, Roy Clark and Glen Campbell play in the KGBS Spectacular at The Convention Center, Anaheim, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Grapefruit appear on the BBC1 tv show Dee Time in the UK.
Ways And Means play at The Victoria And Bull, Dartford, England, UK, Europe.
Donovan appears on the BBC radio show Saturday Club, recorded in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones spend the eleventh day in a fortnight of rehearsals at R.G.Jones Studio, Morden, Surrey, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at The technical College, Manchester, 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 Bee Gees are presented with the Radio Luxembourg Golden Lion Award for their song Massachusetts in Essen, Germany, Europe.
The Who play at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by Soap.
Love, Congress of Wonders, and The Sons of Champlin play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Freddy Mack Show plays at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
When Joan Webb gets married, she is given away by her brother, UK pop idol Cliff Richard.
Eddie Arnold and Fannie Flagg play the second of two nights at The Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Open Mind play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Nice, The Spencer Davis Group and Tony Rivers And The Castaways play at Leeds University, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
Hour Glass and The Sunshine Company play the last of three nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA. Hour Glass, features Gregg and Duane Allman, later to form The Allman Brothers Band.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Valleri by The Monkees entering at No36.
Tyrannosaurus Rex play at The Middle Earth, London, England, UK, Europe.
Cilla Black releases a new single, Step Inside Love, in the UK, Europe. It is written by Lennon and McCartney of The Beatles.
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The Moody Blues play at Sloopy's, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Symbols play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
Simon And Garfunkel play at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Junior Walker And The All Stars play at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, USA.
Pioneering San Francisco psychedelic band The Amazing Charlatans play the second of two nights at The Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Diana Ross And The Supremes are playing at The Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Incredible String Band and their dancers present a 'Mystical Pantomime' at The Philharmonic Hall, 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.
The Troggs play at The Imperial Hall, Nelson, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.
Plastic Penny play at The Civic Hall, Nantwich, 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.