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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 Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Wayne Newton is playing during four weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
The Four Tops are playing during an eleven-night season at The Scotch Mist, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Connie Francis is playing during eleven nights at The Statler Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Jazz pianist
Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Jazz Communicators (saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Louis Hayes) are playing during a fifteen night booking at The Both/And Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
It is announced in the USA that
Elektra Records will become the first company to release all singles in stereo, within 90 days.

The
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band play at The London School Of Economics, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Cream begin the first of eleven days of recording in
Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, working on the album Wheels Of Fire.

The Who play at The Valentine Ball, Essex University, Colchester, England, UK, Europe. (
Syd Barrett of
Pink Floyd is said to have attended this gig, but it seems unlikely given that
Pink Floyd were playing 260 miles away in Nelson, Lancashire on the same night.)
The Yardbirds play at Barlong Hall, Dagenham, England, UK, Europe.
Chicken Shack play at Reading University, Reading, England, UK, Europe.

The Move play at Southlands College, Wimbledon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Judy Collins is playing at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Hedge And Donna.
San Francisco hippy band
Moby Grape and English band
Procol Harum play the first of two nights at The Anderson Theatre, New York City, USA.
Love Is Blue by Paul Mauriat reaches No1 in the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA for the first of five weeks.
On the same day, it reaches No1 in the
Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
Spooky Tooth play at The Co-op Rainbow Suite, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Tony Bennett plays at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Plastic Penny appear on the BBC1-tv show Dee Time in London, England, UK, Europe.
Dance To The Music becomes the first hit for
Sly And The Family Stone as it enters the
Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at number three. The song shakes off assumptions about the separate roles of voices and instruments as sources of rhythm and harmony, alternating and blending
them without losing either melody or dance beat.

The Gods and Taste play live at The
Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles transfer all their business affairs from NEMS to their own newly formed company, Apple, in London, England, UK, Europe.
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Dino, Desi And Billy appear on tv show The Hollywood Palace in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Moody Blues play at Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Dover, England, UK, Europe.

When
The Herd play at The Pavilion, Bridlington, England, UK, Europe, guitarist
Peter Frampton is taken to hospital after the gig suffering from a septic thumb.
The Doors and
Iron Butterfly play at the Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, California, USA. During
The Doors' performance, they abandon their usual set and Jim Morrison reads his poem The Celebration Of The Lizard instead, much to the bafflement of the crowd.
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.