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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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Wayne Newton is playing during four weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
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.
Jack Jones is playing during a two-week stand at The Copacabana, New York City, 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.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The Blues Project are playing during thirteen nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, 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.
The Roman Numerals are playing at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Tony Bennett plays at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Traffic, Manfred Mann and others play at a Philips record label show in the Winter Olympic Games centre, Grenoble, France, Europe.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Corporal Clegg, The Boppin' Sound, It Should Be So Nice, Doreen's Dream (re-titled Julia's Dream), Richard's Rave Up.
Bill Anderson and Jan Howard release a new album, For Loving You, on Decca Records in the USA.
Loretta Lynn releases a new single, Fist City, on Decca records in the USA.
The Monkees are working on the songs Long Title and Tear The Top Right Off My Head at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Dewey Martin, drummer of Buffalo Springfield, contributes to Tear The Top Right Off My Head.
Lenny Dee, with Owen Bradley as producer, records Our Day Will Come, Groovin' and Samba De Orfu in Bradley's Barn, Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA. None of these tracks will be released.
Bunny Parker records Keep Your Eye On Tomorrow, and A Man And A Woman for MGM Records in New York City, USA.
Plastic Penny play at The Golden Torch, Stoke-On-Trent, England, UK, Europe.
Lulu begins a two-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
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Paul Revere And The Raiders play a one-nighter in Sterling, Illinois, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Center Arena, Seattle, Washington, USA, supported by Vanilla Fudge, Soft Machine and Eire Apparent. This is Jimi's first return to his home town as a star.
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Johnny Duncan records I'm The One and Solo Soul in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Love Is Blue by French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
The Cream spend the third of eleven days of recording in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, working on the album Wheels Of Fire. It will become the first platinum-selling double album.
Black Cat Bones play at The Zodiac Club, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK, Europe. The band includes Paul Kossoff who will find greater success with Free and Bad Company.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are the guests on tonight's edition of the NBC tv series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, in the USA.
Jon Lord of Deep Purple buys his first Hammond C3 Organ, while the group is holding its first rehearsals.
Willie Bobo's Group records I Want To Walk You Home, Tweedle dee and I Heard It Through The Grapevine, for Verve Records in New York City, USA.
The 'N Betweens play at The United Services Club, Bilston, England, UK, Europe. The band will find greater success after it evolves into Slade.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play two performances of sacred music at The Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips is born, to John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas And The Papas, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Timebox and Clouds play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Guitarist Kenny Burrell, with The Don Sebesky Orchestra, records Everydays, See See Rider, Wonder Why and Every Day (I Have The Blues) for Verve Records in New York City, USA.
The Savoy Brown Blues Band play at The 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
BBC Radio's David Symonds show features a live concert by Family, pre-recorded at the Paris Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, a week earlier.
The Four Tops are playing at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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.