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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 Shadows play during a three-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe, with Brian Locking standing in for bassist John Rostill who has suffered a nervous breakdown. 
Ahmad Jamal is playing during a one-month engagement at The Top Of The Gate, New York City, USA.
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Paul Anka is playing during a week of shows at The Roostertail Supper Club in Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by The Lazy Eggs and The Utopias.
Jazz vocalist Bobbe Norris is playing during two weeks at The Living Room, New York City, USA.
Jean Shepard is playing during a week-long engagement at The Nashville Club, New York City, USA.
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Sammy Davis Jr. is appearing during two weeks at The O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The It is reported that Columbia Records led the race for Gold Disc Awards in the USA during 1967, achieving fifteen album certifications from the R.I.A.A. in the USA. Capitol Records led the singles awards with five certifications.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play at the Barnes Park Bandshell, Monterey Park, California, USA.
The Monkees spend a second day working on the song Zor And Zam at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds play at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with DJ Kazoon.
Buddy Charles And His Trio are playing at The Winner's Circle, Chicago. Illinois, USA.
Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) by Johnny Farnham, reaches No1 in the Top 40 singles Chart in Australia, Oceania.
Researcher Dr K.C.Pollock of the University Of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, publishes his findings that the volume of noise generated at rock'n'roll concerts can injure teenage eardrums.
Buffalo Springfield enter the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with their latest single, Expecting to Fly. It will peak at No98.
St. Willie Cool School and Eyes Of Blond play at The Public Hall, Aldeborough, Suffolk, England, UK, Europe.The Byrds and The Buffalo Springfield play at The Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA.
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band play at The Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.
Berry Gordy Sr and his wife Bertha (parents of Motown founder Berry Gordy) celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary by re-affirming their vows at the Bethel A.M.E church in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Diana Ross is among the guests.The Top Ten albums in the UK on this date are as follows :
1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
2. Sound Of Music - Original Soundtrack
3. Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently - Val Doonican
4. Reach Out - The Four Tops
5. British Motown Chartbusters - Various Artists
6. Their Satanic Majesties Request - Rolling Stones
7. Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck
8. 13 Smash Hits - Tom Jones
9. Axis : Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Exprerience
10. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones - The Monkees
1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
2. Sound Of Music - Original Soundtrack
3. Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently - Val Doonican
4. Reach Out - The Four Tops
5. British Motown Chartbusters - Various Artists
6. Their Satanic Majesties Request - Rolling Stones
7. Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck
8. 13 Smash Hits - Tom Jones
9. Axis : Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Exprerience
10. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones - The Monkees
Gail Martin (the daughter of Dean Martin) is playing at The Club Caribe, Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
The Who's third album The Who Sell Out, enters the UK chart, where it will peak at No13. Later that night, they play at the Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, England, UK, Europe.
The Cats Pyjamas play the first of two nights at Il Grotto, Ilford, Essex, England, UK, Europe.
Johnny Cash plays to 2,000 inmates at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, California, USA. Although it is far from his first show at a prison (he'd been playing for inmates since the Texas Prison Rodeo at Huntsville in 1956) it will become his most famous, sometimes described as "the single most important day in the career" of Johnny Cash. The performance will be released as Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison. Also on the bill are Carl Perkins and The Statler Brothers. The band's van and possessions are searched as they enter the prison but evidently none too thoroughly, as Cash is known to have used amphetamines to help energise his performance at the show. The visiting entourage also includes Los Angeles Times writer Robert Hilburn and photographer Jim Marshall, who were paid to document the album for the liner notes. Cash opens the performance with Folsom Prison Blues.
Slim Whitman records Rainbows Are Back In Style and How Could I Not Love You in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Tom Watson, billed as "King Of The Banjo" is playing at The Sabre Room, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Revered Nashville A-Team session drummer Farris Coursey dies of a heart atttack in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, USA.
The front cover of today's edition of UK music weekly NME is dominated by an advert for the new single Everything I Am by Plastic Penny. The paper also features interviews with The Bee Gees, The Walker Brothers and Peter Tork of The Monkees.
The Gods play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe. The band includes Greg Lake, later to find greater success with Emerson Lake And Palmer (ELP).
I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Gladys Knight And The Pips reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
Herman's Hermits and Allan Sherman are the musical guests on tonight's edition of The Simon Dee Show on BBC-1 tv in the UK.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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