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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.
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.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo 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.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Solomon King is playing during a week of cabaret at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play during a week in cabaret at Tito's, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
The Hello People play during a one-week booking at The Chessmate, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bobby Bare is playing during a five-night engagement at The Taft Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Troggs perform live on BBC Radio show Parade Of The Pops in the UK.
Ringo Starr of The Beatles is interviewed by Alan Smith of the NME.
While in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, to record their country-influenced album Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, The Byrds encounter influential country music radio deejay Ralph Emery at WSM, and realise from his attitude towards them, that there is a yawning gulf between rock music and country music. Roger McGuinn and Gram Parsons of The Byrds will be inspired by this meeting to write their acerbic song Drug Store Truck-Drivin' Man about Emery.
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The Symbols play at The Locarno, Stevenage, England, UK, Europe.
Blood, Sweat And Tears play the last of three nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Simon Dupree And The Big Sound play at The Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, England, UK, Europe.
Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty by The Showstoppers enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No11.
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Vikki Carr appears on the tv show The Jonathan Winters Show in the USA.
The Beach Boys record Friends, title track of their forthcoming album, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Blossom Toes play at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles single Lady M adonna/The Inner Light, is released in Sweden, Europe, on Parlophone Records. It will peak at No1, spending eleven weeks in the Swedish chart.
Tom Jones begins a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Blue Cheer, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Alice Cooper Band (aka The Nazz) play at Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience record an instrumental demo of the song Little Miss Strange at Sound Center Studio, New York City, USA. They also record the song Somewhere, plus My Friend, which features Stephen Stills on piano. Later that evening Jimi plays at The Scene Club with The McCoys.
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On their second tour of North America, The Cream play at Selland Arena, Fresno, California, USA.
Pink Floyd have a recording session at Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on It Would Be So Nice.
Manfred Mann, The Moody Blues, The Spencer Davis Group, Don Partridge, and Picadilly Line play at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Tyrannosaurus Rex play live on the BBC Radio show Night Ride in the UK. The band will find greater success as T.Rex.
The Paupers play during thirteen nights at The Electric Circus, New York City, 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.