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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.
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.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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The Cream spend the fifth of eleven days of recording in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, working on the album Wheels Of Fire.
Latifa Bint Alayah Al Arfaoui is born in Maniba, Tunisia, Africa. She will find success as Arab pop singer Latifa.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Regis College, Denver, Colorado, USA, supported by Soft Machine.
The Richard "Groove" Holmes Trio records Speak Low, My Scenery, Blue Moon and other tracks for Prestige Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Hearts And Flowers, with producer Nick Venet, record She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune, Legend Of Ol' Tenbrooks and Two Little Boys in Los Angeles, California, USA. The group includes Bernie Leadon, later to find greater success as a member of The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Eagles.
Sheb Wooley aka Ben Colder, records By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Skip A Rope No2, Am I That Easy To Forget and You Still Turn me On, in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich enter the UK pop singles chart with The Legend Of Xanadu, which will peak at No1.
Every Mother's Son appear in a promotional campaign at The Roostertail's Upper Deck, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Cliff Richard attends The Valentines Awards ceremony held by UK pop weekly Disc, in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Herd, Status Quo, Simon Dupree And The Big Sound and others play at Disc And Music Echo's Valentine Night Ball in The Empire Rooms, London, England, UK, Europe.
Fleetwood Mac record their second single, Black Magic Woman, in CBS Studios, New Bond Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Osborne Brothers record I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy, Steal Away And Pray, Will You Meet Me Over Yonder and Where We'll Never Grow Old, in Bradley's Barn, Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.
The Monkees are working on the song Zor And Zam at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Traffic are in Paris, France, recording a tv show.
Stan Getz with Richard Evans Orchestra is recording In Between The Heartaches, What The World Needs Now Is Love and Alfie at A+R Studios, New York City, USA.
Jimi Hendrix's legal suit against Capitol Records - an attempt to prevent the selling of the LP Get That Feeling - has been thrown out by District Court Judge Charles M. Metzner in Los Angeles, California, USA. The LP consists of tracks Hendrix recorded as a sideman with Curtis Knight before he found solo success. The judge does, however, agree that the LP cover could be confusing for consumers and asks the record company to re-design it before manufacturing any further copies.
The Bee Gees record In the Summer Of His Years, in IBC Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, for their album Idea.
Mighty Quinn by Manfred Mann reaches No1 in the UK pop singles chart. (The song is written by Bob Dylan)
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Jan Howard records Somewhere My Love, Promises Promises and You Are My Treasure in Bradley's Barn, Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.
Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll And The Trinity play at Klook's Kleek, Railway Hotel, Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
John Rush, aka John Truelove, Lectrolux, Now Voyager and The Source, is born in the UK.
The Seekers leave the UK to begin a 20-date tour of New Zealand, followed by tv appearances in Australia, Oceania.
When The Hollies play at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, Steven Stills and David Crosby decide to steal vocalist Graham Nash and form their own group, which will become Crosby, Stills And Nash. Also in the crowd are The Mamas And The Papas and John Sebastian.
The Newport All Stars play a live gig in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. The group includes Ruby Braff, Pee Wee Russell, George Duvivier and Jake Hanna.The Grateful Dead and Country Joe And The Fish play at The Carousel Ballroom, on Van Ness Avenue and Market Street, San Francisco, California, USA.
Friend And Lover record Zig Zag and I'm A Woman I'm A Man for Verve-Forecast Records in New York City, USA.
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