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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 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.

Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical
Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.

The stage musical
Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
Al Martino is playing during a three-week stint at The Flamingo 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.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play during a week in cabaret at Tito's, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
Solomon King is playing during a week of cabaret at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
Bobby Bare is playing during a five-night engagement at The Taft Hotel, New York City, USA.

A feature in the influential Life magazine hails
Jimi Hendrix as the "most spectacular guitarist in the world".

The
Rolling Stones begin seventeen days of recording at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Status Quo play at The Whisky A'Go Go, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry play at The Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Family, New Nadir and Green Ginger play at
The Middle Earth, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play at The Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Traffic play the first of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Gordon Giltrap plays at The Old Tiger's Head, London, England, UK, Europe.

Crazy World Of
Arthur Brown and The Attack play at City College, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplores the concept," of rock and roll masses but does not prohibit such services at The Church of San Lessio Falconieri in Italy, Europe.
Kippington Lodge release a new single, Rumours, in the UK on
Parlophone Records. The group includes Nick Lowe and Brinsley Schwarz, both of whom will go on to wider acclaim.
The End and The Symbols appear on the BBC-tv show All Systems Freeman in the UK. The show is hosted by deejay
Alan Freeman.

Clara Ward And The Ward Singers play the first of two nights of benefit shows for The Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital, at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Spirit play the second of four nights at the
Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Evergreen Blueshoes.
The Herd play at Park Hall, Hereford, England, UK, Europe.

The Holy Modal Rounders take part in an experiment to prove the existence of telepathy. At a concert by the band in Manhattan, New York City, USA, the whole audience is asked to mentally transmit the message 'birds', while the band plays the song If You Want To Be A Bird. Five individuals within 100 miles of the concert are monitored to see if they are receiving any message. The results are inconclusive.

The Magnificent Men play at Washington And Jefferson Univesity, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA.

On their second tour of North America,
The Cream play the first of two nights at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Buffalo Springfield are on the same bill.
John Davidson is playing during ten nights of shows at The Eden Roc, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Music radio station
WBCN in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, switches to a progressive rock format. The first song played to initiate the change is
I Feel Free by
Cream. The station is based in the dressing room at
The Boston Tea Party – a local rock venue.
Ten Years After play at The Bluesville 68 Club, Manor House, London, England, UK, Europe.

The Gods play at The Ritz, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at The Stage Club, Oxford, England, UK, Europe.
Blood, Sweat And Tears, John Handy and
Son House play the first of three nights at The
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, 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.