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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 Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 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.
The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The King Sisters, Alvino Rey and Kent Larsen are playing during a three-week engagement at The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.
Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lana Cantrell is playing during a three-week engagement at The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Modern Jazz Quartet is playing during an engagement at Byrd's Nest, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Joe Tex is playing during ten nights at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jackie Cain and Roy Kral are playing during an engagement at Paul's Mall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sam And Dave are playing during a week of shows at The Venus Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
The Rolling Stones are working during nine consecutive days in Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, on tracks for their seventh album, Beggar's Banquet.
Cliff Richard is playing during a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles fly to Cannes, France, Europe, to attend the premiere of the movie Wonderwall, for which Harrison composed the music.
Jeff Beck is recording tracks for his album Truth in London, England, UK, Europe.
Buck Owens and The Buckaroos perform I've Got A Tiger By The Tail and Sweet Rosie Jones on NBC tv's The Kraft Music Hall in the USA. The show's host, Eddy Arnold, performs I Really Don't Want To Know and his latest single It's Over.
Lou Rawls is the guest artist on tonight's edition of The Lulu Show on BBC-tv in the UK.
A Benefit Concert for Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Candidate Dick Gregory is held at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Live music is provided by The Sons of Champlin, Kaleidoscope, The Hyler Jones Quartet, The Cleveland Wrecking Company and The Monty Waters Big Band.
Seth Putnam is born in Alston, Massachusetts, USA. He will become infamous as founder of the outrageous grindcore band Anal C*nt, which apparently set out to shock and offend as many listeners as possible.
On their second North American tour, The Cream play at Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry records A.B.F. at The A.B.F. House, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Procession release their debut album, Live At Sebastian's, in Australia, Oceania, on Festival Records. This is believed to be the first live album recorded in stereo in Australia.
The Miles Davis Quintet records Country Son at Columbia Studio B, New York City, USA. The track will appear on his album Miles In The Sky.
Boeing Duveen And The Beautiful Soup release a new single, Jabberwock / Which Dreamed It on Parlophone Records in the UK. Boeing Duveen is in fact Sam Hutt, who will move into country music, adopting the pseudonym Hank Wangford.
Singer-songwriter Mary McCaslin records the Hoyt Axton composition Some Cool Blue-Iced Shore, which will appear on her Barnaby Records album Goodnight Everybody.
The Velvet Underground provide music for a Merce Cunningham Dance Company show at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
The 5th Dimension are playing during a three-week engagement at The Americana Hotel, New York City, USA.
Honey by Bobby Goldsboro reaches No1 in the Go-Set Singles chart in Australia, Oceania, and will hold the top spot for four weeks.
Fleetwood Mac are in CBS Studios, New Bond Street, London, UK, recording the single version of Need Your Love So Bad. (The song was first recorded by Little Willie John in 1955)
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Checkmates Ltd play at The University Of Wyoming, Wyoming, USA.
The Mr. Hip Soul Band plays in the Mistrale Club, Beckenham, England, UK, Europe.
Bill Haley And His Comets play at Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden, Europe.
Big Brother And the Holding Company, including Janis Joplin, play at a Hell's Angels Dance in The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are The Youngbloods and Rejoice.
Steppenwolf begin a tour to promote their new single, Born To Be Wild, with the first of three nights at La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The Love Affair play at The Top Rank, Watford, England, UK, Europe.
Popular nightclub singer, pianist and composer Al Morgan opens at Diamond Jim's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Beach Boys and The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi play at The Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Electric Flag and It's a Beautiful Day play the third of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles fly back to London from New York City, USA, where they have been launching their new company, Apple.
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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.