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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 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.
Rolling Stones play in The Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois, USA. Also on the bill are Chuck Berry and Terry Reid.
The
The Turtles latest album, Turtle Soup (produced by Ray Davies of The Kinks] , peaks at No117 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA.
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The first Jackson 5 record to enter the Billboard Top 100 singles chart in the USA is I Want You
Back.
The Velvet Underground play the fourth night of a week of shows at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul And Mary, Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Mitch Miller, and the touring cast of Hair.
In the largest anti-war rally in American history, over 500,000 peace protesters take part in the March Against Death in Washington DC., USA. Performers at the rally include
The Carpenters release their debut album, Offering (later re-named Ticket To Ride), on A+M Records, in the USA.
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Led Zeppelin enter the Billboard albums chart in the USA with their second album, Led Zeppelin II, which will peak at No1.
The Incredible String Band play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
Simon And
Garfunkel record the song The
Only Living Boy In New York, in New York City, USA, for
Columbia
Records.
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The Moody Blues release a new album, To Our Children's Children's Children, in the UK on Threshold Records.
Blue Mink, a
group of British session players, enter the UK singles chart with
their first hit, Melting
Pot, which will peak at No3.
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The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, Europe, an early training ground for The Beatles, closes because bands have become too expensive to
hire.