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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 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.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.
The Jazz Communicators (saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Louis Hayes) are playing during a fifteen night booking at The Both/And Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Roman Numerals are playing at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The Four Tops are playing at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Fabian is playing at The Pheasant Run, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Every Mother's Son are playing during three nights at The Scene, New York City, USA.
Pink Floyd play at The ICA Fibres Club, Pontypool, Wales, UK, Europe.
Diana Ross And The Supremes play at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Ten Years After play at The Flower Pop, Holeby Bio, Lolland, Denmark, Europe.
Canned Heat play in The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by Thyme.
Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at the State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas, USA, supported by Soft Machine, The Chessmen and Moving Sidewalks. During the day Jimi trades $40 and his own wah-wah pedal to acquire the superior Vox wah-wah unit belonging to The Chessmen's guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Jethro Tull play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac play at The Candlelight Club, Scarborough, England, UK, Europe.
Buffalo Springfield record Questions and Merry-Go-Round in Sunset Sound studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Moody Blues play at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe.
Miles Davis, with The Gil Evans Orchestra, records Falling Water, at Columbia Studios in New York City, USA.
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation play at Bluesville, manor House, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Cream spend the seventh of eleven days of recording tracks in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA, for their double album Wheels Of Fire.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play two concerts of Sacred Music at St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, The Bronx, New York City, USA.
The Youngbloods, Mount Rushmore and Phoenix play the first of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Peter, Paul And Mary play the first of two nights at The Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA.
The Showstoppers release their debut single, Ain't Nothin' But A House Party, in the UK on Beacon Records.
Amen Corner play at The Hillside, Hereford, England, UK, Europe.
The two-day long Boston Globe Jazz festival begins at The War memprial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Miriam Makeba, Wes Montgomery, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Gary Burton.
Two Of Each play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
The Foundations play two gigs in one night, first at The Marquee, Glasgow, Scotland, then at The Regal, Bonnyrigg, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Paul Revere And The Raiders play a one-nighter in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on guitar, play at Goldsmith College, New Cross, London, England, UK, Europe. Page will find greater success as a founder-member of Led Zeppelin.
Aretha Franklin plays a 'homecoming' gig at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The day is declared Aretha Franklin Day by the city mayor, and at the show she is presented with Billboard magazine plaques recognising her achievements in 1967, including several gold disc awards. Playing to an audience of 12,000, the show hits a $60,000 gross - a record-breaking total for the venue.
Sheb Wooley aka Ben Colder records Tie A Tiger Down in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Willie Bobo's Group records Soul Cookin' for Verve Records in New York City, USA.
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Freedom Highway and Mad River play at Balconades, 181 W Santa Clara, San Jose, California, USA.
The Copycats play at Hatchett's Playground, Piccadilly, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Byrds play at The McMillin Theater, Columbia University, New York City, USA, supported by Da Da.
The LP How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Judy Lynn, with producer Frank Jones, records Miss May I Drive You Home, What's A Honky Tonk Woman, Green Paper and Bull By The Tail, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Beatles EP [extended player] Magical Mystery Tour is released in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.
The Who play at Sheffield University, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
Traffic play at The Middle Earth club, London, England, UK, Europe.
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.