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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 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.
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.
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.
Solomon King is playing during a week of cabaret at The Fiesta, Stockton, England, UK, Europe.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play during a week in cabaret at Tito's, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
The Hello People play during a one-week booking at The Chessmate, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bobby Bare is playing during a five-night engagement at The Taft Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Paupers play during thirteen nights at The Electric Circus, New York City, USA.
Tom Jones is playing during a month of live dates at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Davidson is playing during ten nights of shows at The Eden Roc, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Fats Domino is playing during an engement in the lounge of the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play the second of three nights at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pink Floyd and Junior's Eyes play at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. On the same day, Pink Floyd also play at The Crawdaddy Club, Hampton Court, London.
Scarborough Fair by Simon And Garfunkel enters the Billboard Top 100 singles chart in the USA.
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Linda Keith, girlfriend of Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, collapses in her apartment in Belgravia, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jr. Walker And The All Stars play at Playland Skating Rink, Inkster, Michigan, USA.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Forever Came Today by The Supremes entering at No54.
Blue Cheer, supported by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and The Nazz, play at Earl Warren Fairgrounds, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
The Who release a new single, Call Me Lightning, in the USA.
Monopoly (including Raymond Froggatt) play at The E lbow Room, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Terry Reid's Fantasia play at The Starlight Ballroom, Boston, England, UK, Europe.
It is reported that three recording artists - The Standells, Bobbie Gentry and Vic Damone - have recently formed their own companies. The Standells have started and independent record production company, Big 5 Productions Inc; Gentry has formed publishing and production business Gentry Ltd; and Damone has also begun a publishing house, Madiv Music (BMI).
Jimmy McGriff is playing at The Flamingo Playmate Lounge, Washington DC, USA.
The Magnificent Men play at St. Vincent's College, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
(Theme from) Valley Of The Dolls by Dionne Warwick peaks at No2 on the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
Procol Harum play on tv show Time For Blackburn in the UK. The show is hosted by deejay Tony Blackburn.
The Rolling Stones spend the second of seventeen days of recording at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Mystic Tide are playing during a five-week engagement at Glenside Inn, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York State, USA.
The Gods play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Original Dyaks play at The Witchdoctore, Catford, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Legend Of Xanadu by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich is awarded a Silver Disc in the UK, Europe.
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding tops the Billboard R'n'B Chart in the USA for the first of three weeks, and the national chart for the first of four weeks. Redding wrote the song while living on a houseboat overlooking San Francisco Bay.
Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred And His Playboy Band is awarded a Silver Disc in the UK, Europe.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Lewiston Armoury, Lewiston, Maine, USA.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that of the 200 titles on the current album chart, 171 are currently available as 8-track cartridges (as well as standard LPs and cassettes).
Clara Ward And The Ward Singers play the second of two nights of benefit shows for The Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital, at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bill Medley appears on the tv show Happening '68 in the USA.
Traffic play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Rob Hoeke R'n'B Group enters the Dutch Singles Chart with Drinking On My Bed on Philips Records. It will peak at No11 during a run of nine weeks on the chart in the Netherlands.
Blood Sweat And Tears, John Handy and Son House play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Yardbirds and The Lemon Tree play on the BBC radio show Saturday Club in the UK.
The Grateful Dead play the second of three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Young Girl by The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No2 during a thirteen-week run.
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The Fugs play at Alumnae Hall Pembroke College, Rhode Island, USA.
The Move play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, 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.