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The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
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.
Kathy Keegan is playing during four weeks at The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Xavier Cugat is headlining during three weeks at The Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, supported by Charo.
Italian-American tenor Sergio Franchi is playing at The Copacabana, New York City, USA, during a two-week season.
Glenda Grainger is playing during two weeks at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Honeycombs are undertaking a month of live appearances at The Piper Club, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Marty Robbins releases a new single, Private Wilson White, in the USA on Columbia Records.
Ken Kesey, a leader of San Francisco's influential counterclture activists The Merry Pranksters, is tried on a charge of marijuana possession. He is found guilty and sentenced to six months on a work farm plus three years probation.
Art Farmer's New York Jazz Sextet completes recording of its only album, in New York City, USA.
The tv pop music documentary, A Boy Called Donovan, is broadcast in the UK.
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Jerry Vale is playing at The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play at the Star Club, Star Hotel, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Rock'n'roll vocalist Jerry Evans opens at The Happening Room, Barcelona Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
The Swingle Singers begin a concert tour in France, Europe.
Simon And Garfunkel release a new album, The Sounds Of Silence, in the USA on Columbia Records.
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The Supremes are playing during a two-week engagement at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Having viewed a shortened and recut 16mm version of the pilot show for The Monkees, NBC-tv decides to pick the series up for broadcast.
The Artwoods play in The Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK, Europe.
Ray Anthony's Bookend Revue is playing during two weeks at The Imperial Room of the Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bill Haley and His Comets record La Cucaracha A Go Go, Mohair Sam, Hi Heel Sneakers, Pancho and other tracks for Orfeon Records in Mexico City, Mexico, North America.
The Small Faces play in The Town Hall, Chatham, Kent, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and organist Wild Bill Davis are recording tracks for their Verve Records LP Blue Pyramid in New York City, USA.
Pete Seeger releases his sixth studio album, God Bless The Grass, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Burl Ives, with Owen Bradley as producer, records Medicine Man, Here She Comes There She Goes and The Sixties in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Miles Davis releases a new live LP, Four And More, on Columbia Records in the USA. The album had been recorded two years earlier in the Philharmonic Hall at the Lincoln Center, New York City, USA.
The Everly Brothers perform The Price Of Love on tv show Hullabaloo in the USA. This edition also features The Vogues and Trini Lopez.
Mark Murphy opens at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Verona-based band I Kings release La Riposta - an Italian-language version of Blowin' In The Wind by Bob Dylan on Durium Records in Italy, Europe.
Davie Bowie And The Lower Third play at The Holly Bush, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, Europe. Davie will in due course change his name to David Bowie.
The Kinks play at The Silver Blades, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows record the A and B-sides of their next single, Blue Turns To Grey/Somebody Loses in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. Blue Turns To Grey is composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.
The Moody Blues return to the UK at the end of a tour of the USA.
The Hollies play in The Pavilion, Bath, England, UK, Europe.
The Move is founded in Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, by ex-members of three of the city's most popular bands, Mike Sheridan And The Nightriders, Carl Wayne And The Vikings and Danny King And The Mayfair Set.
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TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Evie Sands performing and The Vogues performing Five 0'Clock World.
Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon is born in St. Ann, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will find success as dancehall singer Shabba Ranks.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich play at the Town Hall, Bridgewater, UK, Europe
Pioneering psychedelic rock band the 13th Floor Elevators release their debut single You're Gonna Miss Me, written by frontman Roky Erickson, on Contact Records, in the USA.