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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 Shadows play during a three-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe, with Brian Locking standing in for bassist John Rostill who has suffered a nervous breakdown.
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Lulu is playing during a two-week engagement at Cesar's Palace, Luton, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz vocalist Bobbe Norris is playing during two weeks at The Living Room, New York City, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play during two weeks at The Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, USA.
Sammy Davis Jr. is appearing during two weeks at The O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers and The Monitors play in a week-long Motown Revue at The 20 Grand Driftwood Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Tom Watson, billed as "King Of The Banjo" is playing at The Sabre Room, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Gail Martin (the daughter of Dean Martin) is playing at The Club Caribe, Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Kirby Stone Four are playing at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company are playing during six nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Roy Drusky, with Jerry Kennedy as producer, records Big Sweet From Boston, You'd Better Sit Down Kids and Let's Put Our World Back Together, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Overdubs are added to The Band's recording of The Weight, in New York City, USA.
Paul Revere And The Raiders release their eighth album, Goin' To Memphis, in the USA.
Mariano And The Unbelievables appear on The Mike Douglas Show on tv in the USA.
Herman's Hermits release a new single, I Can Take or Leave Your Loving, on Columbia Records in the UK. It will peak at No11 in the UK singles chart.
Janis Ian appears on tv show The Frost Programme in London, England, UK, Europe.
Conway Twitty, with Owen Bradley as producer, records Skip A Rope, Take Me As I Am, By The Time I Get To Pheonix and Sing Me Back Home in Bradley's Barn, Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA.
The Top Ten singles being played on KYNO Radio, Fresno, California, USA, for the week beginning on this date, are as follows :



1. Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers

2. Spooky - Classics IV

3. Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz

4. Skinny Legs And All - Joe Tex

5. Love Power - The Sandpebbles

6. Some Velvet Morning - Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazlewood

7. Boogaloo Down
Broadway - Fantastic Johnny C

8. Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat

9. Judy In Disguise - John Fred And The Playboys

10. Best Of Both Worlds - Lulu

Hello Goodbye / I Am The Walrus by The Beatles reaches No1 in the Go Set National Top 40 Singles Chart in Australia, Oceania.
On a tour to promote their second Smash Records LP, Love Lost And Found, Jay And The Techniques play in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company are playing at The Golden Bear Club, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
The Country Gentlemen record Many A Mile, Amelia Earhart's Last Flight, I'm Coming Home and The Traveller, at Roy Homer and Associates, Clinton, Maryland, USA.
Darlin' by The Beach Boys enters the UK pop singles chart where it will peak at No11.
Lightnin' Hopkins records Viet Nam War (Pt.1) and (Pt.2), at ACA Recording Studio, Houston, Texas, USA.
Rita Faye records before Charlie Gets Home, Promise Me Anything and Hideaway Honey in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The 'N Betweens play at Chubbs S C, Heath Town, Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe. The band includes members who will find greater fame as Slade.
Aretha Franklin and Tony Bennett are the guests on tonight's edition of The Jonathan Winters Show on CBS-tv in the USA.
Maurice Chevalier, Henri Varna, Mick Micheyl And The Dancers from The Casino De Paris celebrate the concert hall's 50th Birthday in The Casino De Paris, Paris, France, Europe.
Internationally successful folk-pop group The Seekers are named Australians Of The Year.
The Grateful Dead play at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA, for the first time. Also on the bill is Quicksilver Messenger Service.
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Pink Floyd and The Tremeloes are seen on the BBC-tv show Tomorrow's World, in a film made in London, England, UK, Europe, during December 1967, about the latest deveopments in rock light shows.
Ravi Shankar plays at The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Peter, Paul And Mary play at The City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra are rehearsing Ellington's Second Sacred Concert at The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine, New York City, USA.
Cher releases a new single, The Click Song Number One, in the USA on Imperial Records. It will fail to chart, stalling her career until her comeback four years later with Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves. The song is a cover version of a South African folk song, previously recorded by Miriam Makeba.
Elvis Presley records Stay Away and US Male, at RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. This is the last Presley session with Scotty Moore on guitar.
Isaac Hayes spends the last of three days recording his debut LP, Presenting Isaac Hayes, at Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Mel Torme is playing at The Cocoanut Grove, New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley's gold Cadillac is displayed at a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Oceania. The vehicle is on tour in Australia.
The New Formula play during a three-night engagement at The Cromwellian Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Dantalian's Chariot play at The Boat Club, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe. the band's guitarist, Andy Summers, will find greater success as a member of The Police.
Neil Diamond plays during six nights at The Bitter End, New York City, USA.
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.
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.