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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 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.
Jazz pianist Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, 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 Blues Project are playing during thirteen nights at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Roman Numerals are playing at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Lulu plays during a two-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Beacon Street Union play during a three-night stand at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Diana Ross And The Supremes play at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The James Cotton Blues Band and Albert King play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA.
Iron Butterfly play at LaSalle High School, Pasadena, California, USA.
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The Pretty Things play at Ewell Technical College, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dantalian's Chariot.
The Coloured Raisins, featuring The Freddie Mac Show with Honey Darling, play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Shell Shock Show play at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Dantalian's Chariot play at The Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Pretty Things play at Ewell Technical College, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dantalian's Chariot.
New Musical Express (NME) reports that the British Musicians Union is planning to ban the use of stand-in musicians on pop records made by British groups. The action follows the admission that The Love Affair used session players on their hit Everlasting Love.
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The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling US singles, is Too Much Talk by Paul Revere And The Raiders entering at No54.
Pink Floyd play at Patronaat, Terneuzen, Netherlands, Europe, and also at Concertgebouw, Vlissingen, Netherlands.
The Top Ten Singles in New Zealand on this date are :
1. Daydream Believer - The Monkees
2. Hello Goodbye … The Beatles
3. She's A Rainbow … Rolling Stones
4. World … The Bee Gees
5. Dear Eloise … The Hollies
6. Tin Soldier … Small Faces
7. Kitty … Cat Stevens
8. Love Is All Around … The Troggs
9. Neon Rainbow … The Box Tops
10. Sons And Lovers … Paul Jones
1. Daydream Believer - The Monkees
2. Hello Goodbye … The Beatles
3. She's A Rainbow … Rolling Stones
4. World … The Bee Gees
5. Dear Eloise … The Hollies
6. Tin Soldier … Small Faces
7. Kitty … Cat Stevens
8. Love Is All Around … The Troggs
9. Neon Rainbow … The Box Tops
10. Sons And Lovers … Paul Jones
Edwin Starr plays at The Tin Hat, Kettering, England, UK, Europe, and also at the Beachcomber, Nottingham.
The Monkees are working on the songs Zor And Zam, D.W. Washburn and others at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Nice play the third of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays at Will Rogers Auditorium, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, supported by Soft Machine, The Chessmen and Moving Sidewalks. Meanwhile, in the UK, Disc and Music Echo publishes its annual readers poll, showing Hendrix as Best Musician In The World.
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Drummer Bill Ward plays his first gig with blues-rock band Mythology at the Globe Hotel in Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, UK, Europe. Already in the band is guitarist Tony Iommi. Both men will go on to greater success as founder-members of Black Sabbath.
Lulu wins the Top British Girl Singer, Top TV Artist, Miss Valentine and Best Dressed Girl Star awards at The Disc And Music Echo Awards ceremony in London, England, UK, Europe. Never mind though, because at least Jimi Hendrix gets the Top Musician award.
Barclay James Harvest play at Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.
The Youngbloods, Mount Rushmore and Phoenix play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford throw a party for The Supremes at The Club Dell'Aretusa, Chelsea, London, England, UK, Europe. Mick Jagger and Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, John Paul Getty, Michael Caine are among the guests.