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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 comedy 
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 Beacon Street Union play during a three-night stand at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac play at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, England, UK, Europe, supported by Cats Pyjamas.
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.The Move appear on the BBC1 tv show Dee Time, hosted by Simon Dee in London, England, UK, Europe.
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.
San Francisco heavy rock trio Blue Cheer plays the second of two nights at the Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band play at The Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK, Europe, with Simon K And The Meantimers.
Canned Heat play in The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported by Carousel and Up.
The Pretty Things play at Ewell Technical College, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, supported by Dantalian's Chariot.
Edwin Starr plays at The Tin Hat, Kettering, England, UK, Europe, and also at the Beachcomber, Nottingham.
Vikki Carr appears on the tv show Hollywood Palace in the USA.
The Who play at The Student's Union, College Of Technology, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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
The Move, Maynard Ferguson, Eddy Arnold and Dakota Staton appear on the BBC tv show Dee Time in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Gods play at The 
The Coloured Raisins, featuring The Freddie Mac Show with Honey Darling, play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Barclay James Harvest play at Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.
Peter, Paul And Mary play the second of two nights at The Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA.Pink Floyd play at Patronaat, Terneuzen, Netherlands, Europe, and also at Concertgebouw, Vlissingen, Netherlands.
There is a bomb scare when The Doors, The Sunshine Company and Hamilton Street Car play at the Arizona Veterans' Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The audience leaves the venue, but the show is resumed and goes ahead without further incident.
UK pop weekly the 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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Traffic play at The Carlton Club, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
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.
The rock musical