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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.
The musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.
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 Happy Time is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
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.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The Serendipity Singers are playing at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Shirley Bassey is playing during an engagement at The Sahara, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Stan Getz is playing at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Spirit are playing during a week of shows at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week season at Mr. D's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Taj Mahal and The Youngbloods play the sixth of seven nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beach Boys appear on Happening 68, a Dick Clark-produced tv special on tv in the USA.
The Who play at Municipal Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, supported by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
The Small Faces play at The Civic Hall, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play the second of two nights at The Sound Factory, Sacramento, California, USA.
Hello, I Love You by The Doors reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
Herman's Hermits play the first of two nights at The Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play two shows at Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, supported by Vanilla Fudge and The Amboy Dukes, including rising young guitar hero Ted Nugent.
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Berkeley band Country Joe and The Fish play the second of three nights at The Grand Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Deep Purple release a new single, Hush, in the USA.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, It's A Beautiful Day and Albert Collins play the second of three nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Publishers McGraw-Hill rush Hunter Davies' biography of The Beatles to bookstores in the UK ahead of schedule to prevent loss of sales to Julian Fast's unauthorised The Beatles' Real Story. Fast admits to never having met Lennon, McCartney, Harrison or Starr.
Country music star Bobbie Gentry comes to the end of a six-week long BBC-tv series in the UK entitled, Bobbie Gentry Sings Of The Fragrance, Love, Sorrow And Rumour Of The Delta Country. Guests during the series have been Alan Price, Don Partridge, Donovan, The Hollies, Long John Baldry and Glen Campbell.
Ben E. King plays at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe, and The All Star Club, London.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Help Yourself by Tom Jones entering at No74.
People Got To Be Free by The Rascals tops the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA for the first of five weeks.
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The Bee Gees release their latest single, I've Gotta Get A Message To You, in the USA.
Simon And Garfunkel play at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York State, USA.
Simon And Garfunkel's fourth album, Bookends, reaches No1 in the UK album chart.
Joe Cocker plays at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Mothers of Invention play at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Them.
Iron Butterfly play at The Jaguar Club, St. Charles, Illinois, USA.
The Velvet Underground play the last of three days at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Roy Orbison plays the thirteenth night of a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown is the new UK No1 single.
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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.