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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.
Roy Orbison is playing during a three-week season at The Club Embassy, Toronto, Canada.
Seatrain and Albert Ayler are playing during thirteen days at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Ten Years After are playing during ten nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
The 5th Dimension are playing during ten nights at Basin Street West, San Francisco, California, USA.
Thelma Carpenter is playing at The Apartment, New York City, USA.
Shirley Bassey is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Pioneering San Francisco hippy band The Grateful Dead release their second album, Anthem Of The Sun, on Warner Bros Records in the USA.
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The Who play at Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, supported by Blood, Sweat And Tears.
Canned Heat and The Fraternity Of Man play the second of five nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Grazing In The Grass by Hugh Masekela is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
When The Nice play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, they break the existing box office record, previously held by Jimi Hendrix.
The Pazant Brothers play as part of the Jazz In The Garden series of concerts at The Museum Of Modern Art, New York City, USA.
Boston-based band Earth Opera play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The single Lady Willpower by Gary Puckett And The Union Gap is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA
Love and Fever Tree play at The Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Blue Cheer is also listed as appearing but had to cancel and were replaced by Blue Mountain Eagle.
Allegedly to give Jimi Hendrix greater control over his finances, a new company, Are You Experienced Ltd, is formed to replace Yameta, but Hendrix's former manager Michael Jeffery still gets 40%. On the same day, an unannounced Jimi Hendrix Experience concert takes place at Sgt Peppers, Majorca, Europe, with Jim Leverton and Neil Landon joining in.
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Tim Rose plays at The Scotch of St James, London, England, UK, Europe.
Frankie Laine plays at The Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Sly and the Family Stone play the third of six nights at Bill Graham's new Fillmore West, formerly known as The Carousel Ballroom, in San Francisco, California, USA. Also on the bill are Richie Havens, Illinois Speed Press and Siegel Schwall.
The Beatles begin recording Helter Skelter in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
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The Kingsmen play at The Memorial Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Lothar And The Hand People, supported by The Hallucinations, play the first of three nights at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Mothers of Invention play at The Ark, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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.