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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.
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.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 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.
Tony Bennett records his version of the song Eleanor Rigby, by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Columbia Records. At the same session he also records Something, by George Harrison.
Conway Twitty has the second of two recording sessions in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for his Decca Records album To See My Angel Cry.
Virtuoso jazz pianist Keith Jarrett plays at Radiohuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Pioneering British jazz-rock band Jon Hiseman's Colosseum record a live session for BBC Radio One show Top Gear, at Maida Vale Studio 4, London, UK.
John Mayall plays at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK.
The Velvet Underground play the last night of a week of shows at The Matrix, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Rolling Stones pre-record performances of Honky Tonk Women, Gimme Shelter and Love In Vain, in Los Angeles, California, USA, for tv's Ed Sullivan Show.
Dance band leader and recording artist Ted Heath dies aged 67 in Virginia Water, Surrey, UK. (N.B. He should not be confused with Edward Heath the Conservative politician, who also had musical leanings.)
Sammy Davis Jr. records In The Ghetto, Spinning Wheel and other tracks in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records. However, his contract with Reprise will soon end and the tracks will go with him to his new label, Motown.