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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 Shadows play during a three-week cabaret season at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe, with Brian Locking standing in for bassist John Rostill who has suffered a nervous breakdown. 
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Ahmad Jamal is playing during a one-month engagement at The Top Of The Gate, New York City, USA.
Jazz vocalist Bobbe Norris is playing during two weeks at The Living Room, New York City, USA.
Tom Watson, billed as "King Of The Banjo" is playing at The Sabre Room, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Buddy Charles And His Trio are playing at The Winner's Circle, Chicago. Illinois, USA.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines is playing during a long engagement at The Colonial Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Barbara McNair is playing during two weeks at The Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Kirby Stone Four are playing at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Big Brother And The Holding Company are playing during six nights at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The New Formula play during a three-night engagement at The Cromwellian Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
Rhetta Hughes is playing in the main dining-room of The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Sun Dragon record Green Tambourine for MGM Records in London, England, UK, Europe. The duo's backing musicians include future members of Deep Purple.
Johnny Tillotson plays the first of two nights at The Shriners Convention in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Butterfield Blues Band, The Charles Lloyd Quintet and The Ultimate Spinach, play the second of three nights at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Association, The Stone Poneys (including Linda Ronstadt), Oscar Brown Jr. and Jean Pace play in a Benefit concert to raise scholarship funds for Negro students in the south Los Angeles area, at Pauley Pavilion, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hello Goodbye by The Beatles reaches No1 in the New Zealand Songles Chart, for the first of two weeks.
Genesis, Siegel Schwall and Mother Earth play the first of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The The Joe Loss Show on BBC Radio 1 in London, England, UK, Europe, features The Joe Loss Orchestra, Ross McManus, Larry Gretton, Andee Silver, The Breakaways and Kaleidoscope.
Jørn Øien, jazz pianist, keyboard player and recording artist, is born in Narvik, Norway, Europe.
On a tour to promote their second Smash Records LP, Love Lost And Found, Jay And The Techniques play in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Creedence Clearwater Revival record a cover version of the Dale Hawkins hit Suzie Q, for Fantasy Records in San Francisco, California, USA.
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band play at The Queen's Hall, Burslem, Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are The Iveys, who will find greater fame as Badfinger.
The Osborne Brothers record Lonesome Road Blues, Jesse James, John Hardy and other songs at RCA Victor Studio, 1610 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The recordings will be released under the name of The Bluegrass Banjo Pickers.
The three-day long Autorama is staged at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Over the course of the three days, acts appearing include The Bob Seger System, The Rationals, Scott Richard Case, The Camel Drivers, The Amboy Dukes and The Talasmen.
Freddie Mack's Band plays a live gig in Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra premiere Ellington's Second Sacred Concert in a performance at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, USA, to an audience of six thousand people.
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Chicken Shack release a new single, It's OK With Me Baby, on Blue Horizon Records in the UK. the band's vocalist Christine Perfect will find greater fame as Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac.
The Butterfield Blues Band, Charles Lloyd and The Ultimate Spinach play the second of three nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Spencer Davis Group appear on the BBC1-tv children's show Crackerjack in London, England, UK, Europe.
The 'N Betweens play two gigs, first at The Woolpack, Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe, then at The Connaught Hotel, also in Wolverhampton. Members of the band will find greater fame when they become Slade.
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 rock musical