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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.
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.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play during two weeks at The Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, USA.
Sammy Davis Jr. is appearing during two weeks at The O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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.
Wayne Newton is playing during four weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
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.
Blossom Dearie, Long John Baldry and Simon Dupree are the musical guests on tonights edition of the BBC-1 tv show Dee Time, hosted by Simon Dee.
The Herd play at Dreamland, Margate, England, UK, Europe, supported by Floribunda Rose.
Georgie Fame and The New Faces are the musical guests on tonight edition of BBC1-tv programme The Rolf Harris Show, in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Young Savages are playing at The World Disco, Mount Vernon, New York State, USA.
The Magic Roundabout play at Mildway Tavern, Highbury, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Cream, including guitarist Eric Clapton, play at the University of London Union, London, England, UK, Europe.
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band play at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Henry Mancini conducts The Bambi Festival Symphony Orxchestra at The Bambi Festival in Munich, Germany, Europe.
Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard reaches No1 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA.
Cat Stevens plays at The Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, England, UK, Europe, supported by Zeus.
The Gods play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mabel Greer's Toyshop. The Gods include Greg Lake, later to find greater success with Emerson Lake And Palmer (ELP), and Mabel Greer's Toyshop incudes two future members of Yes, Peter Banks and Chris Squire.
Genesis, Siegel Schwall and Mother Earth play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Grateful Dead play at The Municipal Auditorium, Eureka, California, USA.
The Amboy Dukes play at Burton's, Uxbridge, England, UK, Europe.
John Fred and His Playboy Band hit the Billboard Singles Chart No1 slot in the USA with Judy In Disguise (With Glasses).
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The Amboy Dukes play at Burton's, Uxbridge, England, UK, Europe. (N.B. This is an English band, not the American one led by Ted Nugent)
Eyes Of Blond play at Galleon Playa Club, Westcliff, England, UK, Europe.
Rolling Stone magazine reports that "The Rolling Stones' own television and recording studio in London is nearly underway. Four sites in London are under consideration for the studio which will have the capacity to handle TV promotional film production."
Johnny Tillotson plays the second of two nights at The Shriners Convention in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Normie Rowe And The Playboys do their final live show together at The Op-Pop disco in Sydney, Australia, Oceania, beforw Normie goes off to undertake two years of National Service in the army.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience have a photo session for Top Pop magazine in London, England, UK, Europe.
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The Moody Blues play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
Traffic play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Cavaliers. Traffic's singer and keyboard player, Steve Winwood, will go on to carve out a massively successful solo career, especially in the USA.
The Move, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Fleetwood Mac and Fairport Convention play at The 'New' Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.
Neil Diamond, Mitch Ryder, The Fallen Angels and The Human Beinz appear on tv show Upbeat, recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The Iveys play at The Thingamajig Club, Reading, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater fame after a name-change to Badfinger.
Chain Of Fools by Aretha Franklin reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
The Monkees are working on the songs Seeger's Theme and Merry Go Round, at Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Billboard magazine in the USA reports that, because of 'spiraling instrument costs' the average five-man teenage rock band now spends $5,000 to buy the equipment needed to get started.
Timebox are playing at Hatchett's Playground, Piccadilly, London, England, UK, Europe.
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.