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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 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.
Marilyn Michaels plays during a four-week engagement at The Latin Quarter, New York City, USA.
The Checkmates Ltd, are playing during four weeks at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
John Davidson is playing during a month of shows at The Plaza Hotel, New York City, USA.
Erma Franklin, The Santana Blues Band and Frumious Bandersnatch are playing during three nights at The Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ike And Tina Turner play at The Starlight Room, Boston, England, UK, Europe.
Cleo Laine appears in a gala show to conclude the Third Song Festival Of The Atlantic in Puerto De La Cruz, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe.
Bass-player Ace Kefford, somewhat the worse for chemical abuse, quits successful UK band The Move.
The Pyramids (aka Symarip) play at The Mistrale Club (formerly Beckenham Ballroom, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK, Europe.
The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is If I Were A Carpenter by The Four Tops entering at No67. The song is composed by Tim Hardin.
Steppenwolf, Charley Musselwhite, The 4th Way and The Indian Head Band play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Velvet Underground play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Tony Bennett and Duke Ellington play at The Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA. Bruce Weber of Billboard magazine reviews it as "artfully shaped and dramatically paced."
Deep Purple make their live debut at Tastrup, near Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
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Buffalo Springfield play at Will Rodgers Memorial Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Pink Floyd play at The Raven Club, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe.
Savoy Brown play at the Alex Disco in The Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with DJ Kazoon.
Marty Melcher, husband and manager of Doris Day, dies of an enlarged heart, aged 52, following a period in hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. (It will be discovered after his death that he was in huge debt, leaving Doris Day with no option but to sue to recover the money he had lost, most of which she had earned.)
U.S. Male by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No28 during a four-week run.
Country Joe and The Fish play the last of three nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Rolling Stones are in Olympic Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on the song Jumpin' Jack Flash.
The Plastic Penny begin a three-week-long European tour.
Count Basie and Georgie Fame play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
J.J. Jackson plays at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Bee Gees play at The Odeon, Bolton, UK, Europe.
Honey by Bobby Goldsboro reaches No1 in the CashBox magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
The Supremes play a live concert in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Jimi Hendrix is at The Record Plant, New York City, USA, working on Little Miss Strange, South Saturn Delta, 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be), Moon Turn The Tides, Gypsy Eyes.
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The Jeff Beck Group, Ten Years After, The Baronets and The Tages play at The Teen Club, Gladsaxe, Denmark, Europe.
The Mothers of Invention and James Cotton play the second of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Controversial right wing politician Enoch Powell delivers his infamous 'Rivers Of Blood' speech to a Conservative Association meeting in Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. In due course, several rock stars, including Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton will speak out in support of Powell's policies which, essentially, advocate sending back immigrants to their homelands. The speech also inspired an early version of the song Get Back by The Beatles, plus their unreleased Commonwealth Song in which McCartney sings, "Dirty Enoch Powell said to the immigrants, immigrants you better get back to your commonwealth homes." Millie Small will also record Enoch Power in 1970, condemning Powell's racist stance.
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The Critters play at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Ronnie Lane, bassist of The Small Faces, marries Sue Galliagos in the Kensington Registry Office, London, England, UK, Europe. The wedding is kept secret.
Cream, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play the second of three nights at The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Flaming Groovies and Kaleidoscope play the second of two nights at The Kaleidoscope club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Honeybus play at The Rhodes Centre, Bishop's Stortford, England, UK, Europe.
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.