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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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra are playing during a three-week engagement at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, USA.
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 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.
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.
The highest new entry in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling US singles, is Hey Jude by Wilson Pickett entering at No61. The song is written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.
Weekly UK music paper the NME reviews the new Pretty Things album, S.F. Sorrow, declaring "They have improved out of all recognition and produced an album which should rate as one of the best of 1968."
Blues harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite plays the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, as support to The New York Rock'n'Roll Ensemble and The Amboy Dukes [including guitar hero Ted Nugent].
Jimmy Powell And The Dimensions play at The Technical College, Peterborough, England, UK, Europe.
Black Cat Bones, whose guitarist Paul Kossoff will go on to form Free, plays at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, with DJ Kazoon.
At the annual Stax-Volt Convention in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Janis Joplin makes her first live appearance since quitting Big Brother And The Holding Company. Her new backing musicians are the Kozmic Blues Band.
I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA.
Country Joe And The Fish play the second of two nights at the Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Spirit.
Creedence Clearwater Revival play the second of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA, supported by Deep Purple and The James Cotton Blues Band.
The New York Rock'n'Roll Ensemble play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Amboy Dukes [including guitar hero Ted Nugent] and Charlie Musselwhite.