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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 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.
Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues band play at the Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illlinois, USA.
The Kinks play the last of four nights at the
Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by the venue's house band, Gypsy.

Western swing fiddle virtuoso
Spade Cooley is briefly released from jail, where he is serving a life sentence for murdering his wife, to allow him to play in a benefit concert in Oakland, California, USA. In his dressing room after the show, Cooley suffers a heart attack and dies.
Duke Ellington plays at The International Jazz Festival, Barcelona, Spain, Europe.
Tiny Tim comes to the end of a week of cabaret at The Cavendish Club, Sheffield, UK.
The
Allman Brothers Band plays the second of two nights at the Duke Tire Company, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jazz trumpeter
Don Cherry records the album Live Ankara, during a live gig at the American Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, for Sonet Records.