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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.
Ahmad Jamal is playing during a one-month engagement at The Top Of The Gate, New York City, USA.
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines is playing during a long engagement at The Colonial Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
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 Everly Brothers are playing during six nights at The Club Embassy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Felicia Sanders and Vaughn Meader are playing during two weeks of shows at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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.
Pink Floyd continue a two-day Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, recording session, working on The Most Boring Song I've Ever Heard Bar Two (later re-titled See Saw).
Steppenwolf and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers play the first of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Buck Owens performs his new single, How Long Will My Baby Be Gone, on The Dean Martin Show on NBC-tv in the USA.
The Beatles film a live insert to their Yellow Submarine animated movie at Twickenham Film Studios near London, England, UK, Europe.
Tonight's edition of weekly tv show Top Of The Pops on BBC1 tv in the UK features the following artists and songs :Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde
Plastic Penny – Everything I Am
Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn
The Four Tops – Walk Away Renée
John Fred And His Playboy Band – Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)
Herman’s Hermits – I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving
Engelbert Humperdinck – Am I That Easy To Forget
Love Affair – Everlasting Love
Toronto band The City Muffin Boys Ltd play live on the CBC tv show The Way It Is, after which host John Saywell asks, "Can anybody make any sense out of any of that?" The show is ostensibly examining aspects of the current drug culture among Canadian and American youth.
Louis Armstrong performs Wilkommen and Mack The Knife on The Tonight Show on tv in the USA.
Johnny Tillotson records You Make Me Feel So Good, Why So Lonely? and Everything I Touch Turns To Blue, for MGM Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Kaleidoscope play the last of five nights at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Monkees are working on songs including Empire, Long Title and Lady's Baby, at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Stephen Stills and Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield both play on Monkee Peter Tork's Do I Have To Do This All Over Again.
A High Court injunction is granted against Decca Records for having released, without permission, a Curtis Knight album featuring early tracks by Jimi Hendrix, under the title Get That Feeling. On the same day, The Jimi Hendrix Experience have rehearsals at Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe.By the time of their first of two gigs at The Festival Hall, Melbourne, during an Australian tour, Pete Townshend of The Who and Ronnie Lane of The Small Faces have become almost constant companions.
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James Cotton plays at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, supported by Blood, Sweat And Tears led by Al Kooper.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, with Dallas Smith as producer, record Willie The Weeper and Uncle Charlie Interview in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Stanley Turrentine records Spooky, Love Is Blue and Elusive Butterfly for Blue Note records in Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Maori Quin Tikis play at The Four Lions, Hotel Singapura, Singapore, Asia.
Stephen Arthur Hurd is born in Washington DC, USA. He will find success as gospel vocalist and recording artist Stephen Hurd.
The Charlatans play the last of three nights at The Straight Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.
Big Mama Thornton And Her Hound Dogs record Ball And Chain and Wade In The Water for Arhoolie Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mel Tillis records I Haven't Seen Mary In Years, Another Bridge To Burn, Son Of A Bum, Normally and Can You Build Your House, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Moby Grape record Rose Coloured Eyes and Funky-Tunk in New York City, USA, for their Columbia Records album Wow!
Tennessee Ernie Ford, accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Jack Fasciato, records Talk To The Animals, Old Cape Cod, The Shadow Of Your Smile, What A Wonderful World and other songs, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Spencer Davis Group play the second of two nights at the Piper Club, Rome, Italy, Europe, supported by The Primitives.
The Miles Davis Quintet records I Have A Dream and Like A Child in Columbia Studio B, New York City, but neither track will be issued until many years later.
Timebox are playing at Klook's Kleek, in The Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Neat Change play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, with The Iveys. Mal Evans and Peter Asher of The Beatles-owned Apple Publishing attend this show. They will, in due course, sign The Iveys, who will go on to greater success as Badfinger.
The Mark Wirtz Orchestra completes recording of (He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Duke Ellington And His Band play at the NCO Club, Fort Meade, Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA.
The Pandas play at The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Vernon Oxford records A Mansion On The Hill, Wedding Bells, You Win Again and Don't Let A Little Thing Like That in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features Pete Wade and Jerry Stambridge [gtrs], Earl Potter [bass gtr], Lloyd Green [steel gtr], Junior Huskey [bass], Charles Justice [fiddle], Jerry Carrigan [drums] and Larry Butler [piano].
Big Brother And The Holding Company, The Electric Flag, The Youngbloods and Ultimate Spinach play at the Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.
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