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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.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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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.
Shirley Bassey is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Patti Page is playing during a week of shows at Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Arthur Prysock is playing during ten nights at Club Harlem, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.Andy Williams is playing during a week of shows at The Carousel Theatre, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, supported by The Osmond Brothers.
Harpers Bizarre and The Lemon Pipers appear in the Mod Night at Ravinia Festival, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Long John Baldry releases a new single, When the Sun Comes Shining Through, in the UK on Pye Records.
Joan Baez is among the artists appearing at The Newport Folk Festival, Fort Adams Park, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Also on the bill are Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
The MC5 are arrested by Ann Arbor Police for "disturbing the peace" by performing a free concert the previous Sunday in West Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
The Steve Miller Band plays the first of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA, supported on this night by Odds Ends.Pink Floyd, Blue Cheer and The Jeff Beck Group (with Rod Stewart on vocals) play the first of two nights at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Steppenwolf play at Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, USA. The band is also seen on NBC-tv's Steve Allen Show, which is broadcast from Long Beach, California.
The Max Roach Quintet records Members Don't Git Weary and Abstrutions for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
The Rascals play in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Blood Sweat And Tears play the first of two nights at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Ten Years After play the first of two nights at The Cheetah Club, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Jose Feliciano.
At Record Plant, New York City, USA, the Jimi Hendrix Experience tracks Long Hot Summer Night and House Burning Down are mixed. (House Burning Down is said to have been inspired by the Watts Riots in Los Angeles.)
At Paul McCartney's house in Cavendish Road, St John's Wood, London, England, UK, Europe, John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles complete the writing of Hey Jude.
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Roy Orbison plays the sixth night in a week of shows at the Variety Club, Batley, UK, Europe.
The Who play two shows at Saint Bernard Civic Auditorium, Chalemette, Louisiana, USA, supported by The People.
Radio station WKYR in Cumberland, Maryland, USA, debuts its new country music format by playing three solid days of Buck Owens records.
When Tim Hardin plays at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe, his backing group is Barclay James Harvest.The Rolling Stones' seventh album, Beggars Banquet, fails to be released on time because of objections to the sleeve, which features a graffiti-scrawled lavatory wall. Release is delayed until a less offensive cover can be substituted.
The Savoy Brown Blues Band plays at Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey, England, UK, Europe, supported by Katch 22.
The Beat Of The Brass, the tenth album by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass, reaches No1 in the Billboard album chart in the USA.
The Siegel Schwall Blues Band and Travel Agency play the second of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A new group, Yes, is formed in London, by Jon Anderson, Peter Banks, Bill Bruford, Tony Kaye and Chris Squire. Yes will become pioneers of prog-rock.
The Vesuvio Club, part-owned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, opens at 26 Tottenham Court Road, London, England, UK, Europe. Paul McCartney of The Beatles is among those attending the opening.
UK tv show How It Is, presented by Peter Asher of Peter And Gordon, features Eric Burdon, The Nice, Fairport Convention and Mary Hopkin.
The Royal Checkmates, The Soul Sisters and Thee Misfits play in a Summer Teen Dance at Our Lady Of Talpa Auditorium, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Iron Butterfly play the second of four nights at The Kinetic Playground [aka The Electric Theater], 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Pioneering San Francisco hippy band Jefferson Airplane plays the first of two nights at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA, supported by The Charles Lloyd Quartet.
The Moody Blues release the LP In Search Of The Lost Chord, in the UK on Deram Records. Many of the songs on the album are written by the band's vocalist Justin Hayward.Wilson Pickett, Mitch Ryder, Sly And The Family Stone and John Hammond play at The Summer Music Festival, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band plays at The Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA.
Jeannie C. Riley records Harper Valley PTA, the first release on the Plantation label owned by Shelby Singleton Jr. (who the following year would buy Sun Records from its founder, Sam Phillips). Two weeks after release, it will reach No1 in the USA, having sold 1,750,000 copies.
Johnny Cash releases a new single, A Boy Named Sue, composed by Shel Silverstein, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Aretha Franklin releases a new single, I Say A Little Prayer/The House That Jack Built, in the USA. I Say A Little Prayer is composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.