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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.
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.
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.
Albert King is playing during six nights at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA, with The Loading Zone, Rain, Ten Years After, Canned Heat and Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks.
The Temptations, Edwin Starr, The Monitors and Willie Tyler are playing during a week of shows at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Brenda And The Tabulations are playing during ten nights at The Nixon Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Temptations release a new album, Wish It Would Rain, in the USA on Gordy/Motown Records.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The Who play at The Top Rank, Watford, England, UK, Europe.
Tennessee Ernie Ford plays a gig in Molile, Alabama, USA.
Josh White Jr. plays at Wisconsin State College, Wisconsin, USA.
The Shevelles and The Gass play at The RamJam Club, Brixton Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy McGriff is playing during a week of shows at The Orbit Lounge, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald plays at The Rainbow Grill, New York City, USA. During the show she performs her own newly-written song, He Had A Dream, about Black Human Richts leader Martin Luther King.
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band spend a fifth day of recording their second album, Strictly Personal, for Blue Thumb Records in the USA.
Frank Sinatra meets with poet/songwriter Rod McKuen and agrees to record an entire album of his songs.
Ray Charles is playing at the City Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Carnie Wilson, daughter of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, is born in Bel Air, California, USA. She will go on to a career of her own with Wilson-Phillips - a pop trio whose parents are all 60s superstars.
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Loretta Lynn releases her 11th album, Fist City, on Decca Records in the USA. It will become her second LP to top the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart.
P.P. Arnold plays at The Orchid Ballroom, Purley, England, UK, Europe.
Ornette Coleman records The Garden Of Souls and other tracks at A + R Studios, New York City, USA, for his album New York Is Now! on Blue Note Records.
Al Green is playing during a week of shows at The Pine Grill, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
Psychedelic band The Nocturnes begin recording the Jim Webb song Carpet Man, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Radio station WMMR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, transmits the first edition of a new programme called The Marconi Experiment, hosted by deejay Dave Herman, signalling the start of the station's progressive rock format.
The tv movie The World Of The Seekers is broadcast for the first time in Australia, Oceania.
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.