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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.

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.
The Temptations,
Edwin Starr, The Monitors and Willie Tyler are playing during a week of shows at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA.

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.
Psychedelic band The Nocturnes begin recording the Jim Webb song
Carpet Man, in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
The controversial hippy musical,
Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
P.P. Arnold plays at The Orchid Ballroom, Purley, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy McGriff is playing during a week of shows at The Orbit Lounge, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Al Green is playing during a week of shows at The Pine Grill, Buffalo, New York State, 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.

The tv movie The World Of
The Seekers is broadcast for the first time in Australia,
Oceania.
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.

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.