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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 controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
Shirley Bassey is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Arthur Prysock is playing during ten nights at Club Harlem, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Elvis Presley is filming scenes for his latest movie, Charro, near Apache Junction, Arizona, USA.
The single The Horse by Cliff Nobles And Co is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Family perform their song Processions live on the BBC radio Top Gear in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Taste play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Four Seasons play at St. John Terrell's Music Circus, Lambertville, New Jersey, USA.
The Byrds embark on their tour of South Africa without singer and guitarist Gram Parsons, who refuses to set foot in a nation where apartheid is official policy. Parsons announces that he will form a new 'Southern soul group playing country and gospel oriented music with a steel guitar.' Thus The Flying Burrito Brothers are born.
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Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Sam And Dave, Joe Tex, Sonny And Cher and The Rascals play in the NATRA (National Association Of Television And Radio Announcers) Benefit Show for the Martin Luther King Foundation at Randall's Island, New York State, USA.
The Bob Seger System, The Amboy Dukes (including Ted Nugent), The Rationals, Savage Grace and Third Power play in an outdoor concert for 20,000 fans at Oakland Mall, Troy, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The event will come to be considered a turning point in the evolution of the Detroit rock scene.
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The Beatles begin two days of recording sessions which will produce the song Hey Jude, in Abbey Road studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play at The Tamarack Lodge, a resort hotel in Ellenville, The Catskills, New York State, USA.
A new weekly tv show - Price To Play - begins on BBC1 in the UK, starring former Animals' keyboardist Alan Price.
The Serendipity Singers are playing at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The Jeff Beck Group releases a new album, Truth, in the USA on Epic Records.
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Sunshine Of Your Love by The Cream reaches No1 in the Canadian singles chart.
At the offices of Warner Bros in Los Angeles, California, USA, The Jimi Hendrix Experience are given gold discs for the album Are You Experienced.
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Collections, the second LP by The Young Rascals is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Iveys play at Langland Bay Hotel, Swansea, South Wales, UK, Europe, supported by Eyes Of Blue.
In an early morning studio session at his Record Plant studios, New York City, USA, engineer Gary Kellgren works on a mix of the Jimi Hendrix Experience track Long Hot Summer Night.
Marty Schiff is born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, USA. He will find success as the guitarist in his sister Martina McBride's band.
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.