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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 rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
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.
The rock musical 
The Paupers play at El Patio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Tony Calder resigns as a director of Immediate Records, selling his shares in the company to his partner Andrew Loog Oldham. Within months the company will go into voluntary liquidation.
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Caswell Hickson of reggae band The Bedrocks loses a leg when the group's van rolls over him in Glossop, Derbyshire, UK, after playing a gig in a local disco.
Jimi Hendrix and the Band Of Gypsys play their first show, at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA. They will disband after just three shows. The show is recorded for a live album. It is also the first gig ever attended by future rapper Ice-T. The show is followed by a jam with The James Cotton Blues Band at The Caf
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San Francisco psychedelic rock pioneers The Grateful Dead play the last of three nights in the Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Two guests come close to death when Sly Stone holds a cocaine and PCP party at his home in Coldwater Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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The Edgar Broughton Band plays at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, UK, supported by The Liverpool Scene.
Neil
Diamond is awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. for sales of his
hit single Holly
Holy in the USA.
BBC tv in the UK runs a special show, Pop Go The Sixties, featuring The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cliff Richard, The Who, Dusty Springfield, Adam Faith, Helen Shapiro, The Bachelors, Lulu and Sandie Shaw.
Ringo Starr throws a New Year's Eve party at his house in North London, England, UK, Europe, at which the guests include George Harrison, Lulu, radio deejay Kenny Everett and actor Michael Caine.
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band plays at a New Year's Party in The Pink Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jay And The Techniques are presented with an R.I.A.A. Gold Disc for their hit single Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie on tv's Ed Sullivan Show in the USA.
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