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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.
Engelbert Humperdinck is appearing in a season as Robinson Crusoe in pantomime at The Palladium Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Earl 'Fatha' Hines is playing during a long engagement at The Colonial Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The New Christy Minstrels are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisana, USA.
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.
Felicia Sanders and Vaughn Meader are playing during two weeks of shows at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Four Tops are playing during an eleven-night season at The Scotch Mist, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jack Jones is playing during a two-week stand at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Capitol Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Bonnie Owens records Yes I Love You Only in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Musicians on the session are Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard, Billy Mize, Roy Nichols and Lewis Talley [gtrs], Norm Hamlett [steel gtr], Jerry Ward [bass], Eddie Burris [drums] and George French, Jr. [piano].
The Amboy Dukes play at Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
Singing cowboy Tex Ritter records The Long Tall Shadow, The Blizzard and Stranger On Boot Hill in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Iveys and Black Cat Bones play at The Royal Art College, Kensington Grove, London, England, UK, Europe. The Iveys will find greater success after a name-change to Badfinger. Paul Kossoff and Simon Kirke of Black Cat Bones will find greater success after forming Free.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play two shows at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Albert King, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and The Soft Machine.
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The Monkees are working on the song Lady's Baby at Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Genesis release their debut single, The Silent Sun, on Decca Records in the UK. The song is produced by Jonathan King.
Separately from the rest of the group, Mike Nesmith of The Monkees is working on the song Nine Times Blue at RCA Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Al Hirt plays at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Merle Haggard records This Is The Beginning Of The End and The Sunny Side Of My Life, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band on the session includes Glen Campbell, Billy Mize and Lewis Talley [gtrs], Roy Nichols [steel], Howard Lowe [bass], Eddie Burris [drums], George French [piano] and Bonnie Owens [harmony vocal].
Chuck Berry plays at Queen's Hall, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
Country musician and recording artist Jenks 'Tex' Carman, best known as a somewhat eccentric Hawaiian guitar virtuoso, dies, aged 64, in Kentucky, USA.
Baltimore Steam Packet and Freudian Slips play the first of four nights at The Ark, Sausalito, California, USA.
Ten Years After play at Lorensberg Circus, Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe.
The Beatles establish a new business, Apple Tailoring (Civil and Theatrical) at 161 Kings Road, London, England, UK, Europe. It will not be officially opened until May 23.
The Young Rascals play the first of two nights in the HIC Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Fleetwood Mac play at Bluesville, Manor House, England, UK, Europe.
The Casuals appear on the BBC1-tv show All Systems Freeman, hosted by Alan Freeman in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Sam And Dave Revue, featuring an 18-pice orchestra, opens at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Action play at the Middle Earth, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mabel Greer's Toyshop, which includes two future members of Yes, Peter Banks and Chris Squire.
Bojan Zulfikarpašić is born in Belgrade, Serbia, Europe. He will find success a jazz pianist Bojan Z.
The Sandpipers are playing for the second of three days at The San Remo Song Festival, San Remo, Italy, Europe.
The Sunshine Company and Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band play the second of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Tremeloes play at The Royal Ballroom, Harrogate, England, UK, Europe.
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band play at New Central Pier, Morecombe, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.
Ringo Starr of The Beatles has a second day of rehearsals in West London, England, UK, Europe, for an upcoming appearance on Cilla Black's BBC tv show, Cilla.
The Sam And Dave Revue plays at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
O'Hara's Playboys play at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, England, UK, Europe.
Big Brother And The Holding Company play at The Cheetah, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jethro Tull play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, for the first time. Savoy Brown are also on the same bill.
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Johnny Cash performs a concert at the Navy Hospital in Millington, Tennessee, USA, for injured soldiers who have returned from Vietnam.
Cliff Richard records Wonderful World, High And Dry and Do You Remember in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Buffalo Springfield play at The Sports Arena, Seattle, Washington, USA.
The Kingsmen play in DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
Hank Williams Jr. plays a live concert in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
Country Joe And The Fish, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Soft White Underbelly, play at the opening of The Anderson Yiddish Theater, New York City, USA. Soft White Underbelly will find greater success after they evolve into The Blue Oyster Cult.
The Beacon Street Union play the first of two nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Connie Francis is playing during eleven nights at The Statler Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
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.