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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 rock musical
Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
Wayne Newton is playing during four weeks at Harrah's, Reno, Nevada, 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.

Jack Jones is playing during a two-week stand at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Connie Francis is playing during eleven nights at The Statler Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are starring in the musical
Golden Rainbow, at The Shubert Theater in New York City, USA.

Jazz pianist
Erroll Garner is playing at Al Hirt's Club, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The Jazz Communicators (saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Herbie Lewis, and drummer Louis Hayes) are playing during a fifteen night booking at The Both/And Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
Tony Bennett plays at The Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.

Black Cat Bones play at The Zodiac Club, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK, Europe. The band includes Paul Kossoff who will find greater success with Free and
Bad Company.
Guitarist Kenny Burrell, with The Don Sebesky Orchestra, records Everydays, See See Rider, Wonder Why and Every Day (I Have The Blues) for
Verve Records in New York City, USA.

The 'N Betweens play at The United Services Club, Bilston, England, UK, Europe. The band will find greater success after it evolves into
Slade.
The Monkees are working on the songs Long Title and Tear The Top Right Off My Head at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Dewey Martin, drummer of
Buffalo Springfield, contributes to Tear The Top Right Off My Head.

BBC Radio's David Symonds show features a live concert by Family, pre-recorded at the Paris Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, a week earlier.

Lenny Dee, with
Owen Bradley as producer, records Our Day Will Come, Groovin' and Samba De Orfu in
Bradley's Barn, Bender's Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA. None of these tracks will be released.
The Four Tops are playing at The Roostertail, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Willie Bobo's Group records I Want To Walk You Home, Tweedle dee and I Heard It Through The Grapevine, for
Verve Records in New York City, USA.

The Savoy Brown Blues Band play at
The 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
Plastic Penny play at The Golden Torch, Stoke-On-Trent, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in
Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on
Corporal Clegg, The Boppin' Sound, It Should Be So Nice, Doreen's Dream (re-titled Julia's Dream), Richard's Rave Up.

The
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are the guests on tonight's edition of the NBC tv series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, in the USA.
Traffic,
Manfred Mann and others play at a Philips record label show in the Winter Olympic Games centre, Grenoble, France, Europe.

Jon Lord of
Deep Purple buys his first Hammond C3 Organ, while the group is holding its first rehearsals.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play two performances of sacred music at The Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Timebox and Clouds play at The
Marquee Club, Soho, 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.

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.