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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 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 controversial hippy musical,
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.
Diana Ross, formerly of The Supremes, is beginning her solo career with eight nights of shows at Caesar's Monticello on Route 9, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.
Mountain play the second of two nights at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York State, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. B.B. King and Taj Mahal are playing the second of three nights at The Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon And Garfunkel begins its second week at No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Mary Ann Ganser of The Shangri-Las dies of a drug overdose, aged 22, in Queens, New York City, USA. The cause of her death is variously said to have been drugs, a seizure or encephalitis.
Vanilla Fudge play their farewell concert at The Action House in Long Island, New York State, USA.
The Liverpool Scene play at Imperial College, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Jody Grind.
Nigel Wesson plays at Bunjies Coffee House And Folk Cellar, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Roundhouse, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Third Ear Band, The Liverpool Scene and Kevin Ayers And The Whole World play on the sixth day of the week-long Atomic Sunrise Festival, at
Johnny Shines and Stefan Grossman play at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Nucleus play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Armada.
The Rolling Stones announce that their next European Tour will begin in The Netherlands in early May.
Arthur Brown plays at Farx, Potter';s Bar, England, UK, Europe, supported by PC Kent.
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The Cambridge Crofters play at The Troubadour, Old Brompton Road, London, England, UK, Europe.
Graham Bond, Hawkwind, Chris And Resistance play a benefit concert in aid of Shelter at Bishop's Stortford College, Bishop's Stortford, England, UK, Europe.
Country Joe And The Fish and The Joy Of Cooking play the second of three nights at The Family Dog, 660 Great Highway, San Francisco, California, USA.
Sam Apple Pie play at St. Mary's College, Twickenham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Juicy Lucy.
Neil Young releases a new single, Oh Lonesome Me, in the USA. The song was previously a hit in 1957 for its composer, Don Gibson.
Christine Perfect plays at Philippa Fawcett College, London, England, UK, Europe. Perfect will find considerably greater success as a member of Fleetwood Mac under the name Christine McVie.
Fairport Convention play at Dagenham Roundhouse, Dagenham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Surly Bird.
Edgar Broughton Band plays at Kingston College Of Technology, Kingston, England, UK, Europe, supported by Quintessence.
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Blodwyn Pig play at Barking Technical College, Dagenham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Writing On The Wall.
To Be Young Gifted And Black by Bob And Marcia enters the UK Singles Chart where it will peak at No5 during a 12-week run. The song, composed by Nina Simone, was inspired by her friend Lorraine Hansberry, author of the play A Raisin In The Sun, who had died in 1965 aged 34.
The New Riders Of The Purple Sage play the second of two nights at The New Orleans House, Berkeley, California, USA.
It is reported that Tower Records in San Francisco and Sacramento, California, USA, have begun test-marketing a new record format - the 12" vinyl disc. The first such product is Glad Rag Doll / For Once In My Life by fingerstyle jazz guitarist Buddy Fite on Cycle Records. The disc is a limited edition of just "a few hundred" copies, packaged in a plain white paper sleeve, to discover if consumers who have stopped by 7" records might be attracted to the larger 12" format.
Joe Cocker holds the first day of rehearsals for his Mad Dogs And Englishmen tour at the A + M Soundstage, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Big Brother And The Holding Company play the second of two nights at The New Orleans House, Berkeley, California, USA, standing in for the New Riders Of The Purple Sage who had to cancel.
It is announced that The Doors have become the first American rock group to achieve five consecutive gold albums in the USA, with their latest, Morrison Hotel, having gone gold just three days after release. On this day, the album enters the Billboard Top 40 albums chart in the USA were it will peak at No4.
Let It Be by The Beatles enters the UK Singles Chart at No2, but cannot replace Wand'rin' Star by Lee Marvin which holds on to the No1 position for a second week.
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Brook Benton reaches No1 on the Billboard R'n'B chart in the USA with Rainy Night In Georgia.
Willy And The Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival reaches No1 in the Billboard Best-selling 8-track Tape Cartridges Chart in the USA.