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Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, J.J. Barnes, Pat Lewis, The Holidays, Ruby Andrews and Barbara Mercer play in the Memphis Sounds Show during a lengthy booking at The Riviera Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.





Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred And His Playboy Band is awarded a Silver Disc in the UK, Europe.
The Standells, Bobbie Gentry and Vic Damone - have recently formed their own companies. The Standells have started and independent record production company, Big 5 Productions Inc; Gentry has formed publishing and production business Gentry Ltd; and Damone has also begun a publishing house, Madiv Music (BMI).
It is reported that three recording artists -
Young Girl by The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No2 during a thirteen-week run.
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Blue Cheer, supported by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and The Nazz, play at Earl Warren Fairgrounds, Santa Barbara, California, USA.

The Rob Hoeke R'n'B Group enters the Dutch Singles Chart with Drinking On My Bed on Philips Records. It will peak at No11 during a run of nine weeks on the chart in the Netherlands.

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding tops the Billboard R'n'B Chart in the USA for the first of three weeks, and the national chart for the first of four weeks. Redding wrote the song while living on a houseboat overlooking San Francisco Bay.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich is awarded a Silver Disc in the UK, Europe.
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The Cream play the second of two nights at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA. Buffalo Springfield are on the same bill.
On their second Tour of North America,



(Theme from) Valley Of The Dolls by Dionne Warwick peaks at No2 on the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
Billboard in the USA reports that of the 200 titles on the current album chart, 171 are currently available as 8-track cartridges (as well as standard LPs and cassettes).
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The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is Forever Came Today by The Supremes entering at No54.