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Eddie Floyd, Pigmeat Markham, The Cassanovas, Barbra Merger, Pat Lewis, J.J. Barnes, The Holidays, Dusty Williams, Dennis Thomas, Ruby Andrews and Timmy Willis are playing in the week-long Memphis Sounds Show at The Riveira Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.


The single Valleri by The Monkees is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. The song is written by songwriting duo Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.
Merle Haggard releases a new single, The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde / Today I Started Loving You Again, on Capitol Records in the USA..
Buffalo Springfield record the Richie Furay composition Can't Keep Me Down at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, USA. The track will not be released but will subsequently be recorded by Poco as Do You Feel It Too?.

Connie Smith, with producer Bob Ferguson, records That's All This Old World Needs, If The Whole World Stopped Lovin' and I Love Charley Brown in RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features (Ray Edenton, Earl Dean Porter and Lamar Watkins [gtrs], Dick L. Overbey [steel gtr], Junior Huskey [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Charles E. Justice [fiddle] and Hargus Robbins [piano].



The Harold Land Quintet is recording tracks in Annex Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA, which will appear on their album The Peace-Maker.
Frans Krassenburg releases a new single, Golden Earrings / Silly Chap, on Philips Records in The Netherlands, Europe.
Tony Bennett records Sweet Georgie Fame and Yesterday I Heard The Rain for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
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Michel Legrand records Je Vivrai Sans Toi, La Musique A Papa, Les Muses and La Lune for MGM Records in Los Angeles, California, USA, but the tracks will not be released.

Lainie Kazan, with an orchestra conducted by Bob Florence, records How Can I Be Sure and An Angel Died, for MGM Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.



The Who record Call Me Lightning at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. It is highly probable that they also record John Entwistle's song Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde on this day.
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The Monkees start work on Porpoise Song, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, at California Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
