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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 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.
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.
Ray Pillow is the musical guest on today's edition of The Porter Wagoner Show, on tv in the USA.
The Beacon Street Union play the second of two nights at The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Baltimore Steam Packet and Freudian Slips play the second of four nights at The Ark, Sausalito, California, USA.The Sunshine Company and Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band play the third of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Move play at Handsworth Plaza, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Young Rascals play the second of two nights in the HIC Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Lee So Mui, Liew Yin, Kim Sim, Theresa Mak, Agnes Koh and Peggy Lam, billed as "beautiful songstresses", play at The Car Park night spot, Singapore, Asia.The Incredible String Band are the musical guests on the BBC2-tv show Once More With Felix, hosted by Julie Felix.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience play a second night at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by Albert King, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Soft Machine. During the day Hendrix is interviewed by Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone magazine.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, with singer Arthur Prysock, play at The Salle Wilfred Pelletier, Place Des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service play the second of two nights at The Crystal Ball, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Having consumed some seconals and alcohol, Beat Generation icon Neal Cassady, an associate of The Grateful Dead, sets off from San Miguel de Allende in Mexico to walk fifteen miles to Celaya, along the railroad tracks in driving rain. He will be found in a coma the next morning, and will die the following day. His life and death will inspire several songs including Jack And Neal (1977) by Tom Waits, Styrofoam Plates (2001) by Death Cab For Cutie, Neal Cassady Drops Dead (2014) by Morrissey, Neal Cassady (1989) by The Washington Squares.
Dionne Warwick plays at Salone delle Feste in the San Remo Festival, San Remo, Italy, Europe.
The Sandpipers are playing for the last of three days at The San Remo Song Festival, San Remo, Italy, Europe.
Tony Rivers And The Castaways play at The Witchdoctor, Catford, London, England, UK, Europe.
Cliff
Richard records Congratulations in EMI's Studio 2, at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK. John Paul Jones, later
to play with Led
Zeppelin, is on bass guitar.
The 
Jazz clarinettist Jolly Jack Robel, who worked with Tommy Dorsey, dies in Pottsville Hospital, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA, having been in poor health for some while. He also recorded as a solo artist for Columbia, Brunswick, Vocation and Decca Records. His biggest success was Beer Barrel Polka in 1936.
The Gerry Soliano Trio is playing in the Hibiscus Room of The Cathay Hotel, Singapore, Asia.
At a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, between record business executives and State Representative Edwin G. Mullinax, it is decided to 'tone down' a state bill which sought to require lyrics to be printed on the cover of record sleeves.
The Strawberry Alarm Clock is the guest group on today's edition of tv show Happening '68 in the USA. The show is hosted by Paul Revere And The Raiders.
The new No1 single on the Billboard Chart in the USA is Green Tambourine by The Lemon Pipers. On the same day it reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart.
Soft Machine and Sam Gopal Dream play at The Carlton, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Electric Flag, The Fugs, Mad River and the Thirteenth Floor Elevators play the second of three nights at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Monkees are working on the song Me Without You at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Steve Allen Show, featuring Mel Torme, is playing at The Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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