11th May

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 musical Hallelujah Baby!, starring Leslie Uggams, is presented at The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.

The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.

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.

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.

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

The stage musical Cabaret is presented at The Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 336 performances.

The Checkmates Ltd, are playing during four weeks at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.

The King Sisters, Alvino Rey and Kent Larsen are playing during a three-week engagement at The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Maxine Brown is playing during nine days at The Pecan Grove, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

The musical variety revue New Faces Of 1968 is presented during a run of 52 performances at The Booth Theatre, New York City, USA, featuring performers including Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Suzanne Astor and Gloria Bleezarde.

Long John Baldry is playing during a week of cabaret at The Garrick, Leigh, UK, Europe.

Ron Eliran, known as "Israel's Ambassador of Song," is playing during a month of shows at The Hungry i, San Francisco, California, USA.

Lana Cantrell is playing during a three-week engagement at The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA.

Jimmy McGriff is playing during four nights at The Alpine Villa, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

The Modern Jazz Quartet is playing during an engagement at Byrd's Nest, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

Joe Tex is playing during ten nights at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Jackie Cain and Roy Kral are playing during an engagement at Paul's Mall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

USA music trade bible Billboard reports that Liberty Records has sent letters to all its distributors and retailers calling for all mono albums to be returned and exchanged for stereo products.

H.P. Lovecraft play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA.

The Buddy Guy Blues Band plays the third of four nights at Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Nazz play the third of four nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA. The group includes future solo star Todd Rundgren.

Autosalvage, Group Therapy and Joyfull Noise play at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.

The highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, is A Man Without Love by Engelbert Humperdinck entering at No66.

Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell spend the first of two days recording tracks for their joint album, Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell in Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

William Bell plays at The Vapors, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.

Today's edition of UK music paper Record Mirror includes a round-up of recently-released cover-versions of Bob Dylan songs, including You Ain't Goin' Nowhere by The Byrds and This Wheel's On Fire by Julie Driscoll with the Brian Auger Trinity. The feature also mentions two further versions of You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, one by Unit 4 + 2 and another by Paul McNeill And Linda Peters. Others in the list include Too Much Of Nothing by Peter, Paul And Mary, Down In The Flood by Earl Scruggs, I Shall be Released by both Marc Ellington and Boz, and an instrumental treatment of The Mighty Quinn by Fuzz Face.

Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ace Of Cups and The Flamin' Groovies play the second of three nights at The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.

The Byrds play at The Middle Earth club, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Spider John Koerner. Deejay for the night is Jeff Dexter.

It is revealed that Stax Records and Atlantic Records have parted company, after working together since 1960 when Atlantic first began distributing Stax product. The split will cause tumult at Stax when it is realised that despite the ending of their agreement, Atlantic has retained control of all Stax masters since the start of the agreement, thus leaving Stax virtually without any catalogue.

The Who play at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.

The 5th Dimension play at Indiana University, Indiana, USA.

The United States Of America play at Arizona State University, Arizona, USA.

Acoustic psychedelic folk outfit Tyrannosaurus Rex score their first UK chart entry with the single Deborah. They will achieve much greater success as electric glam rockers T.Rex.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles fly to New York City, USA, where they will shortly launch their new company, Apple.

The Hour Glass play the second of two nights at The Cheetah, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Chubby Checker and Kim Weston play at the UJA Dinner-Dance, in the Hilton Hotel, New York City, USA.

Edwin Starr plays at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.

The Move play at The University Of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Europe.

Sam And Dave play at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play at Veterans Hall, Santa Rosa, California, USA, supported by Bronze Hog.