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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 rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 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, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
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.
Roy Orbison is playing during a two-week season at Batley Variety Club, England, UK, Europe.
Amen Corner play at The Swan Hotel, Yardley, England, UK, Europe.
Led Zeppelin play in The PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
UK chart-topper Peter Sarstedt plays at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Turtles and The Temptations perform at The White House, Washington DC, USA. While there, Turtles Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman snort cocaine from the top of Abraham Lincoln's desk.
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The Moody Blues begin two weeks of recording their fifth album, To Our Children's Children's Children at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Equals play in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Hollies, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich, Gun, Soft Machine, Marmalade and more play at The Barbecue, Earlham Park, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.
Gitarzan by Ray Stevens reaches No1 in the Canadian singles chart.
Hugh Masekela And Big Black, Chicago Transit Authority and the Illinois Speed Press play at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, California, USA.
Jefferson Airplane play at Graffiti, Aurora, Illinois, USA.
Get Back by The Beatles enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA where it will peak at No1. On the same day it reaches No1 in the Dutch Top 40 Singles chart.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays at the Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia, USA.
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The top two singles in the Billboard magazine Top Five in the USA, are Aquarius by The 5th Dimension and Hair by The Cowsills, both come from the hippy stage musical Hair.
The Grateful Dead play at The Rose Palace, Pasadena, California, USA, supported by Kaleidoscope.
Fleetwood Mac, The Tremeloes, Marmalade, Georgie Fame, Love Sculpture, The Move, Pink Floyd, Keef Hartley, Status Quo, Duster Bennett, Dream Police and Van Der Graaf Generator play at The Pop And Blues Festival, Notts County Football Ground, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Mary Wells plays at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
The Pretty Things play at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Sam Gopal Dream.
On their Tommy tour, The Who play the second of three nights at The Grande Ballroom, Dearborn, Michigan, USA.
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Pink Floyd play at Camden Free Festival, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Monkees play in The Convention Hall, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
The artist Alan Aldridge presents John Lennon of The Beatles and Yoko Ono with a small statue, depicting them naked, as on the cover of their album Two Virgins.
American soul duo Bob And Earl play at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, UK, and later at The Rock Steady club in Islington, London, England, UK, Europe.
Hawaii Five-O by The Ventures, peaks at No4 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA.
Spirit, John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Desmond Dekker plays at The Ritz, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Pretty Things play at Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe, supported by Sam Gopal Dream.
Hair by The Cowsills reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Entering at No60, the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the top-selling singles in the USA is It's Never Too Late by Steppenwolf.