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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.
Nico (backed by Jackson Browne on guitar) plays at Stanley's in the basement of The Dom, New York City, USA, supported by Tim Buckley.
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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 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 Adderley Smith Blues Band plays at The Queensbury Hotel, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Jimmy Mack by Martha And The Vandellas reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA. The song was inspired by the recent death of songwriter Ronnie Mack, best known for his song He's So Fine, a huge hit for The Chiffons in 1963, and later the subject of a celebrated plagiarism lawsuit in which it was ruled that George Harrison of The Beatles had unconsciously used Ronnie Mack's melody for his 1971 song My Sweet Lord.
The Rob Hoeke R'n'B Group enters the Dutch Singles Chart with What Is Soul on Philips Records. It will peak at No32 during a run of five weeks on the chart in Holland.
The Pretty Things play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, supported by The Chapter IV.
When The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at Imperial College, London, they are supported by a little-known covers band, 1984, whose guitarist, Brian May will go on to an illustrious career with Queen. May idolised Hendrix to such an extent that he'd been nicknamed "Brimi" - a combination of the two guitarists' names.
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The Turtles release a new single, She'd Rather Be With Me, on White Whale Records in the USA.
The Blues Project, Sons Of Adam and Quicksilver Messenger Service play the first of two nights at The Laugh Cure Dance And Concert, in the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA.