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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.
Sarah Vaughan plays during a week of shows at Red Foxx's Club, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA, with The Les McCann Trio.
Black Sabbath play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
Antonio Carlos Jobim releases his sixth album, Stone Flower, in the USA.
Alex Lee, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter with Suede, is born in Bristol, England, UK, Europe.
Atomic Rooster play at The Star, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
The body of Mary Ann Ganser of The Shangri-Las is identified by her father, two days after she died of a drug overdose in Queens, New York City, USA.
Randy Bachman, formerly of The Guess Who, begins recording his first solo album at RCA Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jimi Hendrix has talks in London, England, UK, Europe, with Emerson Lake and Palmer about a possible joint tour. At The Speakeasy he is interviewed by Keith Altham.
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Hard Meat play at Cook's Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, England, UK, Europe.
Joe Cocker holds a third day of rehearsals for his Mad Dogs And Englishmen tour at the A + M Soundstage, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tammi Terrell dies of a brain tumour at the age of 24, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She had collapsed onstage several months earlier into Marvin Gaye's arms during a live show.
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Robin And Barry Dransfield play at The Hop-Poles, Enfield, London, England, UK, Europe.
Paul McCartney of The Beatles, using the pseudonym Billy Martin, attends a secret playback of tracks from his forthcoming solo debut album, at EMI's Abbey Road studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
John Sebastian's solo debut album John B. Sebastian is released in the USA, featuring contributions by Crosby, Stills and Nash.
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James Taylor plays at Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, California, USA.
Sandy Denny, formerly vocalist with Fairport Convention, plays her first solo gig at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Doris Troy releases a new single, Ain't That Cute?, on Apple Records in the USA. The song is produced and co-written by George Harrison of The Beatles.
Time magazine reports that, "Rock Guitarist Eric Clapton, 25, son of a bricklayer, may soon marry Alice Ormsby Gore, 17, daughter of former British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Harlech, with her father's blessing." "She has gone to see him in New York," said Harlech, "and if they want to get married it is entirely their own affair."