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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.
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 controversial hippy musical, Hair is playing at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1750 performances.
The Serendipity Singers are playing at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Shirley Bassey is playing during an engagement at The Sahara, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Stan Getz is playing at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Spirit are playing during a week of shows at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
The Bee Gees record a demo version of their song First Of May in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA.
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The Who play at Selland Arena, Fresno, California, USA, supported by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, USA.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, It's A Beautiful Day and Albert Collins play the first of three nights at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.
On the first day of a UK tour, Ben E. King plays at The Revolution Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin, play at The Cheetah, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Another in the series of Sound-Out Mini-festivals begins in Woodstock, New York State, USA. Artists appearing at the two-day event include the Colwell-Winfield Blues Band, Cat Mother And the All Night Newsboys, Fear Itself, Don McLean, Rebecca And Sunny Brook Farmers and Tim Hardin.
Ten Years After play at The Marquee Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
Berkeley band Country Joe And The Fish play the first of three nights at The Grand Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Taj Mahal and The Youngbloods play the fifth of seven nights at the Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beatles are in EMI Studio Two, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe, working on George Harrison's song While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
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Ten Years After release the live album, Undead, in the UK.
Pink Floyd play the first of two nights at The Sound Factory, Sacramento, California, USA.
The Mothers of Invention play at The Kinetic Playground, 4812 North Clark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Canned Heat and Them.
The Velvet Underground play the second of three days at The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Chris Farlowe And The Thunderbirds play at The Boat House, Kew, London, England, UK, Europe.
The compilation LP A Man And His Soul by Ray Charles is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Rascals headline Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Eric Burdon And The Animals, Tommy James And The Shondells and The Yellow Payges.
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Paul Anka is playing during a two-week season at Mr. D's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Roy Orbison plays the twelfth night of a four-week residency at The Talk Of The Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
UK rock weekly the NME [New Musical Express] announces that The Who's next single will be Go To The Mirror, set for release on the 29th of the month. It never appears, except as a track on the band's album Tommy.
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.